Washington Square Park
Eco Projects, with Co-founder
Georgia Silvera
Seamans
Georgia Silvera Seamans is the co-founding
director of Washington Square Park Eco
Projects in New York City. She is an urban for-
ester, independent researcher, and writer.
Georgia has bylines with UrbanOmnibus.net,
Audubon.org, and Audubon Magazine, and her
research has been published in Urban Forestry
& Urban Greening and the former Journal of
Arboriculture. Georgia blogs about urban nature
at localecologist.org. She holds degrees from
Wesleyan University, the Yale School of Forestry
& Environmental Studies, and UC Berkeley.
Could you share about your NYC roots
and your connection to Washington
Square Park in particular?
Georgia Silvera Seamans: When my family
emigrated to the U.S., the first place we landed
was Washington Heights. I attended junior high
and high school in NYC. I used to visit the Village
as a teenager; the vintage shops on West 8th
Street were fun to explore! I recall one visit to
Washington Square Park during that time. The Park
struck me as a dynamic and diverse place. As an
adult I moved back to the City in 2009. I live a few
blocks from the Park, within a 10-minute walk. >>
Georgia Silvera Seamans (center) with the
interactive Washington Square Park Eco Projects
Mobile Exhibit. Photo Courtesy Street Lab
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