Book Talk + Walk with Ecological Artist, Susan Hoenig

Book Walk & Talk with Ecological Artist Susan Hoenig

Hosted by Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS)

Join FOPOS and renowned ecological artist Susan Hoenig for a guided Book Walk & Talk through the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Explore her White Oak and American Chestnut Leaf Sculptures while hearing insights from her new book, Birds and Berries: The Lives of Trees (July 2025).

Discover how climate change is reshaping the delicate relationship between birds and berry-producing plants, vital for pollination, seed dispersal, and migratory survival. This is a unique opportunity to connect art, ecology, and climate awareness in the natural world.

This event is free and space is limited!

Meeting Location: Mountain Lakes House | 57 Mountain Ave | Princeton

Dress in layers and boots or shoes you don't mind getting muddy.

About Susan Hoenig:

Susan Hoenig connects Earth and Art to make visible the relationship between habitat, plant and animal life. She studies the evolutionary impact of the forest understory. In 2022, she received the Indigenuity Contest Honoring the Lessons of Our Mother Earth from the Museum of the Native American History in Bentonville, Arkansas. In 2022, Susan had an exhibition: "Uprooted Trees, Magicicadas and Climate Change" at the Princeton Public Library, sponsored by a grant from the Puffin Foundation. In 2020, Susan was artist-in-residence at Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton, NJ where she collaborated with Friends of Princeton Open Space to draw attention to the value and beauty of native trees. One of Susan's leaf sculptures, the American chestnut, is situated alongside newly planted American chestnut saplings with 100% native seeds. A documentary was made of this restoration project. Recently, in 2024, Susan had an exhibition, "Rhythms of the Land" at the Hutchins Galleries, NJ.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Ave, Princeton, United States