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Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Gardens are more than collections of plants. Gardens and Gardeners are intersectional spaces and agents for positive change in our world. Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program & podcast exploring what we mean when we garden. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place illustrates the many ways in which gardens are integral to our natural…
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- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Ann Wood of Woodlucker Studios & Ngoc Minh Ngo Botanical Artistry Series, Part 4
"Our craving to connect with nature continues to be the perfect foil for the magic of the human imagination," writes photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo. This week…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Julia Lucey & Botanical Aquatint Etching; Botanical Artistry Series, Part 3
There’s an ancient association between the botanical world and the inspiration it provides to artists of all kinds. For our Botanical Artistry series part…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Obi Kaufmann & The California Field Atlas; Botanical Artistry Of October, Part 2
There’s an ancient association between the botanical world and the inspiration it provides to artists of all kinds. For our Botanical Artistry series part two…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
GRAPHIC and EPIC: Kate Blairstone & Mona Caron; Botanical Artistry Series, Part 1
There’s an ancient association between the botanical world and art inspired by it. This week on Cultivating Place, we kick off a four-part series in which we…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
The Seeds Of Who We Grow To Become: Stonegate Farm; Seeds Of September, Part 4
This week on Cultivating Place, our final in the Seeds of September series we're joined by Matthew Benson of Stonegate Farm in New York's Hudson Valley, where…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
To Be A Seed Keeper: Rowen White & Sierra Seed; Seeds Of September, Part 3
This week on Cultivating Place, the third installment in the Seeds of September four part series– we’re joined by Rowen White, founder of Sierra Seeds a seed…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Ira Wallace And Southern Exposure Seed Exchange; Seeds Of September, Part 2
This week on Cultivating Place, the second installment in the Seeds of September four part series – when we’re joined by plantswoman, seed advocate, farmer and…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Jere Gettle, Organic Seed Alliance, Redwood Seeds; Seeds Of September, Part 1
Welcome to The Seeds of September – this week on Cultivating Place we kick off our four-part series in conversation with Jere Gettle of Baker Creek Seeds, and…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
More To Life Than Meets The Eye - Eugenia Bone, Author Of "Microbia"; Best of CP
They are in your garden by the billions, they are in your food, in your house, and all over your skin. They partner us in all we do and they make all that we…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Tools Make The Man — Or Woman, Best Of Cultivating Place
The right tools can make all the difference in our lives and in our work. This is as true in gardening as in all other aspects of life. This week on…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
In The Night Garden With The International Dark-Sky Association, Best Of Cultivating Place
This week on Cultivating Place, we spend a little time revisiting our conversation exploring and appreciating the many gifts of darkness with the International…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Gardening Under Australian Skies, A Conversation With Pen Pender, Best Of Cultivating Place
This week on Cultivating Place, a best of conversation with a home gardener who has moved not just gardens, but continents and hemispheres. As we just reached…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Leslie Bennett & Pine House Edible Gardens, Best Of Cultivating Place
Leslie Bennett is a garden designer of both English and Jamaican descent working out of Oakland, CA. With a Jamaican-born husband, a two year old son, and…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
The Garden In Every Sense And Season
The garden is a full contact playground engaging us at all levels: We can hear, we can taste, we can see and smell - touch and feel. Tovah Martin is gardener…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
New England Wild Flower Society
The New England Wild Flower Society is one of the oldest native plant conservation organizations in the country and represents the New England states. Their…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Beth Chatto Garden & Garden Symposium
In May of this year, the gardening world – specifically the ecologically based gardening world – lost one of it’s great leaders, Beth Chatto. This August her…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
The Case Of The Poached Dudleya
This week we’re joined by two native plantspeople – Julie Nelson and Michael Kauffmann - to delve into the unsettling case of the poached Dudleya this last…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Wallflowers - Nekisha Durrett and the U.S. Botanic Garden
In preparation for the 4th of July holiday, this week we visit our nation’s capital and the U.S. Botanic Garden. We’re joined by Devin Dotson, exhibits…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
