Mary Myers has dedicated her time, skill and knowledge to the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture since 2003.During her time at Temple she has worn pretty much every hat you can. Professional landscape architect; tenured professor; former chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture; past president of Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture and now a CELA Fellow; member of the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board; Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects; Philadelphia Flower Show exhibit designer; mentor; leader...
No one should ever feel they have nothing left to learn.
Maybe your interest is gardening. Or interior design. Photography or real estate. Perhaps it's all of the above.
Temple University Ambler offers hundreds of non-credit and continuing education programs that cater to almost any interest. Whether you are interested in learning new skills for a job or simply want to learn for your personal enjoyment, expert faculty and professionals guide students through a broad diversity of educational experiences.
"Temple Ambler is conveniently located and a wonderful...
Police departments and other branches of law enforcement have provided dedicated support to the Special Olympics since its earliest days. It's an honor they carry with distinction and pride.On November 10, 8 cadets from the Temple University Municipal Police Academy had the chance to be a part of that tradition during Special Olympics Fall Festival 2017. Temple's Police Academy training takes place at the Ambler Campus."Chief David Duffy of the Upper Gwynedd Police Department spoke to the cadet class about the opportunity. Class Lt. Dan Bocanumenth, who has been hired by the...
Temple University Ambler alumnus Tina Sottolano-Cain is firmly of the belief that gardens comes in all sizes great and small — though her preference skews toward the latter."I tell my clients 'As long as you have a spot for a pot you can have a garden,'" said Sottolano-Cain, who took the scenic route to arriving at her Bucks County-based one-woman garden design business — Gardens on the Go. "While I was at Temple earning my Horticulture degree, I developed a strong passion for small garden design, especially container gardening. There are several keys to...
Several stories below the feet of William Penn at City Hall, a wintery land of gardens, mazes, skating, lights, topiaries and more is taking root.Dilworth Park's Wintergarden, featuring America's Garden Capital Maze, will open for a second season on Friday, November 10 on the Albert M. Greenfield Lawn.Center City District, partnering with Greater Philadelphia Gardens, of which the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University is a part, has had a dedicated group of volunteers working diligently to make this vision of willow-branch archways, evergreens, trees, perennials, shrubs, and...
For fall foliage enthusiasts, 2017 has been a bit of a waiting game as trees throughout the region remained stubbornly green and temperatures stayed decidedly unlike fall.Good things, however, come to those who wait."The expectation was that we would see typically good fall color in mid-October, which is usually the peak season for fall foliage in the region," said Ambler Arboretum of Temple University Director Kathy Salisbury. "This year, thanks to how warm it has been, we're seeing those vibrant fall colors in early November and will likely be able to enjoy them for the next...
Everyone has a memory to share, a story to tell.
At Temple Ambler In Bloom, we want to share our story, and hear yours! The Ambler Arboretum's 13th Annual Garden Party will be held on Saturday, September 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Louise Bush-Brown Formal Perennial Gardens. Party attire and turf-tolerant shoes are suggested. Register online at ambler.temple.edu/bloom!
"The Ambler Arboretum is a place of learning, growing and sharing experiences. We are collecting and recording those experiences for the new Ambler Arboretum Podcast," said Kathy Salisbury, Director of the...
Not quite up on techniques to identify wildlife? Can't tell your flora from your fauna?
At the Ambler Arboretum BioBlitz that will be no problem! Designed for novices and experts alike, the BioBlitz will include several programs designed to help participants identify wildlife and plants.
The Ambler Arboretum BioBlitz, presented by Temple Ambler EarthFest, will be held from 6 am. to 5 p.m. (Please Note Time), on Friday, May 17. The event and is free and open to the public.
"Our BioBlitz is intended for anyone who has an interest in biodiversity and citizen...
In 2010, Temple University adopted its first Climate Action Plan, which outlined its initial steps toward carbon neutrality.
In the years, since, Temple has taken great steps in meeting its climate commitment, according to Kathleen Grady, Director of Sustainability at Temple.
"We recently completed our fiscal 2017 greenhouse gas inventory. Temple has seen a three percent reduction in gross emissions and a 13 percent reduction in net emissions from its 2006 baseline," she said. "That puts us ahead of schedule of our reduction goals outlined in the university's 2010 Climate...
The need for professionals skilled in promoting sustainability and protecting and preserving the environment is critical, now more than ever.
The green industry is a booming field with potential in careers that students about to enter the working world may not have even thought of.
