Holden Forests & Gardens Tech Stack
Public garden and arboretum advancing plant science and visitor education
Holden Forests & Gardens operates two major institutions—the Holden Arboretum and Cleveland Botanical Garden—serving nearly 400,000 annual visitors across Northeast Ohio. The organization is actively scaling education, operations, and research functions, with hiring velocity accelerating and a junior-heavy team mix pointing toward capacity building in core mission areas. Active projects span forest health collaboration, breeding networks, pest management, and youth programming, while pain points cluster around funding sustainability, building regional scientific partnerships, and closing infrastructure gaps—typical constraints for mission-driven nonprofits balancing public engagement with applied environmental research.
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What Holden Forests & Gardens Is Building
◆Challenges
- Identifying funding sources
- Expanding resistance breeding programs
- Building regional breeding networks
- Control invasive plants and pests
- Gap in skillsets or infrastructure
- Lack of optimized protocols
- Bee leaf disease impact assessment
- Seasonal and grant-funded hiring needs
- Retention efforts
▲Active Projects
- Great lakes basin forest health collaborative
- Regional breeding networks
- Seed orchard development
- Integrated pest management implementation
- Invasive plant control
- Sustainable horticulture practices
- Seasonal highlights tram tours
- Seasonal youth & family activities in hershey children’s garden and ron & lydia harrington perennial playspace
- Youth summer camp groups
- Community garden activation projects
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Arboretum Horticulture Director
