Anne Megaro
Anne Megaro, Director of Land Programs
B.A., Hollins College
Before joining Groundwork Hudson Valley in 2002, Anne was the Director of Friends of Wildcliff Greenhouse, Inc., and acted as landscape consultant to the City of New Rochelle. She worked to develop the city’s worst eyesores into low maintenance, drought resistant permanent plantings and was responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of 23 sites. From 1992-97, Anne wrote a monthly gardening article for Tomorrow magazine.
As Groundwork Hudson Valley’s Director of Land Programs, Anne has created community and school gardens out of vacant lots and teaches indoor and outdoor gardening programs with senior centers, intergenerational groups and several schools in Yonkers and Mount Vernon. She recently completed a substantial teachers guide for the outdoor classroom at the Enrico Fermi School for grades 1-3. Anne has planted and continues to maintain over 40 planters in downtown Yonkers.
