June 1, 2005
Jenny Rose Carey has been named the Director of the Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler effective May 19, 2005.
Carey is no stranger to Temple University Ambler. After graduating summa cum laude with an Associate of Science degree in Horticulture in 2003, she continued her stay at the Ambler campus as an adjunct professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture teaching History of Landscape Architecture and Woody Plants II.
“As a horticulture graduate, long-time active gardener, volunteer and horticultural consultant, Carey has the practical and scientific knowledge to guide the maintenance and acquisitions for the Arboretum,” said Temple University Ambler Dean Dr. Sophia Wisniewska. “Her relationships with the heads of the most significant local arboreta are excellent. I believe that she is well positioned to take the Arboretum to the next level.”
Born in London, England, Carey earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Southampton University in 1981 and her graduate degree in Education from Oxford University in 1982.
Carey brings a wealth of knowledge and resources to the director’s position with a background in research of historical Philadelphia gardens and women’s role in the development of gardens and horticultural styles in the early 20th Century. She is a frequent lecturer on a variety of horticulture topics ranging from trees to herbs.
Well connected in the field, Carey is affiliated with notable organizations such as the Awbury Arboretum, the Herb Society of America, the Physic Garden at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
She has received top honors for her horticultural talents, winning the Club Historic Preservation Certificate for ongoing research and implementation of a Victorian Garden and a ‘Secret Garden’ designed as a bird and butterfly habitat and meditative space from The Garden Club of America. Carey also received the Heckscher Bowl and Dorothy Falcon Platt Award for horticultural excellence from The Garden Club of Philadelphia.
As the director of the Arboretum, Carey plans to undertake improvement projects including new designs for the gardens, irrigation, lighting, signage, tagging, and accessibility. She is also responsible for working with academic and administrative units to provide educational programs for the community in addition to supporting the curricula of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture and the use of the Arboretum and its facilities across academic disciplines.
“My vision for the future is to see the Arboretum continue to thrive as a teaching garden, while encouraging community groups to visit campus and utilize all it has to offer,” said Carey. “The next few years in the development of the Arboretum will set the foundation for success.”
Carey assumes the Arboretum director’s role from the founding director, Stephanie Cohen, a Temple University Ambler alumna and author of Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer with Nancy Ondra.
Under Cohen’s leadership, several gardens received prestigious awards from the Perennial Plant Association, an Arboretum Advisory Committee was formed, and nearly $400,000 was raised for capital improvements. Cohen was also recognized by the Perennial Plant Association as Educator of the Year in 2003.
“I am excited for Carey and for the Arboretum,” said Cohen, who is preparing to write her second book. “She is very capable and the Arboretum is in very good hands.”
Established as the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women in 1910, the sprawling 187-acre Ambler campus includes a myriad of learning gardens such as an herb garden, ground cover garden, native plant garden, rock wall, woodland garden, trial garden, and large perennial borders. It serves the University as a living laboratory for student learning and research as well as a destination for community members and visitors. A greenhouse, which was added to the campus in 2001, and a much anticipated Intercollegiate Athletics Field House with green roof technology, scheduled to open this summer, round out this dynamic learning institution.
The mission of the Arboretum is to promote the understanding of the relationship between people and the environment and to celebrate the successes of its predecessor while preserving the historic significance of the campus.
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