Pathways to PRFCT
Pathways to PRFCT is our partnership program with public gardens and parks throughout the U.S. Working with this network of diverse, responsibly managed landscapes, Perfect Earth and our partners share and exchange knowledge of PRFCT Practices, while drawing the public into beautiful, healthy, and biodiverse green spaces where these practices are being applied. Our Pathways to PRFCT Partners include:
The thriving green heart of downtown New York City, The Battery is a model of conservation and biodiversity with vast public gardens, organic urban farms, and toxic-free lawns.
- Read an interview with Warrie Price, The Battery Conservancy founder and president.
- Discover the buzz on native bees at The Battery.
- Find out how The Battery cuts back its perennials here.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85‐acre sustainable waterfront park stretching 1.3 miles along Brooklyn’s East River shoreline, is a leading example of ecological horticulture practices that support and promote biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.
- Read an interview with Rashid Poulson, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s director of horticulture.
A world-renowned arboretum in Brooklyn, NY, Green-Wood Cemetery features a dynamic living collection of trees and shrubs. Their collection continues to grow—each new planting is selected for its climate adaptiveness, wildlife value, enhancement of the beauty of the landscape, and resilience.
- Learn how the horticulture department is adapting Green-Wood to our changing climate through four initiatives here.
- Read more about 2024 Research Fellows in Urban Environmental Science co-sponsored by Perfect Earth.
LongHouse Reserve is a 16-acre integrated environment in East Hampton, NY, created by artist, collector, and world-renowned textile designer and weaver Jack Lenor Larsen. (Photo by Philippe Cheng)
Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans is a multifaceted historic estate featuring a world-class house museum and eight acres of gardens, originally designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman. Their commitment to sustainability includes banning all leaf blowers, converting to electric landscape machinery, leaving biomass on site, and eschewing all chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
- Read more about Longue Vue’s holistic approach to plant care here.
Created in 1967 by the late artist, gardener, and writer Robert Dash in the village of Sagaponack, NY, Madoo is an ever-changing, horticulturally diverse, and entirely organic garden that is a living tribute to the artistic imagination of its founder.
- Read more about Madoo’s approach to sustainability here.
Located in Garrison, NY, Manitoga is the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright (1904-1976) and his family. Manitoga is a National Historic Landmark, an Affiliate Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and one of the few 20th century modern homes with original landscape open to the public. (Photo by Rick Darke)
- Learn more about how Mantioga is “living in harmony with nature through design” here.
Westchester County Parks Department
- Hilltop Hanover Farm Yorktown, NY
Find out about Hilltop Hanover’s native seed program here. - Muscoot Farm Katonah, NY
- Lasdon Park Katonah, NY
- Cranberry Lake Preserve West Harrison, NY
- Lenoir Preserve Yonkers, NY
Wethersfield Estate and Garden
Nestled in 1000 acres of rolling hills in Amenia, NY, Wethersfield Estate and Garden the estate features an elegant Italianate garden with more than 20 miles of trails and over 400 acres of woodlands. (Photo by Ngoc Minh Ngo)
- Read more about how conservation has been at the heart of the estate since it was founded more than 80 years ago here.