National Pollinator Week With Biologist Dave Goulson
On Cultivating Place today we celebrate National Pollinator Week in the US when we’re joined by British biologist, conservationist and Professor of Biology at…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
School Gardens: Kevin Jordan & Leo Palmiter's High School Garden Program
It is now officially summer vacation for most public school districts in the US. Today, Cultivating Place takes a little field trip to visit Sacramento high…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Five Seasons - The Gardens Of Piet Oudolf
In the global gardening world, Piet Oudolf is synonymous with a naturalistic planting style - rich in sweeps of grouped flowering perennials (often North…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
The Humane Gardener With Nancy Lawson
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word Humane as this: Being characterized by consideration of other, compassionate. This week on Cultivating Place…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Memorial Day - A Reflection Garden, Southern CT State University
Entryways of Civility, Pathways of Kindness: A Reflection and Social Justice Garden on the Campus of Southern Connecticut University in New Haven, CT…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
A Tea Garden In Tivoli, Dispatches From The Home Garden
Unprecedented – Never to Happen Again. This Zen idiom refers specifically to the transient nature of time and each and every moment no matter how seemingly…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Art In The Garden, Art From The Garden With Melody Overstreet
Art in the garden, art from the Garden – these are concepts familiar to most gardeners and yet for many of us also perhaps still largely unplumbed. This week…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
More To Life Than Meets The Eye - Eugenia Bone, Author Of "Microbia"
They are in your garden by the billions, they are in your food, in your house, and all over your skin. They partner us in all we do and they make all that we…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Gardening While Young—National Children & Youth Garden Symposium 2018
The second best time to become a gardener and nature lover is right now. The first best time, is as a child. This week on Cultivating Place, we’re joined by…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: CA Native Plant Week & Dispatches From The Home Garden With Vincent Bellino
Happy California Native Plant Week! The California Floristic Province is home to on the order of 6,500 native plant species and there are those among us who…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Monticello - The Gardens And Gardening Legacy Of Thomas Jefferson
On April 13th, Statesman and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, would be 275 years old. He was also an avid and curious and acquisitive…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
GROW WHAT YOU LOVE: Emily Murphy
Grow what you love, it’s advice we’re given early in our gardening adventures as to how to choose what to plant, to tend and to pray over. Grow the food you…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: What A Mountain Tastes Like With Pascal Baudar
Have you ever thought: that is just what the mountains taste like? That is just what the forest or the ocean must taste like? For wildcrafter Pascal Baudar…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Best Of Cultivating Place: The Nurturing Plant Power Of Mama Maiz
Nurturing – that’s what comes to mind when I think of the work of Blanca Diaz also known as Mama Maiz. Blanca is a practicing doula and herbalist whose work…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Maria Failla - Bloom & Grow Radio
This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with Maria Failla, the host of Bloom & Grow Radio – a unique podcast from New York City designed specifically…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Benjamin Vogt - A New Garden Ethic
Benjamin Vogt is a next generation student of the beloved conservationist and writer Aldo Leopold and a passionate nature and garden advocate himself. In his…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Designing With Palms, A Conversation With Jason Dewees
This week on Cultivating Place, Designing with Palms – in the heart of Spring Break season where those of us in colder climes might be longing for a warm…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: A Pot Spot Classic (Handcrafted) Stone Vessels
Most gardeners - of the indoor or outdoor variety - love (and covet) a good pot. For house plants, for focal points, for cut arrangements, for … well, just for…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Best Of Cultivating Place: The Healing Power Of Gardens With Author And Gardener Clare Cooper Marcus
The healing power of gardens and nature is well known to almost anyone who gardens and has been recorded by gardeners, landscape designers and medical…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Land And Water - A Conversation And Upcoming Conference With Hunter Ten Broeck
This week on Cultivating Place, we talk land and water with Hunter Ten Broeck of WaterWise Landscapes Inc. in Albuquerque, NM. No matter where we live, or how…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
The Danger Garden - Dispatches From The Home Garden With Loree Bohl Of Portland, OR
Danger! Home gardener, garden communicator and blogger Loree Bohl, loves a garden with stand-out foliage and bold form. But pay attention to where you’re…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: North America's Largest Ecosystem - The Prairies and Plains With Brad Guhr
Last week we talked "Little House on the Prairie" and this week we visit the grassland prairies and plains of Kansas. According to the Tallgrass Prairie…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Happy Birthday Laura Ingalls Wilder
This week on Cultivating Place, we’re celebrating the February 7th birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder with Author and historian Marta McDowell. Her newest book…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Dispatches From The Home Garden – Laura Christman And Planet Pomegranate
This week on Cultivating Place our next in the occasional series of Dispatches from the Home Garden - this time through the lens of a regional newspaper's…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: A Seasonal Feast For The Senses, Sarah Statham Of Simply By Arrangement
This week on Cultivating Place we start off the new year with some thoughts on life and our gardens as feasts for the senses, with an eye toward life-long…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: A New Year Vision: The Abiquiu, NM Garden Of Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe is known as the innovative mother of modernism in the art world. She was also a gardener. O’Keeffe's garden in Abiquiu, NM has always moved me…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: The Spirit Of Christmas Past In The Garden
This week on Cultivating Place, a lesson in garden history seen through the lens of holiday decorations and traditions from seasons past when we’re joined by…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
In The Night Garden: A Conversation With The International Dark Sky Association
This week before the Winter Solstice, Cultivating Place is exploring and appreciating the many benefits and beauty of winter’s bountiful darkness – in our…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Bringing Nature Home – An Ongoing Entreaty: A Conversation With Doug Tallamy
This week on Cultivating Place we’re joined by gardener, author, activist and entomologist, Doug Tallamy. Ten years ago, his first book "Bringing Nature Home…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Holiday Blooms – A Conversation With Thomas Broom-Hughes Of Thomas Blooms Flowers
As we knock on the door of December, and the garden and its greenery call out to us in very different ways than they do in other seasons of the year, this week…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Gratitude In The Garden
The late autumn into winter months – from the Harvest Moon rising in October to the Winter Solstice on December 21st and through the beginning of the new…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Tools Make The Man — Or Woman
The right tools can make all the difference in our lives and in our work. This is as true in gardening as in all other aspects of life. This week on…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Kiss The Ground – The Hundreds Of Ways To Do Just This – With Finian Makepeace
The 13th century Persian poet Rumi famously wrote: “Let the beauty you love be what you do, there are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” Ryland…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: The Nurturing Plant Power Of Mama Maiz
Nurturing – that’s what comes to mind when I think of the work of Blanca Diaz also known as Mama Maiz. Blanca is a practicing doula and herbalist whose work…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Best of Cultivating Place: Jinny Blom – The Thoughtful Gardener
This week on Cultivating Place we’re joined by Uk based garden designer Jinny Blom, whose new book is entitled “The Thoughtful Gardener: an intelligent…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference
No matter where you live, the native plants of that area help define the beauty, history and meaning of all life there – from the soil, to the birds and bugs…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: The Central Texas Gardener
This week on Cultivating Place, we’re joined by a gardener who lives and works beneath the great, big beautiful Sky of Austin, Texas –one of many real…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Elizabeth Lawrence And Her Southern Garden
Elizabeth Lawrence was one of the grand dames of American horticulture in the 1900s. She was not only an avid gardener, but the first trained and licensed…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: The Healing Power Of Gardens, With Author And Gardener Clare Cooper Marcus
The healing power of gardens and nature is well known to almost anyone who gardens and has been recorded by gardeners, landscape designers and medical…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Cutting Back With Author Leslie Buck
In the realm of gardenways and traditional garden design being inextricably interwoven with a culture, for me the garden design and techniques, and gardens…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Gardens Of The Wild, Wild West – Lessons From Pioneers, With Mary Ann Newcomer
When you hear the phrase "gardens of the wild, wild west," what comes to mind? For gardener, author and radio host Mary Ann Newcomer of Boise, Idaho, there’s a…
- Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Cultivating Place: Leslie Bennett & Pine House Edible Gardens
Leslie Bennett is a garden designer of both English and Jamaican descent working out of Oakland, CA. With a Jamaican-born husband, a two year old son, and…