Episode 120 - Merissa MacDonald is a Certified Arborist through ISA and the Southwest Tree Program Coordinator at Bartram’s Garden, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
https://www.linkedin.com/in/merissa-macdonald-701791175/
https://phsonline.org/for-gardeners/gardeners-blog/tree-ambassadors-southwest-philadelphia
Merissa MacDonald is a Certified Arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture and the Southwest Tree Program Coordinator at Bartram's Garden, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In her work, she leads a cohort of high school urban foresters and encourages them to explore green Industry jobs from arborist to landscape architect and any job in between.
Her work also includes community organizing around tree plantings in collaboration with partners at PHS (the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society). The goal is to increase the current 8% tree coverage rate of Southwest Philadelphia, with a focus on the neighborhood just outside Bartram’s Garden.
Merissa has a passion for landscape design and community planning and incorporates the two into her urban forestry curriculum.