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The Working Woods Resource Hub
Kirtland, OH
Location:
Kirtland, OH 44094, USA
Entity:
Non-Profit Organization, Private Business or Consultant
Scope:
Local, Regional, National
Service Area:
Appalachia, Midwest
The Working Woods Hub is a network of passionate educators, natural resource professionals, and scientists who seek to partner with forest landowners and other professionals throughout the region to manage, protect, and create resilient forests in Northeast Ohio. We work to increase understanding of — and promote best practices in — forest management in our region, achieved through tried-and-true forestry practices, scientific research, and community outreach.
Since it began in 2018, Working Woods has gained national recognition and has grown into a wider network that includes programs and skills workshops, Ohio-specific forest management resources, a seed bank, and a consulting forestry business that offers personalized advice to individual landowners.
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Main Contact:
Jessica Miller Mecaskey
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Working Woods at the Holden Arboretum is a 67-acre, nationally recognized, publicly accessible demonstration site, combining research and public education to increase understanding of and to promote best practices in forest management. The site is a part of the Holden Arboretum. While timber management treatments exist at the center of the site, the edges of Working Woods present an opportunity to use agroforestry to demonstrate non-timber forest product cultivation. We have used the ecosystems at Working Woods to demonstrate everything from growing mushrooms on logs, to tapping trees for maple syrup, to cultivating medicinal plants. As of 2025, there are active demonstrations of a small multi-functional riparian buffer, wild-cultivated medicinal herbs, wild-stewarded ramps, and shiitake mushrooms on hardwood logs.
We also hold workshops, webinars, and have an online library of resources to support land management and forest farming practices.
Our Consulting Forestry team can offer management planning for forest farming (maple sugaring, botanicals, mushroom cultivation etc.) and food-forests and technical assistance in plantings. Our Seed Bank focuses on native species and is able to provide seeds of local ecotype to support reforestation and agroforestry projects.
March 6, 2026 at 8:17:46 PM


