Botanical Garden Associate VP Francisca Coelho Has Deep Bronx Roots
Francisca Coelho, associate vice president for glasshouses and exhibitions, New York Botanical Garden.
Francisca Coelho grew up in Trinidad with a tropical rain forest just beyond the garden where her parents tended mango and avocado trees.
When she arrived in the Bronx almost 30 years ago to study horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden, she discovered those lush surroundings of her youth had given her a head start.
“I can picture plants and name them. I can see all the characteristics,” she said. “It was very fascinating for me to see the plants I grew up with outside growing in this big glass building.”
After graduation, Coelho was hired to record and track all of the garden’s new plants. Since then, her roots at the garden have grown steadily deeper. Today, she is the associate vice president for glasshouses and exhibitions.
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