Our inaugural Urban Wild Writer in Residence reports from the four mounds of the future Freshkills Park.

Where do the street trees come from, and where does the compost go? Rikers Island was the city’s growing outpost for years. But does “greening” the prison always improve things for prisoners?

Photographers focus on the grasslands that cap the former Fresh Kills landfill and provide new homes for threatened wildlife.

We seek a writer to explore and interpret the contemporary urban landscape where highways meet gas wells, herons, and kayakers.

Seed libraries can restart agriculture after disasters. But what of useless plants? Two artists save the spontaneous, weedy species that serve no purpose but their own.

Photographers explore the infrastructural underpinnings of Freshkills Park.

When Russell Jacobs started identifying trees, he found history, conflict, and company in an overlooked component of the streetscape.

Landscape architect David Seiter explains to ecologist Timon McPhearson why he loves weeds — and why you should too.

Five photographers roamed a wintry Freshkills Park, finding company in ducks and deer.

Geographer Marla Emery explains the nuances of urban foraging — its cultural and personal purposes, public health benefits and risks, and potential and pitfalls for land management.