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TO BE A GARDENER, COMMUNITY-RESTORATION ECOLOGIST, CRIS SARABIA
This episode is dedicated to the remarkable and beloved P-22, the mountain lion who made LA his home, captured our imaginations, and...
Dec 22, 2022
A WINTER SOLSTICE OFFERING: THE MARGINALIAN IN THE GARDEN, with MARIA POPOVA
In the garden, we are "kneeling between the scale of seeds and the scale of stars...." - Maria Popova This week, a pre-Solstice offering...
Dec 15, 2022
THANKFUL: A THOUSAND WAYS TO PAY ATTENTION, WITH REBECCA SCHILLER
Rebecca Schiller is a gardener, a smallholding steward, an activist, and women's rights campaigner - founder and trustee of human rights...
Nov 25, 2022
FOREGROUNDING PLANTS: THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM CELEBRATES 150
In one of our more flamboyant arboreal seasons of the year—when our charismatic woody megaflora of the Northern Hemisphere—the trees—are...
Nov 10, 2022
GARDENING WITH AMERICAN ROOTS, NICK & ALLISON MCCULLOUGH
This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with a fall/winter planning and planting this time with a focus on design, in conversation...
Oct 20, 2022
PROPORTIONALITY: THE NORTHEAST NATIVE PLANT PRIMER w/ ULI LORIMER
Photos courtesy of Uli Lorimer, The Native Plant Trust, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. As we look to our fall...
Oct 6, 2022
SEED SEASON & BIOREGIONAL SEED SENSE w/ STACEY DENTON of FLORA FARM & DESIGN STUDIO
Photos courtesy of Stacey Denton, Flora Farm & Design Studio, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This first full...
Sep 29, 2022
REGENERATION FROM AN INTENTION OF DEEP JOY AND FUN, FARMER RISHI
Photos courtesy of Farmer Rishi and the Sarvodaya Institute, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This week on...
Sep 22, 2022
RAISE 'EM RIGHT: PLANT & HUMAN COMMUNITY AT BARTON SPRINGS NURSERY AUSTIN, TX
Photos courtesy of Barton Springs Nursery, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. If you ask me, the independent...
Sep 8, 2022
DIGGING DEEP & GARDEN SPARKS, with AUSTIN, TX GARDENER, PAM PENICK
All photos courtesy of Pam Penick, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. Pam Penick is the gardener/writer behind the...
Sep 1, 2022
TEST PLOT FOR A COMMUNITY-BASED LAND STEWARDSHIP ETHIC, with JEN TOY & JENNY JONES
This week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with Jenny Jones and Jen Toy. They are gardeners, landscape architects, and caring...
Aug 11, 2022
BEST OF: ADVENTUROUS DESIGN & CIVILIZATION BUILDING, DAVID GODSHALL, TERREMOTO LA
The Dog Days of Summer call for a reprisal - please enjoy this week's revisit of our conversation with David Godshall! David Godshall is...
Aug 4, 2022
THE HISTORY & IMPORTANCE OF SUMMER TOMATOES, SOUTH JERSEY STYLE, HEIRLOOM ACTIVIST JEFF QUATTRONE
It’s the height of warm season crops in our gardens here in the Northern Hemisphere, and this week Cultivating Place is joined by Jeff...
Jul 28, 2022
CONNECTION & DIVERSITY FROM A LAND PERSPECTIVE, CHEETAH TCHUDI of TURKEYTAIL FARM
It’s the height of summer farmers markets as community hubs, and this week we're in conversation with Cheetah Tchudi co-founder with his...
Jul 21, 2022
PRESERVATION & TRANSFORMATION: SAN FRANCISCO'S GREENHOUSE PROJECT, w/ CAITLYN GALLOWAY
San Francisco Bay Area’s Greenhouse Project is a cultural and economic restoration garden project making use of what we have and growing...
Jul 7, 2022
THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY
Ken Greene – who goes by K - is a seed person. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which in 2004 became the first...
Jun 30, 2022
NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER
It is really and truly summer now. Are your gardens and parks full of the sound, movements, and magic of winged life – the fluttering of...
Jun 23, 2022
THE MAGICAL BOTANICALS OF FLORA FORAGER, with BRIDGET BETH COLLINS
In the spirit of May, this week we’re headed out in the garden, or down the block, or up the trail for some plant-y wonder and magic in...
May 19, 2022
COLOR IN & OUT OF THE GARDEN, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNER
In preparation for May and Mother’s Day here in the US, this week we’re in conversation with Lorene Edwards Forkner, a gardener, a...
Apr 28, 2022
SAGING THE WORLD, PREPARING FOR CA NATIVE PLANT WEEK, ROSE RAMIREZ & DEBORAH SMALL
Rose Ramirez is a California native plant gardener, basketweaver, photographer, and educator of Chumash descent; Deborah Small is an...
Apr 7, 2022
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