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PLANTING A BRIDGE FOR OUR WORLD, with ERNESTO ALVARADO
Ernesto Alvarado is a Mexican-born, Southern-California based native plant and seed teacher and student. He is currently the Native Plant...
Sep 23, 2021


INNOVATE & INTEGRATE: BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, with REBECCA MCMACKIN
In our final episode focusing on gardens that are dedicated to being ecologically rich and contributing back to the places in which they...
Aug 26, 2021


LAWNS INTO MEADOWS, REGENERATIVE LANDSCAPES with OWEN WORMSER
At a time when our gardens large or small often feel more important than ever, I think our focus on exactly what our gardens contain and...
Aug 19, 2021


THE ORDER OF ENERGY, THE URBAN FOOD FOREST OF MATTHEW TRUMM,
Many gardeners will remember with delight reading Gaia’s Garden by author and activist Toby Hemenway, originally published in 2001. Toby...
Aug 12, 2021


THE LAND BEYOND THE TREES, THE BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS - VAIL,CO
This week we continue our high elevation garden lens in Vail, Colorado at The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, leaders in the research and...
Aug 5, 2021


JOY & WONDER AT ELEVATION, ISA CATTO'S MOJO GARDENS in WOODY CREEK, COLORADO
This week on Cultivating Place we gain a little perspective with a lot of altitude as we begin a two-part series on Gardening at...
Jul 29, 2021


THE OUTSIDER, BOTANIZING GLOBALLY, GROWING LOCALLY with HANNAH GARDNER, UK
Hannah Gardner is a gardener, writer, and mother – she is a garden designer and plantswoman with a passion for traveling the world to...
Jul 22, 2021


CULTIVATING INTENTION: ALI MEDERS-KNIGHT, MECHOOPDA MAIDU
Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda Tribal member whose traditional and present homelands are based in interior Northern California. A...
Jul 1, 2021


GROWING GARDEN LIFE with HORTICULTURIST & 'DEVOTED BUG LOVER' JESSICA WALLISER
Jessica Walliser is an avid gardener and professional horticulturist – working in the business of plants and gardening since the tender...
Jun 17, 2021


ON REFUGIA: GROWING CONNECTION
Just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a team of plant folks known as Refugia is growing connection among places and people from...
May 27, 2021


OUR HUNGER, HEARTACHE & IDENTITIES HEALED IN THE EDIBLE GARDEN, w/ CLAIRE RATINON
Claire Ratinon is a gardener, a writer, and a passionate advocate for the growing of food no matter where you live or how small a space...
Apr 29, 2021


CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT WEEK, A CONVERSATION W/ THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY
April 17 through 24, 2021 is California Native Plant Week, designated by the California State Legislature in 2010 as an annual...
Apr 15, 2021


GARDENS IN TIME & SPACE: LAURA EKASETYA, LURIE GARDEN, CHICAGO
Having just moved across the seasonal threshold of the Vernal Equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere, this week we continue our focus on...
Mar 25, 2021


THE PERFECT EARTH PROJECT & 2/3rds 4 THE BIRDS, with LANDSCAPE DESIGNER EDWINA VON GAL
Here we are – mid-way into Women’s History Month & one year after the publication of The Earth in Her Hands. In honor of these two...
Mar 18, 2021


HOMEGROWN HOPE, with DOUG TALLAMY of 'NATURE'S BEST HOPE'
This week on Cultivating Place, we continue our FRESH STARTS series in conversation with a long established friend in the gardening...
Jan 14, 2021


GOOD MEDICINE, with SAYAKA LEAN, THE HERB PHARM
The Herb Pharm is committed to educating about safe and effective herbalism. Based in Williams, Oregon, their work includes an extensive...
Dec 24, 2020


IMAGINE: A CONVERSATION WITH FARMER/FLORIST/DAUGHTER, AMBER TAMM
In honor of the Solstice on December 21st and the important pivot in seasonal time that it represents, rest, dark, and dormancy in the...
Dec 17, 2020


BEAUTY & BALANCE: GARDENS OF THE HIGH DESERT, JUDITH PHILLIPS
Judith Phillips is a renowned landscape designer, founder and principle of Design Oasis, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the past...
Oct 22, 2020


GROWING FOOD AND COMMUNITY, URBAN FARMING INSTITUTE, BOSTON
On her email signature line, the irrepressibly optimistic and enthusiastic Patty Spence has this quote: “If not us, then who? If not now,...
Aug 27, 2020


FOR THE LOVE OF (BUG) LIFE, ENTOMOLOGIST NADIA RUFFIN
Nadia Ruffin, MS, is an entomologist, gardener and educator. She is the founder of Agricademy Inc, Quiwi Produce, and Urban Farm Sista...
Jun 19, 2020
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