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    THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY
    • 3 days ago

    THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY

    Ken Greene – who goes by K - is a seed person. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which in 2004 became the first...
    NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER
    • Jun 24

    NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER

    It is really and truly summer now. Are your gardens and parks full of the sound, movements, and magic of winged life – the fluttering of...
    THE MAGICAL BOTANICALS OF FLORA FORAGER, with BRIDGET BETH COLLINS
    • May 19

    THE MAGICAL BOTANICALS OF FLORA FORAGER, with BRIDGET BETH COLLINS

    In the spirit of May, this week we’re headed out in the garden, or down the block, or up the trail for some plant-y wonder and magic in...
    COLOR IN & OUT OF THE GARDEN, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNER
    • Apr 28

    COLOR IN & OUT OF THE GARDEN, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNER

    In preparation for May and Mother’s Day here in the US, this week we’re in conversation with Lorene Edwards Forkner, a gardener, a...
    SAGING THE WORLD, PREPARING FOR CA NATIVE PLANT WEEK, ROSE RAMIREZ & DEBORAH SMALL
    • Apr 7

    SAGING THE WORLD, PREPARING FOR CA NATIVE PLANT WEEK, ROSE RAMIREZ & DEBORAH SMALL

    Rose Ramirez is a California native plant gardener, basketweaver, photographer, and educator of Chumash descent; Deborah Small is an...
    A SCIENTIST'S QUEST FOR NATURE'S NEXT MEDICINES, DR. CASSANDRA QUAVE
    • Mar 24

    A SCIENTIST'S QUEST FOR NATURE'S NEXT MEDICINES, DR. CASSANDRA QUAVE

    In today’s world of synthetic pharmaceuticals, Dr. Cassandra Quave believes our connection to the natural and plant world is in fact our...
    GROW NOW - OUR GARDENS AS CLIMATE ACTIVISM, EMILY MURPHY
    • Mar 17

    GROW NOW - OUR GARDENS AS CLIMATE ACTIVISM, EMILY MURPHY

    Emily Murphy is an ecological gardener, an educator, and an author whose two books focus on gardens of personal and communal purpose. Her...
    RESTORATIVE ECONOMICS: FLOWER HOUSE DETROIT + DETROIT BLACK FARMER LAND FUND
    • Mar 3

    RESTORATIVE ECONOMICS: FLOWER HOUSE DETROIT + DETROIT BLACK FARMER LAND FUND

    Having just completed Black History Month and just entered Women’s History Month, today - International Women's Day seemed like the...
    BIODIVERSITY MATTERS II: CONSERVING PLANT DIVERSITY
    • Feb 17

    BIODIVERSITY MATTERS II: CONSERVING PLANT DIVERSITY

    Reports from around the globe in the last 25 years about the alarming loss of biodiversity on our planet sit heavily with every gardener...
    BIODIVERSITY MATTERS: PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL, with CEO, IAN DUNN
    • Feb 10

    BIODIVERSITY MATTERS: PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL, with CEO, IAN DUNN

    Plantlife International is a British conservation charity working nationally and internationally to save threatened wild flowers, plants,...
    COMING TO FRUITION, FRUITION SEEDS, PETRA PAGE-MANN
    • Feb 3

    COMING TO FRUITION, FRUITION SEEDS, PETRA PAGE-MANN

    Petra Page-Mann is a green growing force. She is also co-founder with her husband Matthew Goldfarb (as well as with the many people and...
    SEEDS FOR THE CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, LARNER SEEDS, JUDITH LARNER LOWRY
    • Jan 27

    SEEDS FOR THE CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, LARNER SEEDS, JUDITH LARNER LOWRY

    Judith Larner Lowry is the plantswoman behind Larner Seeds – Seeds for the California Landscape – Restoring California One Garden At A...
    THE PALESTINE HEIRLOOM SEED LIBRARY, VIVIEN SANSOUR: BEST OF
    • Jan 20

    THE PALESTINE HEIRLOOM SEED LIBRARY, VIVIEN SANSOUR: BEST OF

    In this first month of the new year, I once again offer out the hope of Vivien Sansour's work and the hope of seeds – to bind us more...
    THE SEED KEEPER(S), with DIANE WILSON
    • Jan 6

    THE SEED KEEPER(S), with DIANE WILSON

    To welcome the new year, we stay with the theme of seeds – this time focusing on seeding our imaginations in conversation with Diane...
    BRAVE NEW SEED FOR A BRAVE NEW YEAR, with KELLEE MATSUSHITA-TSENG
    • Dec 30, 2021

    BRAVE NEW SEED FOR A BRAVE NEW YEAR, with KELLEE MATSUSHITA-TSENG

    As a farewell to the calendar year that has been, and a welcome to the year that will be, I am joined this week by seedperson and agent...
    TROPHIC CASCADES WITH POET & GARDENER CAMILLE DUNGY
    • Dec 9, 2021

    TROPHIC CASCADES WITH POET & GARDENER CAMILLE DUNGY

    As another offering to all of you in your gardens tending toward the Solstice in just a few weeks on December 21st, this week we are in...
    THE THREE TREE GEEKS OF SAN FRANCISCO & THEIR #COVIDTREETOURS
    • Dec 2, 2021

    THE THREE TREE GEEKS OF SAN FRANCISCO & THEIR #COVIDTREETOURS

    As we edge toward a whole new winter under the twists and turns of the Covid-19 Pandemic, now closing in on two years, we’re speaking...
    THANKFUL FOR FARMERS: MATTHEW MARTIN, PYRAMID FARMS
    • Nov 25, 2021

    THANKFUL FOR FARMERS: MATTHEW MARTIN, PYRAMID FARMS

    This week I am thankful for good food, and the many souls who grow it for us all year long – around the world, really, but This week we...
    REMEMBER: KINSHIP & BELONGING IN A WORLD OF RELATIONS
    • Nov 18, 2021

    REMEMBER: KINSHIP & BELONGING IN A WORLD OF RELATIONS

    As a gardener and a human in this exact time on our planet, and in this specific season of the year - a season of communal gathering and...
    THE WILD SEED PROJECT, HEATHER MCCARGO
    • Nov 12, 2021

    THE WILD SEED PROJECT, HEATHER MCCARGO

    Fall and early winter are the perfect time in much of the Northern Hemisphere to plant bulbs, woody shrubs and trees, herbaceous...
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