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Continued growth and leadership of this pioneer among public gardens depends upon attracting and retaining top experts in their field. Endowing positions for professional staff is a high priority for Plantations, including the director of education, the director of horticulture, and the director of natural areas. This team is central to Plantations’ mission to preserve and enhance diverse horticultural collections and natural areas, support scientific research, and increase environmental awareness among people of all ages. To develop the next generation of leaders who will steward nature preserves, public gardens, and environmental organizations, Plantations also seeks to endow graduate fellowships in its unique Public Garden Leadership program.

To start a conversation about one of these opportunities, contact:
Beth Anderson
eaf3@cornell.edu or 607-254-4727

Selected giving opportunities

Position Support

Director of Education

$1,600,000

Education is at the core of Plantations' mission and the director of education is responsible for connecting its living collections to learning opportunities for Cornell's underdergraduate and graduate students, K-12 schoolchildren in the region, local residents, alumni, and visitors to Ithaca. The director creates, manages, and evaluates Plantations' diverse educational programs, including continuing education, hands-on learning, interpretation, outreach, graduate training, and internship programming

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Director of Horticulture

$1,600,000

With more than 5,000 different plants in the botanical garden and arboretum, Plantations faces an ongoing challenge to preserve and enhance these living collections. The director of horticulture is responsible for ensuring that Plantations' collections reflect both plant diversity and advancements in breeding while demonstrating resourceful and inventive landscape design ideas. Because Plantations is a partner in teaching and research at Cornell, the director must be a highly knowledgeable horticulturalist, committed to lifelong learning, and skilled at managing a large staff, as well as helping visitors understand and appreciate Plantations' collections.

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Director of Natural Areas

$1,600,000

Plantations is the steward of one of Cornell’s truly unique resources for teaching and research: more than 4,300 acres of natural areas that represent virtually every habitat in this region. The director of natural areas is responsible for managing the care and use of these areas, which include Beebe Lake and the Cascadilla and Fall Creek Gorges, as well as old growth forests, wetlands, glens, meadows, and bogs. The director also has a key role in identifying and acquiring additional sites, and in collaborating on research and teaching with faculty members, scientists, and conservation professionals at Cornell and other institutions.

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Community Outreach Coordinator

$1,000,000

In keeping with Cornell’s land-grant mission, Plantations’ community outreach coordinator organizes and leads classes, workshops, tours, and lectures that bring the rich resources of our gardens and natural areas to the Cornell community and the region. The coordinator also has a key role in recruiting, training, and managing a corps of some 85 volunteers.

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Interpretation Coordinator

$1,000,000

It’s easy to appreciate Plantations’ arboretum, botanical garden, and natural areas for the beautiful places they offer for reflection and respite. But, education is at the core of the Plantations mission, and science is as important as serenity. The interpretation coordinator guides efforts to increase environmental awareness among people of all ages. Through informational signs, brochures, our Web site, tours and other programs, the coordinator helps visitors better understand the plants in our collections, as well as the diverse habitats in the natural areas that Plantations stewards at Cornell and in the region.

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Program Support

Annual Public Lecture

$100,000

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Endowed Funds for Education

$50,000

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Endowment for the Development and Care of Natural Areas

$50,000 and up

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Endowment for the Development and Care of Botanical Collections

$50,000 and up

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Student Aid

Graduate Fellowships in Public Garden Leadership

$500,000

The number of new public gardens and nature preserves across the nation is growing rapidly, as communities and non-profits recognize the aesthetic, ecological, and educational value of preserving green spaces and conserving living plant collections. In 2000 Cornell Plantations, in conjunction with the Department of Horticulture, began offering a graduate-level program to provide specialized professional training for the next generation of leaders who will manage both new and established public gardens, nature conservancies, and environmental organizations. The degree, Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Public Garden Leadership, is conferred by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

One of only two graduate-level programs in the United States, the Plantations Public Garden Leadership program provides a balanced background in business management and horticulture to prepare graduates for the real-life challenges of sustaining public gardens and preserving natural areas in a resource-competitive world. The MPS is a four-semester program, with a required summer-long internship between the first and second year.

Cornell Plantations aims to endow four or more graduate fellowships at $500,000 each. Donors will have the opportunity to name the fellowship and follow the progress of the student(s) supported by their fund(s). Endowing one or more Plantations graduate fellowships will provide a permanent source of support for this unique program.

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

Unrestricted Support

Cornell Annual Fund for Plantations

All sizes

Be a steward of a living treasure

Make an online gift to Cornell Annual Fund for Plantations

Plantations is the steward of the unique living collections in Cornell’s arboretum and botanical garden, as well as Beebe Lake, the gorges that rim the campus, and more than 4,300 acres of natural areas and preserves of the university. Annual gifts from alumni and friends provide close to 25 percent of Plantations’ budget and impact almost every aspect of our operations. Gifts of all sizes, each and every year, sustain Plantations’ mission to preserve and enhance diverse horticultural collections and natural areas for the enrichment and education of the academic community and the general public, and in support of scientific research. These current-use funds enable us to purchase new plants for the gardens, revitalize irreplaceable natural areas, fund educational programs that bring more people into the gardens and arboretum, and bridge budget gaps in years when our trees and plants suffer heavy storm damage. Your gift will help preserve and grow Plantations as a treasured place of respite and inspiration for future generations of Cornellians and visitors from around the world.

For more info, contact
Beth Anderson
607-254-4727
eaf3@cornell.edu

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Selected giving opportunities

Position Support

Program Support

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