Holden Skogar och Trädgårdar

Vilka unika situationer och initiativ har ni tagit eller planerar ni att ta för att hantera klimatförändringarna som inte fångades upp i vår första enkät?

Holden Forests and Gardens consists of two campuses, the urban Cleveland Botanical Garden and the exurban Holden Arboretum. The Holden Arboretum has 3,000 acres of natural areas including 2000 acres of forest. Our working woods project seeks to demonstrate sustainable forest management whereby land owners may obtain income while managing their land to increase biodiversity and mitigate climate change (e.g. increasing tree growth rates, keeping woody debris within the forest). This project couples research with educational outreach while allowing us to increase our own forests ability to sequester carbon.

Vilka är de mest akuta problemen eller möjligheterna i ditt samhälle som kan utnyttjas för att hantera klimatförändringarna?

One pressing problem centers on the potential increase in temperatures within urban areas, and the enhancement of the “heat island effect” with climate change. As an advocate for tree planting within urban and built environments, our work can increase resilience to climate change within our communities.

Vilka unika egenskaper i din trädgård kan utnyttjas för att hantera klimatförändringarna?

As noted above, Holden’s extensive natural areas act as both a laboratory and a method by which Holden can learn, educate and mitigate the effects of climate change.