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BEST OF: THE DANGER GARDEN, LOREE BOHL
Today we revisit a Best of Dispatches from the Home Garden episode. We do this in part because I love this episode, because it is...
Jan 25, 2019
FRUIT: THE CURRENCY OF MEMORY, SARA BIR
For Sara Bir – food librarian, forager, chef and author – fruit are sweet, delicious, sexy and tactile – but every bit as important –...
Jan 18, 2019
PLANT-COLORED GLASSES, A BOTANIST'S LIFE: LINNEA HANSON & NORTHERN CA BOTANISTS
Seeing the world through plant-colored glasses: Linnea Hanson is a career field botanist, and founder of Northern California Botanists....
Jan 10, 2019
AN EXERCISE IN INTIMACY: TURNING INTO FLOWERS, SOUTH AFRICA
As an exercise in intimacy – this week on Cultivating Place, we open the New Year with a breathtaking and heart-wrenching visit to some...
Jan 3, 2019
FLORAL TETE A TETE FUN & THE POWER OF WEEKLY PRACTICE with JOSH WERBER
To prepare for your own personal and perhaps public displays of celebration for the New Year - we thought we’d inject a little bit of...
Dec 27, 2018
RECALIBRATING OUR NERVOUS SYSTEMS & FLORAL ARTISTRY with MAX GILL
Flowers for the table are a delight and perhaps never more so than at special occasions. And this time of year, special occasions are...
Dec 21, 2018
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK WITH OUR GARDENS, with ILENE FLAX, DISPATCHES FROM THE HOME GARDEN S
Today we enjoy another of our Dispatches from the Home Garden. In mid-October, this gardener reached out to me and wrote: I am a...
Dec 13, 2018
A SEASONAL ROUND-UP OF GOOD GARDEN BOOKS with YOLANDA BURRELL, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNER, & PEN PEN
Wait - did you ask for a good garden book recommendation? The holidays and end of year are upon us – and with them, all those lists....
Dec 6, 2018
ADAPTATION & INNOVATION, with ABIGAIL WILLIS of THE COMPENDIUM OF AMAZING GARDENING INNOVATIONS
ADAPTATION & INNOVATION, with ABIGAIL WILLIS of THE COMPENDIUM OF AMAZING GARDENING INNOVATIONS LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The history of...
Dec 3, 2018
THE WANDERLUST OF GARDENLUST, A CONVERSATION WITH PLANTSMAN CHRIS WOODS
THE WANDERLUST OF GARDENLUST, A CONVERSATION WITH PLANTSMAN CHRIS WOODS LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Last week we prepared ourselves for the...
Nov 22, 2018
THE GARDEN & NATURE AS GRATITUDE PRACTICE with MORNING ALTAR'S DAY SCHILDKRET
THE GARDEN & NATURE AS GRATITUDE PRACTICE with MORNING ALTAR'S DAY SCHILDKRET LISTEN TO THE PODCAST It is painful again to write this...
Nov 18, 2018
NO GHOSTS BUT A GOOD GARDEN: MT. AUBURN CEMETERY & THEIR ASA GRAY GARDEN
NO GHOSTS BUT A GOOD GARDEN: MT. AUBURN CEMETERY & THEIR ASA GRAY GARDEN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This post and podcast link has been...
Nov 13, 2018
LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK
LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK LISTEN TO THE PODCAST I’m a big believer in the idea that if there is something we...
Nov 1, 2018
BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES, Part 4: ANN WOOD, WOODLUCKER STUDIOS & NGOC MINH NGO, &quo
BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES, Part 4: ANN WOOD, WOODLUCKER STUDIOS & NGOC MINH NGO, "IN BLOOM" LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The renowned...
Oct 25, 2018
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES, Part 3: JULIA LUCEY
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES, Part 3: JULIA LUCEY LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There is an ancient association between the natural...
Oct 18, 2018
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES, Part 2: OBI KAUFMANN & HIS CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLAS
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES, Part 2: OBI KAUFMANN & HIS CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLAS LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There is an ancient...
Oct 12, 2018
"MONEY, PARDON THE EXPRESSION, IS LIKE MANURE..."
"Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around, encouraging young things to grow."...
Oct 8, 2018
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES 1: KATE BLAIRSTONE & MONA CARON
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES 1: KATE BLAIRSTONE & MONA CARON LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There is an ancient association between...
Oct 4, 2018
THE SEEDS OF WHO WE GROW TO BECOME: STONEGATE FARM, MATTHEW BENSON
HE SEEDS OF WHO WE GROW TO BECOME: STONEGATE FARM, MATTHEW BENSON LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This week, we finish up our 4 part Seeds of...
Sep 27, 2018
TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS - NEVADA COUNTY, CA
TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS - NEVADA COUNTY, CA LISTEN TO THE PODCAST For the third week in our Seeds of September...
Sep 20, 2018
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