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Dec 6, 2019
BEST OF: IN SEARCH OF THE CANARY TREE, DR. LAUREN E. OAKES
In this early December mini-pledge drive week here at North State Public Radio, I wanted to revisit our earlier conversation with Dr....


Nov 28, 2019
UNABASHED GRATITUDE & STRUCTURES OF CARE, with POET GARDENER ROSS GAY
"It’s sort of beautiful – Lucky – It feels like a lucky orientation to be constantly thinking: 'Oh what’s happening out there, what’s...


Nov 21, 2019
TALKING 'BOUT A REVOLUTION: FOODSCAPE REVOLUTION with BRIE ARTHUR
Last week we were in the herbs, this week we move to the rest of the food pantry and I mean the rest – from peanuts to beans and rice,...


Nov 14, 2019
ALL THE HERBS OF THE SEASON with SUE GOETZ
We’re past the fall back time change here in the US and for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere generally the days are noticeably...


Nov 7, 2019
FIRESCAPING: IN HONOR OF THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAMPFIRE, with DOUGLAS KENT, CALLI-JANE DE
Almost one year ago, on November 8th 2018, the CampFire broke out in Butte County California Cited as the deadliest and most destructive...


Oct 31, 2019
MASTERING THE ART OF BEING A PLANTSMAN, MATT MATTUS
Matt Mattus is a well known horticulturist, plantsman gardener and author. His Growing with Plants Blog and hist first book Mastering the...


Oct 24, 2019
GARDEN CARTOGRAPHY - MISTI LITTLE, NATURALIST & THE GARDEN PATH PODCAST
Misti little is a naturalist, a gardener, a mother, and professionally she’s an environmental consultant working in GIS geographic...


Oct 17, 2019
CULTIVATING A GARDENING CULTURE - TUCKER FITZPATRICK
Two weeks ago we began a meta gardening theme in conversation with architect David Abelow today we continue in this mode with Southern...


Oct 10, 2019
BEST OF: DARING TO BE WILD - MARY REYNOLDS AIMS TO BUILD AN A-R-K
Welcome to the North State Public Radio Fall Pledge Drive – which I thought was a good time indeed to revisit a Best of Program from...

Oct 3, 2019
THE FIRST NEXT ROOM: CONSIDERING OUR GARDENS FROM THE INSIDE OUT with ARCHITECT DAVID ABELOW
Today we move out in perspective a little, looking, thinking and talking about how built spaces and landscapes integrate into the world...


Sep 26, 2019
A NATURAL HISTORY OF LOVE & LOSS - LATE MIGRATIONS with MARGARET RENKL
"Loss is the shadow side of love, and grief is its own twin" – so writes Margaret Renkl in her human and moving memoir of place, plants,...


Sep 19, 2019
RESTORING THE LAND, RESTORING FAMILY & SANITY - THE DEER CAMP, with DEAN KUIPERS
We have spoken many times on Cultivating Place about the ways in which our places are in fact beloved and cared for members of our...


Sep 12, 2019
AT HOME WITH PLANTS, BAYLOR CHAPMAN of LILA B DESIGN
Baylor Chapman loves plants and she’s spent a good part of her career helping people to learn about, see, love and care for plants...


Sep 5, 2019
IN SEARCH OF THE CANARY TREE, and other THOUGHTS ON RESILIENCE, DR. LAUREN E. OAKES
Here in my part of the world, it’s back to school time! Lower schools, high school and university students, faculty and staff are shaking...


Aug 30, 2019
BEST OF: TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS
As we head into the month of the September, and we tend toward the Autumnal Equinox later in the month, I am reminded of this being one...


Aug 22, 2019
HIGH GROUND: PENSTEMONS & OTHER ALPINE PLANTS, MIKE KINTGEN, CURATOR OF ALPINE PLANTS, DENVER BO
"Alpine plants are very cute - deep down they remind of the beautiful mountain habitats that they live in. Even on a day when I haven’t...


Aug 15, 2019
THE GARDEN AS CRUCIBLE & PLANTING RAINBOWS, with MEG HERNDON AND SANDRA NAM CIOFFI
"a home is a very special place and, as we both have come to learn, how to nurture it - to literally build it and then feed the children...


Aug 8, 2019
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: WILD YARDS PROJECT, DAVID NEWSOM
“the minute our daughter was born, I suddenly became aware of this howling urban center that’s just 70 feet from my house, and the lack...


Aug 1, 2019
READING THE LANDSCAPE with COURTNEY ALLEN, NATIVE PLANT TRUST
This week we kick off a multi-episode series looking at the work of native plant organizations and gardeners on the ground and around the...


Jul 26, 2019
TO BE A PLACEMAKER with CHRISTIE PURIFOY
What does it mean to be a placemaker – what is learned, what is lost, what is gained in the making of any place. Today we consider the...
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