The 220 Trees Project

The 220 Trees Project merges art and nature with the planting of 220 saplings of varying species on the Art Park's grounds. Our collaborators— the United Climate Action Network (U-CAN), the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation, and SUNY ESF Landscape Architecture graduate students led by Prof. Matthew Potteiger— bring a breadth of multidisciplinary knowledge to this artful and educational installation of trees.

The 220 saplings, donated by U-CAN and planted in late spring of 2020 and added to in 2021, will grow to capture carbon— an action to prevent the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere— to support wildlife and mitigate contributions to global warming. The arrangement of trees in the park, designed by graduate students in SUNY ESF's landscape architecture program, offer an aesthetic and sensory journey, turning trees and landscape into an experiential art installation.

Watch the saplings grow, snugly wrapped in a protective tree tubes that dot the landscape with bright spots of blue!

You can find this installation in the lower field of the exit drive.

A special thank you to Laurie and Kevin Dudley for all their work caring for these trees. And to Kevin, Jimmy Golub, and Stephen Evans for building a water wagon that will make watering all those trees possible!