As part of the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute’s New Vision of Health Campus the Trager MicroForest Project will intensely plant Founders Square, a small city park located in the heart of downtown Louisville. This location offers a unique opportunity to reimagine urban greening and measure its impact on human health and the environment, moving us towards a model for cities that focus on fostering health and happiness.
The project will entail the planting of 113 trees in a .67 acre lot, in addition to many smaller plants and shrubs. The intensely planted site will serve as a public green space and an urban research lab. Research will include monitoring changes in the microclimate, urban greening connection to stress reduction, biodiversity and microbiome changes, soil health, and more.
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