Elena Day

Elena Day is a horticulture supervisor at the Trust for Governor's Island, where she oversees the native plant restoration and ornamental plantings in the north half of the island park. Her passion is ecological horticulture, developing native ecosystems that support birds, insects, and other wildlife. She is a graduate of the New York Botanic Garden School of Professional Horticulture, and interned at Stonecrop Gardens in upstate New York. She is also a graduate of Wesleyan University, where she majored in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.