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    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...
    A CONSERVATION OF GENEROSITY & RELATIONSHIPS, GARY PAUL NABHAN
    • Dec 23, 2021

    A CONSERVATION OF GENEROSITY & RELATIONSHIPS, GARY PAUL NABHAN

    Gary Paul Nabhan is a gardener, an agricultural ecologist, an ethnobotanist, and an ecumenical Franciscan brother based in Patagonia,...
    FINDING SOLACE IN THE SOIL: GARDENS & GARDENERS OF AMACHE, JAPANESE AMERICAN PRISON CAMP
    • Jul 8, 2021

    FINDING SOLACE IN THE SOIL: GARDENS & GARDENERS OF AMACHE, JAPANESE AMERICAN PRISON CAMP

    Bonnie J. Clark is a professor of anthropology at the University of Denver. Her new book Finding Solace in the Soil, Archaeology of...
    CULTIVATING INTENTION: ALI MEDERS-KNIGHT, MECHOOPDA  MAIDU
    • Jul 1, 2021

    CULTIVATING INTENTION: ALI MEDERS-KNIGHT, MECHOOPDA MAIDU

    Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda Tribal member whose traditional and present homelands are based in interior Northern California. A...
    BALANCED SYSTEMS THINKING & TEK, Lorena Gorbet, Maidu Summit Consortium
    • Mar 12, 2021

    BALANCED SYSTEMS THINKING & TEK, Lorena Gorbet, Maidu Summit Consortium

    As the vernal equinox is imminent for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, a conversation on balance and our importance as humans in...
    THE POWER OF BOTANICAL MYTHOLOGY with MATT HALL
    • Jul 16, 2020

    THE POWER OF BOTANICAL MYTHOLOGY with MATT HALL

    Matt Hall is a husband, father, and gardener deeply interested in how our cultural mythologies can produce and support cultures of...
    BEST OF: THE DANGER GARDEN, LOREE BOHL
    • Jan 25, 2019

    BEST OF: THE DANGER GARDEN, LOREE BOHL

    Today we revisit a Best of Dispatches from the Home Garden episode. We do this in part because I love this episode, because it is...
    FRUIT: THE CURRENCY OF MEMORY, SARA BIR
    • Jan 18, 2019

    FRUIT: THE CURRENCY OF MEMORY, SARA BIR

    For Sara Bir – food librarian, forager, chef and author – fruit are sweet, delicious, sexy and tactile – but every bit as important –...
    PLANT-COLORED GLASSES, A BOTANIST'S LIFE: LINNEA HANSON & NORTHERN CA BOTANISTS
    • Jan 10, 2019

    PLANT-COLORED GLASSES, A BOTANIST'S LIFE: LINNEA HANSON & NORTHERN CA BOTANISTS

    Seeing the world through plant-colored glasses: Linnea Hanson is a career field botanist, and founder of Northern California Botanists....
    AN EXERCISE IN INTIMACY: TURNING INTO FLOWERS, SOUTH AFRICA
    • Jan 3, 2019

    AN EXERCISE IN INTIMACY: TURNING INTO FLOWERS, SOUTH AFRICA

    As an exercise in intimacy – this week on Cultivating Place, we open the New Year with a breathtaking and heart-wrenching visit to some...
    BEST OF: IN THE SUMMER NIGHT GARDEN with THE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION
    • Aug 16, 2018

    BEST OF: IN THE SUMMER NIGHT GARDEN with THE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION

    BEST OF: IN THE SUMMER NIGHT GARDEN with THE INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This week's Best of CP conversation...
    THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN
    • Jul 5, 2018

    THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN

    THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The unsettling case of the poached...
    "THEN I WISHED THAT I COULD COME BACK AS A FLOWER": SUMMER AT THE US BOTANIC GARDENS
    • Jun 28, 2018

    "THEN I WISHED THAT I COULD COME BACK AS A FLOWER": SUMMER AT THE US BOTANIC GARDENS

    "THEN I WISHED THAT I COULD COME BACK AS A FLOWER": SUMMER AT THE US BOTANIC GARDENS with EXHIBITS SPECIALIST DEVIN DOTSON AND MURAL...
    AN EDUCATIONAL URBAN OASIS, KEVIN JORDAN, LEO A. PALMITER SCHOOL - SACRAMENTO, CA
    • Jun 14, 2018

    AN EDUCATIONAL URBAN OASIS, KEVIN JORDAN, LEO A. PALMITER SCHOOL - SACRAMENTO, CA

    AN EDUCATIONAL URBAN OASIS, KEVIN JORDAN, LEO PALMITER SCHOOL - SACRAMENTO, CA LISTEN TO THE PODCAST It is now officially summer vacation...
    'FIVE SEASONS: THE GARDENS OF PIET OUDOLF', WITH FILMMAKER THOMAS PIPER
    • Jun 7, 2018

    'FIVE SEASONS: THE GARDENS OF PIET OUDOLF', WITH FILMMAKER THOMAS PIPER

    'FIVE SEASONS: THE GARDENS OF PIET OUDOLF', WITH FILMMAKER THOMAS PIPER LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The name Piet Oudolf is one of those rare...
    THE HUMANE GARDENER, with NANCY LAWSON
    • May 31, 2018

    THE HUMANE GARDENER, with NANCY LAWSON

    THE HUMANE GARDENER with NANCY LAWSON LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word Humane as this: "Being...
    SOCIAL JUSTICE: A REFLECTION GARDEN, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
    • May 24, 2018

    SOCIAL JUSTICE: A REFLECTION GARDEN, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

    SOCIAL JUSTICE: A REFLECTION GARDEN, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY LISTEN TO THE PODCAST It is with both a heavy and a hopeful...
    DISPATCHES FROM THE HOME GARDEN: A TEA GARDEN IN TIVOLI
    • May 17, 2018

    DISPATCHES FROM THE HOME GARDEN: A TEA GARDEN IN TIVOLI

    DISPATCHES FROM THE HOME GARDEN: A TEA GARDEN IN TIVOLI LISTEN TO THE PODCAST "Unprecedented – Never to Happen Again." This Zen idiom...
    ART IN THE GARDEN: LAND-BASED INKS AND PAINTS with IRANIAN-AMERICAN ARTIST MELODY OVERSTREET
    • May 10, 2018

    ART IN THE GARDEN: LAND-BASED INKS AND PAINTS with IRANIAN-AMERICAN ARTIST MELODY OVERSTREET

    ART IN THE GARDEN: LAND-BASED INKS AND PAINTS with IRANIAN-AMERICAN ARTIST MELODY OVERSTREET LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Art in the garden, art...
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