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GOOD CITIZENSHIP & RIGHT RELATIONSHIP: GOING BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, REDBUD RESOURCE GROUP
This week before July is upon us and thoughts of what it means to be a citizen fill our minds, hearts, and collective messaging, I am so...
Jun 29, 2023


THE (CALIFORNIA) BUMBLE BEE ATLAS, LEIF RICHARDSON of XERCES SOCIETY
National Pollinator Week is an annual celebration since 2010 in support of pollinator health that was initiated and is managed by...
Jun 15, 2023


GARDEN FOR WILDLIFE, CELEBRATING 50 YEARS, with NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION's MARY PHILLIPS
No matter what you might call it – Rewilding, Wildscaping, Backyard Habitats, Acts of Restorative Kindness, Native plant habitat...
Jun 8, 2023


NORMALIZING NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPE JOY w/ THE THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION
Welcome June! This week, the third and final-for-now conversation in our series on the state of seed for native ecosystem restoration...
Jun 1, 2023


HIGH VALUE HABITAT: PAT REYNOLDS, HERITAGE GROWERS NATIVE SEEDS & PLANTS
Pat Reynolds is a restoration ecologist with more than 30 years of professional experience in the design, implementation and monitoring...
May 25, 2023


SEED STRATEGIES (FOR BIODIVERSITY SUPPORT) AT SCALE, with ANDREA WILLIAMS
As I write in my upcoming book, What We Sow, on the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds – seeds are to the plant...
May 18, 2023


EARTH DAY SPECIAL: WE ARE THE ARK, IRELAND'S MARY REYNOLDS
It is now Mid-April and this week we are celebrating both California Native Plant Week AND the week of Earth Day. Wildflowers are...
Apr 20, 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


THE SEED KEEPER(S), with DIANE WILSON (BEST OF)
IN honor of both seed sowing season and women’s history month – this week we revisit a favorite - focusing on seeding our imaginations in...
Mar 16, 2023


BRINGING BACK THE NATIVES TOUR, KATHY KRAMER
In a continuation of Women’s History Month series, and our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, and what they...
Mar 9, 2023


THE YUROK TRIBE'S REVEGETATION PLAN & UNDAMMING of the KLAMATH BROOK THOMPSON & JOSHUA CHENOWETH
Seen in overview, the 30 x 30 conservation efforts at federal and state levels are tremendous, but as the last two weeks’ conversations...
Jan 19, 2023


A VOICE FOR PLANTS: CNPS's JUN BANDO & LIV O'KEEFE on the 30 x 30 CONSERVATION GOALS
This week we continue our multi-part series on the many facets of the global 30 x 30 conservation efforts as they continue across the...
Jan 12, 2023


CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY & HABITAT 30% x 2030, JENNIFER NORRIS
Welcome 2023! This week Cultivating Place kicks off a multi-part series devoted to the international, national, and statewide and local...
Jan 5, 2023


PROPORTIONALITY: THE NORTHEAST NATIVE PLANT PRIMER w/ ULI LORIMER
Photos courtesy of Uli Lorimer, The Native Plant Trust, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. As we look to our fall...
Oct 6, 2022


SEED SEASON & BIOREGIONAL SEED SENSE w/ STACEY DENTON of FLORA FARM & DESIGN STUDIO
Photos courtesy of Stacey Denton, Flora Farm & Design Studio, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This first full...
Sep 29, 2022


REGENERATION FROM AN INTENTION OF DEEP JOY AND FUN, FARMER RISHI
Photos courtesy of Farmer Rishi and the Sarvodaya Institute, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This week on...
Sep 22, 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


TEST PLOT FOR A COMMUNITY-BASED LAND STEWARDSHIP ETHIC, with JEN TOY & JENNY JONES
This week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with Jenny Jones and Jen Toy. They are gardeners, landscape architects, and caring...
Aug 11, 2022
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