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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
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
CONNECTION & DIVERSITY FROM A LAND PERSPECTIVE, CHEETAH TCHUDI of TURKEYTAIL FARM
It’s the height of summer farmers markets as community hubs, and this week we're in conversation with Cheetah Tchudi co-founder with his...
Jul 21, 2022
PRESERVATION & TRANSFORMATION: SAN FRANCISCO'S GREENHOUSE PROJECT, w/ CAITLYN GALLOWAY
San Francisco Bay Area’s Greenhouse Project is a cultural and economic restoration garden project making use of what we have and growing...
Jul 7, 2022
THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY
Ken Greene – who goes by K - is a seed person. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which in 2004 became the first...
Jun 30, 2022
NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER
It is really and truly summer now. Are your gardens and parks full of the sound, movements, and magic of winged life – the fluttering of...
Jun 23, 2022
THE POWER OF LOCAL GARDEN KNOWLEDGE: IN THE COASTAL GARDEN, with LYONS FILMER & SUSAN HAYES
This Cultivating Place program is dedicated to two plantspeople in my region who have now passed to the great gardens and trails beyond....
May 26, 2022
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