The Value of Native Plants for Gardens Trials, Sam Hoadley Mt. Cuba Center

Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden · Aug 3, 2023 · 1h 4m

Sam Hoadley is the Manager of Horticultural Research at the Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware, a remarkable botanic garden and conservation center as well as one of the country’s leading research and trial gardens for native plant species as well as their old and new cultivars. Open to the public since 2013, Mt. Cuba is dedicated to us all growing at a higher level. With the fall planning and planting season now firmly in sight, Sam joins Cultivating Place this week to share more about the data (including ecological benefits, optimal growing conditions, performance results, and overall beauty) he…