Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
THE BEAUTY OF HOFSTRA GREEN SPACES
Join in a guided tour of green spaces on the Hofstra campus, exploring the vital and often overlooked functions of thoughtfully designed landscapes. Beyond their aesthetic beauty, our campus green spaces play a crucial role in promoting mental health, supporting biodiversity, and providing essential pollinator services. As we walk through curated plantings of the Hofstra Arboretum and naturalized zones in the Hofstra Bird Sanctuary and native gardens, we will discuss how our campus serves as a living system that promotes ecological resilience while offering restorative spaces for human well-being. This program invites participants to see the Hofstra campus not just as a collection of plants, but as a model for sustainable, multifunctional land stewardship.
Facilitators:
• J. Bret Bennington, Professor of Geology
• Steven Raciti, Associate Professor of Biology
• Michael Runkel, Director of Grounds & Landscape
• Kevin Wiecks, Executive Director of the Bayard Cutting Arboretum
THE BEAUTY OF HOFSTRA GREEN SPACES
Join in a guided tour of green spaces on the Hofstra campus, exploring the vital and often overlooked functions of thoughtfully designed landscapes. Beyond their aesthetic beauty, our campus green spaces play a crucial role in promoting mental health, supporting biodiversity, and providing essential pollinator services. As we walk through curated plantings of the Hofstra Arboretum and naturalized zones in the Hofstra Bird Sanctuary and native gardens, we will discuss how our campus serves as a living system that promotes ecological resilience while offering restorative spaces for human well-being. This program invites participants to see the Hofstra campus not just as a collection of plants, but as a model for sustainable, multifunctional land stewardship.
Facilitators:
• J. Bret Bennington, Professor of Geology
• Steven Raciti, Associate Professor of Biology
• Michael Runkel, Director of Grounds & Landscape
• Kevin Wiecks, Executive Director of the Bayard Cutting Arboretum
