Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Low-Cost Swimming Pool that Saves Energy and Serves Biodiversity
Episode 308
Jennifer Campbell, a sustainable landscape designer in New Hampshire, built herself a natural swimming pool that saves energy, nurtures native plants, serves wildlife, and cost her only $10,000 to in…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Helping Native Plants Outrun Climate Change
Episode 307
Assisted migration, helping native plants move to escape the effects of a rapidly changing climate, is a controversial topic among ecologists. Thomas Nuhfer of the University of Massachusetts Amhers…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
A Conversation with Growing Greener’s New Partner
Episode 306
Award-winning landscape designer Edwina von Gal describes her Perfect Earth Project’s dual approach to changing the culture of land care in the United States: building a constituency among land owner…
Published on 5 months ago
DOGE is Destroying an Essential, Inexpensive Foundation of American Agricultural Greatness
Episode 305
The National Plant Germplasm System has protected U.S. farmers against crop diseases and now climate change for over a century; DOGE has defunded its $40 million annual budget, imperiling our $1.5 t…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
The Lawn Mower as Ecological Design Tool
Episode 304
Award-winning landscape architect Michael Geffel describes how he used precisely targeted and timed mowing to convert a brownfield into a flowering grassland and a vibrant public recreation area.
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Slugs “Don’t Get No Respect”
Episode 303
Slugs are the Rodney Dangerfield of garden wildlife – our only interest is in exterminating them. Yet as Dr. Jann Vendetti of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum explains, they lead fascin…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Benjamin Vogt Explains Why He Prefers Clay Soils
Episode 302
Gardeners complain about clay soils, but Benjamin Vogt, a leading designer of natural gardens and landscapes notes that they offer many advantages for the ecologically based gardener
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
A Pioneering Native Plant Supplier That’s Equally Remarkable as an Educator
Episode 301
Shannon Currey, head of education and outreach for Izel Native Plants, shares how that transformative plant clearinghouse is as committed to the education of its customers as to providing them with …
Published on 6 months ago
Collecting Seeds to Grow Locally Adapted Native Plants
Episode 300
Molly Moore, master gardener and master naturalist, shares the online program she co-wrote with Marlene Smith which can set you on the path to success in starting plants from locally collected seeds…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
“Roll Out Gardens”
Episode 299
Brandon Carbary’s pre-designed garden templates, shipped complete with plants, makes creating a locally adapted, aesthetically attractive display of native plants almost effortless
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago