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GARDEN HISTORY & HINDSIGHT, LONDON'S GARDEN MUSEUM with DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WOODWARD
Last week we looked at Gardens and History through the lens of an historic Garden Cemetery – this week we look at Garden History through...
Nov 4, 2021
GREEN & SACRED SPACE, MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, with DAVE BARNETT
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...
Oct 28, 2021
RHYTHMS OF THE UNIVERSE: SUMMER CONCERT SERIES IN THE CAPRADIO GARDEN AT SACRAMENTO STATE
This week we celebrate (and say farewell) to the fullness of summer at its calendar-end with Labor Day weekend in full view here in the...
Sep 2, 2021
INNOVATE & INTEGRATE: BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, with REBECCA MCMACKIN
In our final episode focusing on gardens that are dedicated to being ecologically rich and contributing back to the places in which they...
Aug 26, 2021
THE LAND BEYOND THE TREES, THE BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS - VAIL,CO
This week we continue our high elevation garden lens in Vail, Colorado at The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, leaders in the research and...
Aug 5, 2021
LUNAR NEW YEAR, with TAWAINESE AMERICAN PLANTSMAN ERIC HSU
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...
Feb 11, 2021
BIG IDEAS & PUBLIC GARDENS, MARYLYNN MACK, SOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDEN
MaryLynn Mack is a renaissance woman and leading voice in the world of public gardens today. After beginning her career in the Navy, her...
Jan 21, 2021
GARDEN FUTURE FORWARD, THE BOTANIC GARDEN AT SMITH COLLEGE
To kick off this new year, Cultivating Place offers out the first in what will be an ongoing and intermittent series exploring Fresh...
Jan 7, 2021
THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPES NETWORK, DR. NAOMI SACHS Healing Gardens Series #2
In our second episode in a series around the healing power of plants and gardens in our world, we get an overview of the professional...
Feb 6, 2020
HIGH GROUND: PENSTEMONS & OTHER ALPINE PLANTS, MIKE KINTGEN, CURATOR OF ALPINE PLANTS, DENVER BO
"Alpine plants are very cute - deep down they remind of the beautiful mountain habitats that they live in. Even on a day when I haven’t...
Aug 22, 2019
READING THE LANDSCAPE with COURTNEY ALLEN, NATIVE PLANT TRUST
This week we kick off a multi-episode series looking at the work of native plant organizations and gardeners on the ground and around the...
Aug 1, 2019
GREEN UP: THE GREENEST BLOCK IN BROOKLYN - GARDENS AS COMMUNITY ACTIVISM with THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC G
The Greenest Block in Brooklyn is a friendly competition among streets and neighborhood blocks in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn....
May 16, 2019
BEST OF: RADICAL ACTIVISM: CULTURE & GARDENS - LESLIE BENNETT, PINE HOUSE EDIBLE GARDENS
RADICAL ACTIVISM: CULTURE & GARDENS - LESLIE BENNETT, PINE HOUSE EDIBLE GARDENS LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This month of August, we've curated...
Aug 2, 2018
THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN
THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The unsettling case of the poached...
Jul 5, 2018
"THEN I WISHED THAT I COULD COME BACK AS A FLOWER": SUMMER AT THE US BOTANIC GARDENS
"THEN I WISHED THAT I COULD COME BACK AS A FLOWER": SUMMER AT THE US BOTANIC GARDENS with EXHIBITS SPECIALIST DEVIN DOTSON AND MURAL...
Jun 28, 2018
VISIONARY: GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'S ABIQUIU GARDEN
VISIONARY: GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'S ABIQUIU GARDEN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Georgia O’Keeffe is known as the innovative mother of modernism in the...
Dec 28, 2017
CULTIVATING AMERICA - THE SMITHSONIAN GARDENS
CULTIVATING AMERICA'S GARDENS - THE SMITHSONIAN GARDENS LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Over the past year of Cultivating Place interviews, we’ve...
Jul 6, 2017
ELEVATED - GARDENS OF THE HIGH LINE
ELEVATED - GARDENS OF THE HIGH LINE, WITH LANDSCAPE DESIGNER RICK DARKE LISTEN TO THE PODCAST What do we mean when we use the word “wild”...
May 25, 2017
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