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Midsummer's Night Magic, with Leigh Ann Henion
Have you ever heard of a Moth-er? Yes, it is the moth equivalent of a birder – someone who loves and follows and studies the incredible diversity of moths. Creatures whose lives benefit ours and yet…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Getting to know our neighbors: Preparing for National Pollinator Week with Colorado's PPAN
Every year since 2007, when the US Senate passed sanctions declaring it, the third week of June is celebrated as National Pollinator Week. It is no accident that this is the same week as the Summer …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Transformative Beauty: Ben Futa in conversation with Montreal-based floral designer Marc Sardi
To welcome the fullness of June, this week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is back and in conversation with Marc Sardi, a Montreal-based scientist turned floral artist who has reinvented hi…
Published on 5 months ago
Nutritious Movement & The Gardener, with Katy Bowman
Summer makes it easy to move your body – to get out for a walk, to work in the garden, to hike, bike, stroll, boat, climb, swim, dance under the stars. Whatever calls you. But as we know, many of us …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Raised Beds, Raised Voices: Guest Host Abra Lee in Conversation with Philly's Guina Hammond
Guina Hammond is the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's program manager of sustainable communities. She is also deeply involved in her hometown of Philadelphia as a certified organic landcare profe…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
That Green Thing Inside US ALL, Jill Mays on Nurturing Nature, Gardening for Special Needs
As the summer gardening season rolls into full-throated song, the idea of who has access to the work, joy, and benefits of this practice also comes into view—and feeds what Occupational Therapist and…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
A Beautiful Journey, Plantswoman Holly Shimizu, Emeritus Director US Botanic Garden
This second week of May, we welcome gardener and plantswoman Holly Shimizu. Her four decades of work in some of America’s notable public gardens have tracked and traced some of the most impactful cha…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Happy May Day! Growing Home: Humble Roots & The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer
This week on Cultivating Place we welcome May, with all of her floral and plant profusion, revisiting a conversation we loved with Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt of Humble Roots Nursery in Oregon’…
Published on 6 months ago
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 background in medicine, science, and psychology gives her design…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
The Holy Earth & The Nature Study Idea, John Stempien on the Legacy of Liberty Hyde Bailey
In this holy season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the earth reviving herself in greenery and flowers, birds, bees, and butterflies all around us, I am so pleased to be in conversation to…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago