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ARTOBER ON CP, WILD BY DESIGN, THE ART OF PLANTING with DESIGNER BEN O'BRIEN
This week on CP we kick off ARTOBER. Host Ben Futa is talking all things Wild By Design, the Art of Planting, in conversation with Ben...
Oct 2
THE HIDDEN HISTORIES OF GARDEN LEGACIES, with ROSE VINCENT, RESOURCE LIBRARIAN NYBG
This week on Cultivating Place , in honor of this first week of Autumn, and the idea of passing time, looking back, and the importance of...
Sep 25
THE ADVENTUROUS ART OF CULTIVATING PLACE, with PEG & AWL
This week on Cultivating Place , we lean into The Art of CP, exploring how the act of Cultivating Place is artful, and how the creative...
Sep 18
MUM'S THE FLOWER OF FALL, with JESSICA HALL OF HARMONY HARVEST FLOWER FARM
This week on Cultivating Place , we celebrate late summer and fall on the horizon in conversation about one of fall’s stars in the...
Sep 4
THE GENEROSITY OF AN ORCHARD: THE GIVING GROVE
As autumn and harvest begins to color the edges of our awareness, this week on Cultivating Place we’re joined by two people whose work...
Aug 21
BACK TO THE SOURCE: THE SOMME PRAIRIE GROVE NATURE PRESERVE
Looking back, even just this year, Cultivating Place has had multiple conversations with plantspeople from around the country about the...
Aug 14
BRIGHT AUTUMN NIGHTS—GLEAM AT OLBRICH BOTANICAL GARDENS
Hot August nights turn to bright August nights at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, WI. The Garden's annual GLEAM light show is...
Aug 7
PRAIRIE UP! WITH PLANTSPERSON BENJAMIN VOGT (BEST OF)
Cultivating Plac e and Cultivating Place Live  are made possible in part through the generosity of the Catto Shaw Foundation. Are you...
Jul 31
GLOBAL GARDEN ADVENTURER, PLANTSWOMAN LUCIE WILLAN
This week on Cultivating Place you are in for a real summer adventure on a global garden armchair tour of sorts with a plantswoman who...
Jul 10
JULY 4TH SPECIAL—GREAT EXPECTATIONS: CP LIVE with BEN FUTA OF BOTANY & CO SOUTH BEND, IN
THIS WEEK on CP - OUR NEXT CP LIVE podcast! And we head to Indiana with our very own Ben Futa! Botany & Co. in South Bend, Indiana is...
Jul 3
ROOTED IN EDUCATION, RICHARD M. SMITH, DIRECTOR, NYBG SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL HORTICULTURE
This week on Cultivating Place , guest host Abra Lee is joined in conversation by someone whose path into horticulture is both surprising...
Jun 26
TRANSFORMATIVE BEAUTY: BEN FUTA & MONTREAL-BASED DESIGNER, MARC SARDI
To welcome the fullness of June, this week on Cultivating Place , Guest host Ben Futa is back and in conversation with Marc Sardi, a...
Jun 5
A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, PLANTSWOMAN HOLLY SHIMIZU, EMERITUS DIRECTOR US BOTANIC GARDEN
This second week of May, we welcome gardener and plantswoman Holly Shimizu, whose four decades of work in some of America’s notable...
May 8
GROWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: HUMBLE ROOTS NURSERY & THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIVE PLANT PRIMER (BEST OF)
Happy May Day! This week on Cultivating Place, we welcome May, with all of her floral and plant profusion, revisiting a conversation we...
May 1
THE HOLY EARTH & THE NATURE STUDY IDEA, JOHN STEMPIEN ON THE LEGACY OF LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY
For many religions, Spring is a sacred season of renewal and regeneration. I feel it, don’t you? With this in mind, I am so pleased to...
Apr 17
LOVE LETTER TO A GARDEN, DEBBIE MILLMAN OF DESIGN MATTERS
22 Debbie Millman has written love letters before. Her 20 years creating and hosting the popular podcast Design Matters is just one...
Apr 10
THE VIBRANT NEW NATURAL GARDENING OF KELLY D. NORRIS
You might remember Cultivating Place's first conversation with Iowa-based plantsman, Kelly D. Norris, back in 2021, in celebration of...
Apr 3
THE CURIOSITY DRIVEN GROWING LIFE OF AUSTRALIA'S MICHAEL MCCOY
Many things motivate and drive us in our love of gardening, plants, and nature. Australia’s Michael McCoy, also known as The Gardenist ,...
Feb 13
THE POWER OF PUBLIC GREEN SPACES: NY'S ELIZABETH STREET GARDEN, with JOSEPH REIVER
The Elizabeth Street Garden  in New York City’s Little Italy and SoHo neighborhoods is a one-acre public garden founded in 1991 by Allan...
Feb 6
CREATIVITY, SELF-AWARENESS, AND ARTISTIC INGENUITY: PASSIONFLOWER SUE!
Creativity is one of those anchors to windward in unsettled and worrisome times. So is a hands-on creative project – with bonus points...
Jan 30
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