"Temple has numerous majors that are, of course, on the front lines of finding the perfect balance between the built and natural environments," said Susan Sacks, Manager of Research and Grants at Temple University Ambler and Co-Coordinator of Temple Ambler's EarthFest series of events. "But the...
Plants + Fish = Self-Sustained Farming. It's a fairly simple equation — fish waste becomes food for plants and the plants naturally filter the water back into the fish tank — for an innovative approach to agriculture that can be economically undertaken in spaces large and small.At Wordsworth Academy in Fort Washington, the Temple University Ambler Aquaponics Lab and Wordsworth administrators are adding a few more elements to the math — students, educators, birds, guinea pigs, turtles, rabbits, chinchillas, snakes and more — to create a system that...
Faith Tiberio was a true force of — and force for — nature.With a ready, welcoming smile and a deep, rich pool of knowledge and experience in her personal interests, it was hard not to become just as passionate about the causes she supported.Tiberio's connections to Temple University Ambler date back more than a century to its pioneering forerunner, the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. There have been few historic campus milestones in the past few decades that she hasn't supported. With her recent passing at the age of 92, the Ambler Campus has lost a...
As a new school year begins, Temple University Ambler is updating and adding facilities to provide students their best Temple experience inside and out of the classroom.
Students will return to find that the Ambler Campus Bookstore has moved to the Ambler Campus Learning Center. Diamond General, Temple's new convenience store concept, has taken up residence in the Learning Center Lobby and the Student Success Center is expanding their tutoring support online.
Moving the bookstore will also open space in Bright Hall for a new design-build studio for students in the...
While students in Temple's College Bound Academy spent a week discovering everything the University has to offer, a visit to Temple University Ambler gave participants the opportunity to explore "green" careers."We really wanted to get the students out to Temple Ambler after talking to a young lady — Marquita Heard — who had been through foster care and graduated from Temple with a degree in Landscape Architecture. She now works for the City of Philadelphia and is connected to the Philadelphia Flower Show," said Harold B. Brooks, Educational Services Coordinator for...
Kathleen Salisbury can't remember a time when plants, horticulture and the outdoors weren't a part of her life.
"I come from a long line of people with green thumbs. I've always had a connection to the outdoors; there was always a draw for me toward horticulture," she said. "It was a natural progression that I'd look toward horticulture as a profession, public horticulture in particular. I've always felt that it's through these wonderful public gardens that we can truly commit people to thinking environmentally and sustainably."
After a 25-year career that has touched...
During a recent week in May, a crisis in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area left a hiker stranded, unable to find their way out of a densely forested 2,800-acre region.National Park Service rangers and rangers-in-training sprung into action, using search and rescue skills they had methodically practiced to track and locate the hiker and bring her to safety.Fortunately in the case of this rescue, it was a ProRanger Philadelphia "Leadership Training Camp" training scenario held at the Delaware Water Gap — one of the country's 413 national parks — designed...
A visit to Temple University Ambler and the Ambler Arboretum is a trip through a rich history that informs the present while embracing the future.In the past, there are powerful echoes of the pioneering women of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women who found their passions in horticulture, landscape design and agriculture and became leaders in each field.In our classrooms and in our gardens today, students are learning by doing, designing and building landscape architecture projects, training to become the next generation of law enforcement and learning plant...
An arboretum is little better than a landscape painting if it can only be enjoyed from a distance.Thanks to the generous support of MaryJane (MJ) Kirkpatrick, her daughter Kim Pennente, sister-in-law Lisa Schiel of the Schiel Family Foundation, and the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, a new "Ambler Arboretum Accessible Pathway" has been developed to ensure that everyone can enjoy the Temple University Ambler campus gardens the way they were intended."The gardens at Temple Ambler are a wonderful resource, a real showcase for the campus and for Temple. Temple is my alma mater...
The evolution of Temple University Ambler started with what was then a revolutionary concept — providing educational opportunities for women at a time when few were available. Temple Ambler's forerunner, the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women was nearly unique in providing its students hands-on education and the opportunity to enhance and enrich their lives.
More than 100 years later, the Ambler Campus continues to play a unique role within Temple University. A designated arboretum, it is a living laboratory of varied environments — from conifer and wetland...
Instances of new, artistically crafted outdoor furniture popping up around the Temple University Ambler Campus have students, faculty and staff buzzing about their origins. This wasn't a case of spontaneous furniture generation after all.
The 13 pieces — a combination of chairs and tables — were developed with intention by the students in Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Rob Kuper's junior design studio. Fresh off a highly successful showing at the 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show — Temple was awarded several top honors for the exhibit Nieuwpolders: Regenerating...
