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Queens Botanical Garden gets innovative help
from Urban Explorations
Urban Explorations, a landscape design company based in Long Island City, has teamed up with the Queens Botanical Garden in an innovative new program to keep employees working during their off season.
Urban Explorations company is donating the time of its experienced employees to provide much needed manpower for special projects at the Botanical Garden. This comes at a time when the Botanical Garden budgets have been limited and cut. Entrepreneur, Patricia Olmstead, owner of Urban Explorations and Susan Lacerte, Executive Director of Queens Botanical Garden, have created this perfect public-private partnership.
Pat sums it up. "We have to help each other." It is that simple.
During the down winter months, Pat's employees report to Karl McKoy, Head Gardener, at the Botanical Garden to do projects. Pat's company continues to pay them. While they are working for Karl, her employees are gaining valuable experience and horticultural skills. Managers from Urban Explorations continue to supervise as well.
Go to Full Video and Photo News Coverage including a tour of the Platinum LEEDS Award Winning Administrative Building at the Botanical Garden.
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