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THINKING LIKE A HEALTHY HABITAT (RADICALLY & RADIALLY), with SID HILL, ECOLOGICAL LAND ARTISAN
We opened up 2023 here on Cultivating Place focusing on biodiversity, and we close the year similarly, with diverse plant...
Dec 28, 2023


SUPER BLOOM: A CONVERSATION WITH AUSTRALIAN PLANT PRACTITIONER JAC SEMMLER
Jac Semmler is a plant practitioner, a multi-disciplinary, creative, high skilled horticulturist, and the human behind an epic new book...
Nov 30, 2023


GROW: with AWARD WINNING PLANTSMAN RIZ REYES, AUTHOR OF GROW: A FAMILY GUIDE TO PLANTS
r Riz Reyes is a horticulturalist whose career has deep roots in the Pacific Northwest. His work, however, taps into international...
Nov 16, 2023


THE HIGH LINE, with DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE, RICHARD HAYDEN
This week our second in a two part series on gardens and green spaces of New York City, getting us primed for The Garden Conservancy’s...
Sep 14, 2023


BACK TO SCHOOL: DANCING IN THE DRAGON'S JAW DESIGN STUDIO, UNIV OF TN, with CHAD MANLEY & STUDENTS
Chad Manley is a fellow and lecturer in the school of Landscape Architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Nora Jacobs and...
Sep 1, 2023


QUANTIFYING THE VALUE OF NATIVE PLANTS FOR GARDENS, SAM HOADLEY MT CUBA CENTER
Sam Hoadley is the Manager of Horticultural Research at the Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware, a remarkable botanic garden and conservation...
Aug 3, 2023


THE BEAUTIFUL CHAOS OF GARDEN INSPIRED LIVING: OKLAHOMA-BASED LINDA VATER
The garden in summer is what we all dream of: some down time, some play time, fresh flavors, fragrances, and of course, flowers and fun....
Jul 13, 2023


CULTIVATING EDEN, with REBECCA ALLAN
This last week of April, an "art of the garden" conversation with artist, historian, gardener and environmental advocate Rebecca Allan....
Apr 27, 2023


CURIOSITY IN THE FIELD OF DREAMS, PLANTSMAN ROY DIBLIK
Great gardens need great plants, and great plants people the world over, throughout history, have made it their lives’ calling to bring...
Apr 13, 2023


PRAIRIE UP! BENJAMIN VOGT, MONARCH GARDENS
I know the adage goes that April showers bring May flowers, but based on images from across the Northern Hemisphere – from snow drops in...
Apr 6, 2023


GARDEN MASTERCLASS - CALLING ALL GARDENERS with ANNIE GUILFOYLE & NOEL KINGSBURY
As we look out over a new garden year, this weekbidding farewell to 2022 - a conversation to help us meet our garden learning goals for...
Dec 29, 2022


LEARNING FROM GARDENERS PAST with LANDSCAPE HISTORIAN JUDITH TANKARD
This week – we visit and learn from gardeners-past as we look to the future in conversation with Judith Tankard, a landscape historian,...
Dec 9, 2022


BEFRIENDING OUR SITES w/ THE GARDEN REFRESH, KIER HOLMES
Kier Holmes is a garden designer and writer regularly contributing to the likes of Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Gardenista,...
Dec 1, 2022


FOREGROUNDING PLANTS: THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM CELEBRATES 150
In one of our more flamboyant arboreal seasons of the year—when our charismatic woody megaflora of the Northern Hemisphere—the trees—are...
Nov 10, 2022


THE EVOLVING PUBLIC GARDEN: THREE MEMBERS OF THE HORT TEAM @ FILOLI HISTORIC HOUSE & GARDEN
Settling into November now, this week on Cultivating Place we’re conversation with three members of the horticultural team at Filoli, a...
Nov 3, 2022


GARDENING WITH AMERICAN ROOTS, NICK & ALLISON MCCULLOUGH
This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with a fall/winter planning and planting this time with a focus on design, in conversation...
Oct 20, 2022


RAISE 'EM RIGHT: PLANT & HUMAN COMMUNITY AT BARTON SPRINGS NURSERY AUSTIN, TX
Photos courtesy of Barton Springs Nursery, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. If you ask me, the independent...
Sep 8, 2022


DIGGING DEEP & GARDEN SPARKS, with AUSTIN, TX GARDENER, PAM PENICK
All photos courtesy of Pam Penick, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. Pam Penick is the gardener/writer behind the...
Sep 1, 2022


BEST OF: ADVENTUROUS DESIGN & CIVILIZATION BUILDING, DAVID GODSHALL, TERREMOTO LA
The Dog Days of Summer call for a reprisal - please enjoy this week's revisit of our conversation with David Godshall! David Godshall is...
Aug 4, 2022


THEODORA PARK: CHARLESTON, SC with DAVID RAWLE (BEST OF)
This week, CP has a double-header of sorts (being baseball season you know), with some of our on-air stations in pledge drive. For these,...
May 5, 2022
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