Speaker Bio
Eric T. Fleisher
Managing the Envirnoment: An Adaptive Challenge
Eric T. Fleisher is the director of horticulture at Battery Park City Parks Conservancy in lower Manhattan. A national leader in the field of sustainable horticulture, he has brought this 37-acre oasis of parkland on the Hudson River to the forefront as the only public garden space in New York City to be maintained completely organically. A frequent lecturer on sustainable practices, Eric is continuing to develop protocols to help landscapes recover from the 20th century’s chemical interventions. A 2008 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, he serves as a consultant to Harvard University, the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston, Bowdoin College, and Mount Auburn Cemetery.