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BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL: THE LITTLE GARDENER, with JULIE CERNY
In this very unusual back to school season here in the US, we’re joined this week by Julie Cerny a gardener, an outdoor enthusiast and...
Sep 3, 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


THE LIFELONG GARDENER, TONI GATTONE
Toni Gattone is a business woman, a master gardener, and a lifelong gardener of Italian descent. After struggling herself with a bad...
Aug 20, 2020


COLLABORATIVE GROWING, FARMER MEG PASKA
I wanted to pop in quick here for an update on our listener support challenge underway. We set ourselves the goal of adding 100 new...
Aug 13, 2020


BLACK IN THE GARDEN, THE POWERFUL GARDEN VOICE OF COLAH B. TAWKIN
Colah B Tawkin is a mother, gardener and the founder, host, and head creative of podcast and media platform known as Black in the Garden,...
Aug 6, 2020


THE TRANSFORMATIONAL (GARDEN) ART OF JASNA GUY
Last week Cultivating Place put out a listener support challenge– I am humbled and so very grateful for the response. We are on our way...
Jul 30, 2020


THE GARDEN CURATOR's ART OF THE GARDEN with COLLEEN SOUTHWELL, AUS
Before we get started today, I wanted to jump in a say hello – as the independent creator and producer of Cultivating Place, I am so...
Jul 23, 2020


THE POWER OF BOTANICAL MYTHOLOGY with MATT HALL
Matt Hall is a husband, father, and gardener deeply interested in how our cultural mythologies can produce and support cultures of...
Jul 16, 2020


WRITING WILD: 25 WOMEN POETS, RAMBLERS & MAVERICKS with KATHRYN AALTO
This week on Cultivating Place we take a summer amble with British-based Californian Kathryn Aalto – an historian, garden designer, and...
Jul 9, 2020


BOTANY, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY & POWER: AT THE HEART OF THE GARDEN, JAMAICA KINCAID
"YEASTY" - that's how Jamaica Kincaid describes our current moment in time. She and I spoke via remote audio video connection on June...
Jul 2, 2020


SUMMER GARDEN GEMS: THE MELONS, AMY GOLDMAN, HEIRLOOM GARDENER
Amy Goldman is a gardener, author artist and longtime advocate for seed saving, plant breeding, and heirloom fruits and vegetables. Her...
Jun 26, 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


WEDDING (FLOWERS) SEASON, with PHILIPPA CRADDOCK
June is traditionally a month in which many, many weddings are celebrated with family, food, and FLOWERS. With many of these weddings...
Jun 11, 2020


STRUCTURES OF CARE, with POET GARDENER ROSS GAY (BEST OF)
"It’s sort of beautiful – Lucky – It feels like a lucky orientation to be constantly thinking: 'Oh what’s happening out there, what’s...
Jun 4, 2020


THE COMFORT OF ROSES, with MICHAEL MARRIOTT, DAVID AUSTIN ROSES
If April showers bring May flowers, for me those flowers must include my roses. They are in peak bloom from late April through through...
May 7, 2020


NAVIGATING BY PLANTS: ULI LORIMER & THE NATIVE PLANT TRUST
Uli Lorimer is director of Horticulture for the Native Plant Trust in Massachusetts. His work as a native plant and biodiversity advocate...
Apr 30, 2020


THE KITCHEN GARDEN REVIVAL, with NICOLE JOHNSEY BURKE OF GARDENARY
Rarely in most of our lifetimes has there been such an obviously perfect time to garden – for food, for fresh air, for mental clearing,...
Apr 9, 2020


DR. ELAINE INGHAM, WOMEN WORKING IN THE WORLD OF PLANTS #3
This week, in the midst of chaos and questioning, Cultivating Place’s Women’s History Month interviews get to the very basics of...
Mar 20, 2020


THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPES NETWORK, DR. NAOMI SACHS Healing Gardens Series #2
In our second episode in a series around the healing power of plants and gardens in our world, we get an overview of the professional...
Feb 6, 2020


Sanctuary: Red Bird Restorative Gardens with P. Annie Kirk Healing Gardens Series #1
Sanctuary. Healing. These seem to be things the whole world needs. And things we are looking for, in varying degrees of urgency and from...
Jan 30, 2020
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