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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


GOT TOPIARY? A CONVERSATION WITH PLANTSMAN/ARTIST MIKE GIBSON
This week, guest-host Abra Lee is in conversation with legendary topiary artist and star of the HGTV hit show Clipped , Mike ‘Gibby-Siz’...
Jan 23


THE COLLECTIVE & THE SEED FARMER, DAN BRISEBOIS OF TOURNE-SOL COOPERATIVE FARM, CANADA
This week – in the wind, rain, snow, and fires of early 2025 so far – it is good to be able to focus on SEEDs this week. Seeds remind us...
Jan 16


RESOLUTION SUPPORT: THE 5-MINUTE GARDENER with NICOLE BURKE, GARDENER
Maybe your New Year’s resolution was to take up gardening or to garden more, or in a new way? Well, this week is all about gardening even...
Jan 9


ROOTED IN JOY: PRIORITIZING REST, BALANCE, & JOY, with DANDY RAM FARM
This week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is sitting in for Jennifer Jewell. He is joined by Bo Dennis, lead farmer and...
Jan 2


THE KING OF CAMELLIAS, SIDNEY FRAZIER OF MIDDLETON PLACE, CHARLESTON, SC
This week, CP Guest Host Abra Lee celebrates the season in conversation with the King of Camellias, Sidney Frazier . Sidney is based out...
Dec 19, 2024


ARBOREAL OBSESSION & GROWING THE WORLD: THE TREE COLLECTORS, with AMY STEWART
Many gardeners are also collectors. Collectors of things like pots, books, seeds, and of course plants. Some collect flowers, or herbs,...
Dec 12, 2024


THE GARDEN OF WORDS, with KATIE ELZER-PETERS
This week guest host Ben Futa is joined by Katie Elzer-Peters, owner and founder of The Garden of Words , a digital marketing agency for...
Dec 5, 2024


LONGWOOD REIMAGINED, with CEO AND PUBLIC GARDEN LEADER, PAUL REDMAN
This week, when many in the US have time off with family and friends, we note our gratitude for our many teachers: the plants and the...
Nov 28, 2024


ALL FLOURISHING IS MUTUAL: ROBIN WALL KIMMERER (BEST OF)
In this week's best of conversation, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us that All flourishing is mutual.
Nov 21, 2024


EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF GARDEN DESIGN with THE NEW PERENNIALIST, TONY SPENCER OF ONTARIO, CANADA
In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, and all that they are growing in this world, this week in...
Nov 14, 2024


SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN, with PLANTSMAN JOHN KISH
This week guest host Ben Futa is joined by John Kish, owner of Somewhere That’s Green , an indoor plant shop, and The Greenhouse Cabaret...
Nov 7, 2024


ALL HALLOWS EVE/SAMHAIN AND OUR WILDEST DREAMS, with JEN WILLIAMS OF WILD DREAMS FARM & SEED
Sometimes our dreams didn’t start out as our dreams. Sometimes, our current dreams were once just seeds germinating in the crucible of...
Oct 31, 2024


THE POETIC GARDEN LEGACY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE'S EFFIE LEE NEWSOME with REVEREND JERRI MITCHELL-LEE
This week, Cultivating Place Guest Host Abra Lee is in conversation with Reverend Jerri Mitchell-Lee. They enjoy a deep dive into the...
Oct 24, 2024


ALL THE WILD RHYTHMS: WILD PLANT CULTURE with JARED ROSENBAUM
Jared Rosenbaum is a botanist and Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner with extensive experience in stewardship and monitoring...
Oct 17, 2024


CP LIVE with GOLDEN STATE LINEN (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHICO FLAX)
This week we’re so excited to air the first listen to one of our CP LIVE conversations, recorded live in front of an audience on the home...
Oct 10, 2024


KISS MY ASTER's ASTER GARDENS, with AMANDA THOMSEN
This week we’re joined by Amanda Thomsen, owner of Aster Gardens , a bespoke, sensory, and haunted plant shop in the small, Midwestern...
Oct 3, 2024


THE FIELD GUIDES AMONG US, DR. ALAN WEAKLEY, DIRECTOR, UNC CHAPEL HILL HERBARIUM
Dr. Alan Weakley is a career-long botanist and conservation biologist firmly rooted in the southeast region of the U.S. For a little...
Sep 26, 2024
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