Thanks to one of the guardians of Central Park, Ms. Tina Nelson, springtime in Central Park is an environment that almost seems to glow, filled with pale pink blossoms playing off electric-green meadows. Ms. Nelson bears the unwieldy title of soil, water and ecology laboratory coordinator for Central Park. Quite simply, she is the diagnostician for every aspect of Central Park’s natural environment. She tests the soils to see if there is too much nitrogen here, too little potassium there, and also monitors the park’s bodies of water. Her intimate knowledge of the park’s 843 acres helps landscapers decide what steps to take to maintain their assigned zones.
“The conservancy’s maintenance of the park is so much more than mowing and raking,” said Douglas Blonsky, president of the Central Park Conservancy, the nonprofit group that manages the park for New York City. “To do it right means knowing the park at a very fundamental level.”
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