Georgia Silvera Seamans

New York City

Georgia lives and breathes city trees–with experience in New Haven, Boston, Oakland, and NYC, and a dissertation about urban forestry policy in Northern California cities. Her research has been published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and Arboriculture & Urban Forestry. She also has bylines in City Trees, Popular Science and Audubon. She is a member of the #BlackBotanistsWeek organizing committee. Georgia is the founder of Local Nature Lab and directs Washington Square Park Eco Projects where she designs urban ecology programs for New Yorkers of all ages.