FOR THE LOVE OF (BUG) LIFE, ENTOMOLOGIST NADIA RUFFIN
Nadia Ruffin, MS, is an entomologist, gardener and educator. She is the founder of Agricademy Inc, Quiwi Produce, and Urban Farm Sista...
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- Apr 30, 2020
NAVIGATING BY PLANTS: ULI LORIMER & THE NATIVE PLANT TRUST
Uli Lorimer is director of Horticulture for the Native Plant Trust in Massachusetts. His work as a native plant and biodiversity advocate...
- Mar 20, 2020
DR. ELAINE INGHAM, WOMEN WORKING IN THE WORLD OF PLANTS #3
This week, in the midst of chaos and questioning, Cultivating Place’s Women’s History Month interviews get to the very basics of...
- Jan 3, 2020
CONSIDER THE LILIES, NATURALIST & EDUCATOR JOE JOE CLARK
As we ring in the New Year of this New Decade with the power of 2020 ours for the making, this week Cultivating Place welcomes gardener,...
- Dec 26, 2019
SEEDLINGS: THE GROWING POWER OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
With what we put into our heads – with words, tones of voice, visualizations verbally painted, melodic mnemonics deployed - we learn the...
- Dec 6, 2019
BEST OF: IN SEARCH OF THE CANARY TREE, DR. LAUREN E. OAKES
In this early December mini-pledge drive week here at North State Public Radio, I wanted to revisit our earlier conversation with Dr....
- Nov 14, 2019
ALL THE HERBS OF THE SEASON with SUE GOETZ
We’re past the fall back time change here in the US and for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere generally the days are noticeably...
- Nov 7, 2019
FIRESCAPING: IN HONOR OF THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAMPFIRE, with DOUGLAS KENT, CALLI-JANE DE
Almost one year ago, on November 8th 2018, the CampFire broke out in Butte County California Cited as the deadliest and most destructive...
- Oct 10, 2019
BEST OF: DARING TO BE WILD - MARY REYNOLDS AIMS TO BUILD AN A-R-K
Welcome to the North State Public Radio Fall Pledge Drive – which I thought was a good time indeed to revisit a Best of Program from...
- Sep 5, 2019
IN SEARCH OF THE CANARY TREE, and other THOUGHTS ON RESILIENCE, DR. LAUREN E. OAKES
Here in my part of the world, it’s back to school time! Lower schools, high school and university students, faculty and staff are shaking...
- Aug 30, 2019
BEST OF: TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS
As we head into the month of the September, and we tend toward the Autumnal Equinox later in the month, I am reminded of this being one...
- Aug 8, 2019
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: WILD YARDS PROJECT, DAVID NEWSOM
“the minute our daughter was born, I suddenly became aware of this howling urban center that’s just 70 feet from my house, and the lack...
- Jul 5, 2019
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER: ON GARDENING AND CITIZENSHIP
On this Fourth of July – I'm honored to be in conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous...
- Jun 13, 2019
FOR THE LOVE OF (BUG) LIFE, ENTOMOLOGIST NADIA RUFFIN
Nadia Ruffin, MS, is an entomologist, gardener and educator. She is the founder of Agricademy Inc, Quiwi Produce, and Urban Farm Sista...
- Apr 26, 2019
DARING TO BE WILD - MARY REYNOLDS AIMS TO BUILD AN A-R-K
The idea of our gardens as habitats is not new to you or to me and my emphasis here on Cultivating Place; it’s no secret to any of you...
- Apr 19, 2019
THE NATURE GARDENS - THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, with CAROL BORNSTEIN AND LILA
In this our 5th (but not quite final – see more below) in our 5-part series on our gardens as critically important habitat in a wounded...
- Apr 11, 2019
THE HUMMINGBIRD MONITORING NETWORK, with DR. SUSAN WETHINGTON
Hummingbirds are a beloved and charismatic creature of the America’s, the more than 350 species of hummingbirds have coevolved with the...
- Apr 5, 2019
THE MIGRATORY BIRD GARDEN & MORE HABITAT, THE SHEDD AQUARIUM with CHRISTINE NYE
For this week’s third episode in our 5-part series on our gardens as healthy habitats, and we gardeners as important land stewards and...
- Mar 28, 2019
MONARCHS & MILKWEEDS, DR. ANURAG AGRAWAL, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, HABITAT GARDENS #2 of 5
In 2018, scientists reported dramatic losses in populations of one of North America’s most charismatic insects, the Monarch butterfly,...
- Mar 21, 2019
THE XERCES SOCIETY & BEE CITY USA, SCOTT BLACK & PHYLLIS STILES - HABITAT SERIES #1 of 5
The news goes from bad to worse when we’re talking about biodiversity, wildlife, and overall insect declines in our world in the past 25...
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