PLANT-O-RAMA 2025

Plant-O-Rama

Sponsored By: Metro Hort Group

PLANT-O-RAMA is Metro Hort Group’s annual Symposium, Trade Show & Career Fair for Horticulture Professionals. It is our largest program of the year attracting nearly 1,000 gardeners, designers, arborists, and educators working in public parks, botanical gardens, & private gardens and landscapes in the New York City Tri-State region.

SAVE THE DATE!

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Symposium, Trade Show & Career Fair
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
At Brooklyn Botanic Garden

FEATURED SPEAKERS
Edwina von Gal
Founder, Perfect Earth Project, All Together Now: Collective Action in the Face of Climate Change & Biodiversity Loss
Ethan Kauffman
Director of Stoneleigh, Reimagining an Historic Landscape Using Native Plants & Sustainable Practices

PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Managing Naturalistic Gardens & Landscapes: Tactics & Techniques
Moderator: Rashid Poulson (Brooklyn Bridge Park)
Panelists: Jessica Kaplan (Riverside Park Conservancy), Marni Majorelle (Alive Structures), Sarma Ozols (Trust for Governors Island), Pawel Pieluszynski (Brooklyn Bridge Park)

Cultivating Creativity: A Conversation with Artists & Horticulturists
Moderator: Stephanie Lucas, Madison Square Park Conservancy
Panelists: Patrick Costello (2024 Artist in Residence, Brooklyn Botanic Garden), Jean Shin (Brooklyn-based Korean American artist)