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THAT GREEN THING INSIDE US ALL, JILL MAYS ON NURTURING NATURE, GARDENING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Sensory and accessible gardens; children enjoying nurturing nature, photo by Francie Randolph all rights reserved. As the summer...
2 days ago


A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, PLANTSWOMAN HOLLY SHIMIZU, EMERITUS DIRECTOR US BOTANIC GARDEN
This second week of May, we welcome gardener and plantswoman Holly Shimizu, whose four decades of work in some of America’s notable...
May 8


GROWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: HUMBLE ROOTS NURSERY & THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIVE PLANT PRIMER (BEST OF)
Happy May Day! This week on Cultivating Place, we welcome May, with all of her floral and plant profusion, revisiting a conversation we...
May 1


FOR THE LOVE OF SOIL, START WITH SOIL: JULIET SARGEANT
Juliet Sargeant is an award-winning English garden designer who blends beauty with purpose in every space she creates. Juliet’s unique...
Apr 24


LOVE LETTER TO A GARDEN, DEBBIE MILLMAN OF DESIGN MATTERS
22 Debbie Millman has written love letters before. Her 20 years creating and hosting the popular podcast Design Matters is just one...
Apr 10


ROAD TO REINVENTION: FROM BANKER TO PUBLIC HORTICULTURE IDEA LEADER, MAE LIN PLUMMER
This week, guest host Abra Lee is chatting with Mae Lin Plummer, Director, IDEA Center for Public Gardens at the Denver Botanic Gardens...
Mar 27


LIFE IS BIG: TO BE A POET GARDENER, TESS TAYLOR
Tess Taylor is a self-described Poet Gardener – and if there is ever a season to feel the poetry of life in the garden and with the...
Mar 13


THE CURIOUS DR. MARGARET FUNK, FLORA & FROST
This week, we’re joined by Margaret Funk, the curious gardener —and doctor— behind the Instagram handle Flora & Frost . This lovely...
Mar 6


FROM EAST AFRICA TO THE WORLD, LANDSCAPE DESIGNER WAMBUI IPPOLITO
This week, in continuing celebration of Black History Month and looking forward to Women’s History month, CP Guest Host Abra Lee is in...
Feb 27


PORTRAIT OF A BLACK WOMAN IN HER GARDEN: LESLIE BENNETT, PINE HOUSE EDIBLE GARDENS & BLACK SANCTUARY GARDENS
In celebration of Black History Month and looking forward to Women’s History Month - this week we’re so pleased to air another of our CP...
Feb 20


CREATIVITY, SELF-AWARENESS, AND ARTISTIC INGENUITY: PASSIONFLOWER SUE!
Creativity is one of those anchors to windward in unsettled and worrisome times. So is a hands-on creative project – with bonus points...
Jan 30


RESOLUTION SUPPORT: THE 5-MINUTE GARDENER with NICOLE BURKE, GARDENER
Maybe your New Year’s resolution was to take up gardening or to garden more, or in a new way? Well, this week is all about gardening even...
Jan 9


ARBOREAL OBSESSION & GROWING THE WORLD: THE TREE COLLECTORS, with AMY STEWART
Many gardeners are also collectors. Collectors of things like pots, books, seeds, and of course plants. Some collect flowers, or herbs,...
Dec 12, 2024


THE GARDEN OF WORDS, with KATIE ELZER-PETERS
This week guest host Ben Futa is joined by Katie Elzer-Peters, owner and founder of The Garden of Words , a digital marketing agency for...
Dec 5, 2024


LONGWOOD REIMAGINED, with CEO AND PUBLIC GARDEN LEADER, PAUL REDMAN
This week, when many in the US have time off with family and friends, we note our gratitude for our many teachers: the plants and the...
Nov 28, 2024


ALL FLOURISHING IS MUTUAL: ROBIN WALL KIMMERER (BEST OF)
In this week's best of conversation, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us that All flourishing is mutual.
Nov 21, 2024


THE POETIC GARDEN LEGACY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE'S EFFIE LEE NEWSOME with REVEREND JERRI MITCHELL-LEE
This week, Cultivating Place Guest Host Abra Lee is in conversation with Reverend Jerri Mitchell-Lee. They enjoy a deep dive into the...
Oct 24, 2024


CP LIVE with GOLDEN STATE LINEN (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHICO FLAX)
This week we’re so excited to air the first listen to one of our CP LIVE conversations, recorded live in front of an audience on the home...
Oct 10, 2024


KISS MY ASTER's ASTER GARDENS, with AMANDA THOMSEN
This week we’re joined by Amanda Thomsen, owner of Aster Gardens , a bespoke, sensory, and haunted plant shop in the small, Midwestern...
Oct 3, 2024


PRE-AUTUMNAL EQUINOX CELEBRATION with ERIN BENZAKEIN OF FLORET & FLORET ORIGINALS
Erin Benzakein and her husband Chris are the founders of Floret , a family-run flower farm & seed company, specializing in breeding new...
Sep 19, 2024
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