Abby Hird
BGCI-US Research Associate
125 Arborway
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617.384.5774
Fax: 617.524.1418
Email
Education
MS Public Horticulture (2007), Longwood Graduate Program, University of Delaware
BS Horticulture (2004), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
I greatly enjoy working for Botanic Gardens Conservation International–United States office (BGCI-US), and I feel lucky to be based at the Arnold Arboretum. In 2010, BGCI-US conducted the North American Collections Assessment , in partnership with the Arnold Arboretum and the United States Botanic Garden. In 2011, we are starting to implement the recommendations that came out of the 2010 Assessment.
Prior to my work for BGCI, I came to the Arboretum as the 2008-2010 Putnam Research Fellow, and relished the opportunity to work with Michael Dosmann, Curator of Living Collections, to conduct a conservation assessment of the Arboretum’s living collections.
In my free time, I can be found hiking around the Arboretum and New England, or gardening any piece of land I can get my hands on. I also have dreams of one day starting an Arboretum band, and/or all-star basketball team.
Collaborators
Andrea Kramer (BGCI-US), Michael Dosmann (Arnold Arboretum), and Ray Mims (United States Botanic Garden) – “The North American Collections Assessment” to document ex situ conservation collections in North America to address Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity).
Recent Presentations
- Hird, A. and M. Dosmann. Breaking the Barriers to Successful Ex situ Plant Conservation. 6th Annual Plant Biology Symposium poster, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2010)
- Hird, A. and M. Dosmann. Breaking the Barriers to Successful Ex situ Plant Conservation. 4th Global Botanic Gardens Congress, BGCI, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
- Kramer, A., A. Hird, M. Dosmann, R. Mims. The North American Collections Assessment, American Public Gardens Association Annual Conference poster, Atlanta, Georgia (2010)
- Hird, A. and R. Lyons. International Collaboration Among Public Gardens in the United States and Russia, USFWS Russian Botanical Exchange Program meeting, Washington, DC (2009)
- Hird, A., and M. Dosmann. Got Collections? In-depth Analysis Boosts Conservation Planning, and Understanding What We’re Conserving: Conservation through a Collections Management Lens, APGA Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (2009)
- Hird, A. and R. Lyons. International Collaboration Among Public Gardens, APGA Annual Conference, Pasadena, California (2008)
- Hird, A. et al. Evaluation of the College Horticulture Internships at Longwood Gardens, American Society for Horticultural Sciences Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona (2007)
- Hird, A., and A. Mosher. Mapping Community Assets for the Delaware Center for Horticulture, Delaware State GIS Conference, Dover, Delaware (2007)
- Hird, A. Botanical Exchange Activities Among Russian and U.S. Public Gardens, 3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress, BGCI, Wuhan, China (2007)