Bryan R. Denig Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Developing commercially viable micropropagation protocols for select oaks

• Created functional, beautiful, and meaningful design solutions for multifaceted problems on sites of diverse scales • Advanced landscape architecture projects at all stages: from proposals and initial concepts through construction administration and post-construction maintenance• Collaborated on international multidisciplinary teams and worked with diverse stakeholder groups• Developed effective and beautiful graphics to successfully communicate complex ideas visually

• Provided guidance for the future management of the trees and soils that compose two nationally significant landscapes• The National Mall: Inventoried and assessed the trees and associated soils and developed an operations and maintenance manual to guide their future management. The manual emphasizes preserving significant trees, improving soil characteristics, and smartly integrating additional tree species that are aesthetically compatible with the existing American elms• The… Show more • Provided guidance for the future management of the trees and soils that compose two nationally significant landscapes• The National Mall: Inventoried and assessed the trees and associated soils and developed an operations and maintenance manual to guide their future management. The manual emphasizes preserving significant trees, improving soil characteristics, and smartly integrating additional tree species that are aesthetically compatible with the existing American elms• The Flight 93 National Memorial: Performed a complete tree inventory/assessment, and analyzed existing soils in the memorial groves. The 40 memorial groves of 40 trees (1,600 trees in total) are demonstrating varying degrees of success growing in the very problematic soils of a former surface mine Show less

• Select, evaluate, and propagate unique oak hybrids to develop superior tree selections that are tolerant of urban growing conditions• Collaborate on various other urban horticulture research projects (e.g. developed the City of Ithaca’s urban forestry master plan, and created a comprehensive guide for CU-Structural Soil®)

• Researched and developed online learning modules for educators at public gardens• Modules guide public garden educators seeking to develop outreach programs aimed at improving environmental awareness• Program was developed in partnership between the “Expanding Capacity in Environmental Education” initiative, or EECapacity, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Cornell University, and the American Public Garden Association

Ithaca, New York

• Cared for 20+ diverse landscape areas throughout the Cornell campus• Managed Minns Garden, a highly-maintained historic garden at Cornell• Maintained one of the first Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) certified landscapes

Ithaca, New York

• Provided support for “Creating the Urban Eden,” an in-depth course on sustainable landscape establishment• Course topics included detailed site assessment, appropriate plant selection, planting design, soil remediation, and maintenance • Students were tasked with developing sustainable plantings both in theory and in practice through hands-on projects to create new landscapes on Cornell’s campus• Course taught and quizzed students on over 300 unique woody plant species

Master'S Degree, Horticulture, With A Focus On Urban Horticulture

Bachelor Of Science In Landscape Architecture, With A Concentration In Social-Ecological Systems

Education record