As seed catalogues continue to arrive in our mailboxes and in-boxes daily, filling our notebooks and dreams, we take a behind the scenes...

To welcome the new year, we stay with the theme of seeds – this time focusing on seeding our imaginations in conversation with Diane...

Last week we looked at Gardens and History through the lens of an historic Garden Cemetery – this week we look at Garden History through...

Just in time for All Hallow’s Eve, Samhain, and Day of the Dead - this week we explore the green, sacred, and communal space of a...

This week we explore some farmer and seasonal food connections with Chef Dave Smoke McCluskey, founder of Corn Mafia, and grower/producer...

September, October, and November are traditional harvest celebration months in the Northern Hemisphere from variations on Octoberfests to...

Bonnie J. Clark is a professor of anthropology at the University of Denver. Her new book Finding Solace in the Soil, Archaeology of...

Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda Tribal member whose traditional and present homelands are based in interior Northern California. A...

Having just moved across the seasonal threshold of the Vernal Equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere, this week we continue our focus on...

In honor of Lunar New Year which begins with the new moon on February 12th and lasts until the next full moon arrives at the end of the...

In a year in which gardeners and other humans alike are having to meet and process and pivot around and over and beyond a wide variety of...

Wambui Ippolito loves plants – she has loved them since she was a young girl with strong land-and plant based family history going back...

Matt Hall is a husband, father, and gardener deeply interested in how our cultural mythologies can produce and support cultures of...

This week on Cultivating Place we take a summer amble with British-based Californian Kathryn Aalto – an historian, garden designer, and...

"YEASTY" - that's how Jamaica Kincaid describes our current moment in time. She and I spoke via remote audio video connection on June...

Amy Goldman is a gardener, author artist and longtime advocate for seed saving, plant breeding, and heirloom fruits and vegetables. Her...

June is traditionally a month in which many, many weddings are celebrated with family, food, and FLOWERS. With many of these weddings...

If April showers bring May flowers, for me those flowers must include my roses. They are in peak bloom from late April through through...

Emily Dickinson was a gardener. She was also an iconic poet, and this week we enjoy a conversation with Marta McDowell to hear more about...

Matt Mattus is a well known horticulturist, plantsman gardener and author. His Growing with Plants Blog and hist first book Mastering the...