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Back to SearchCoexistence with a garden nemesis
Episode 336
'Good fences make good neighbors,' especially, according to Vermonter Susan Shea, when it comes to gardeners and woodchucks. A nature writer and photographer, Shea details the extraordinary abilities…
Published on 8 hours ago
Edwina von Gal Closes the Loop
Episode 335
Everything that grows on your property – its "biomass" – should remain there even after death, says this award-winning garden designer and founder of the Perfect Earth Project. Fallen branches, leav…
Published on 1 week ago
Pollinators of the Night
Episode 334
Overlooked by many gardeners, moths are actually more efficient as pollinators than bees and are the basis of the food chain for everything from bats and songbirds to grizzly bears
Published on 2 weeks ago
Reading the Wildlife Stories in Your Garden
Episode 333
Expert tracker Jason Knight shares how to develop the ability to read animal tracks and signs to keep current with wildlife visits and to resolve wildlife problems peacefully and effectively.
Published on 3 weeks ago
A Garden Masterpiece Designed to Evolve
Episode 332
Richard Hayden, senior director of horticulture for the High Line, describes how plants and gardeners collaborate in this ever-changing urban paradise
Published on 4 weeks ago
Converting Landscape Professionals to Environmental Activists
Episode 331
Beth Ginter, executive Director of the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, describes her organization's successful program to enlist an often-resistant profession as advocates for environmen…
Published on 1 month ago
Fighting Climate Change from the Bottom Up
Episode 330
How Village and Wilderness fosters diverse local solutions to a global problem
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Second Chance Composting
Episode 329
John Pitroff chose composting when his daughter's birth sparked dreams of leaving her a better world – and now he's addressing environmental problems while making a living helping local gardeners and…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
How We Created Weeds and Why We Need Them
Episode 328
Peter Del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist Emeritus of Arnold Arboretum and Visiting Lecturer of Applied Ecology and Planning at MIT explains the history of these garden pests why they can play an …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Texan Pam Penick Shares Ideas for Integrating Native Plants into Traditional Gardens in Beautiful New Book
Episode 327
An accomplished and progressive garden designer, Pam Penick, author of "Gardens of Texas," shares ideas for ideas for using native plants in traditional and formal gardens garnered from her reporting…
Published on 2 months ago