Jun 17BLACK FLORA with TERI SPEIGHT, IN HONOR OF JUNETEENTHIn preparation for Juneteenth, we’re in conversation with a Washington DC -based gardener, garden historian and podcaster under the name...
May 19THE MAGICAL BOTANICALS OF FLORA FORAGER, with BRIDGET BETH COLLINSIn 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...
Apr 28COLOR IN & OUT OF THE GARDEN, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNERIn preparation for May and Mother’s Day here in the US, this week we’re in conversation with Lorene Edwards Forkner, a gardener, a...
Mar 17GROW NOW - OUR GARDENS AS CLIMATE ACTIVISM, EMILY MURPHYEmily Murphy is an ecological gardener, an educator, and an author whose two books focus on gardens of personal and communal purpose. Her...
Feb 24WINTER GARDENS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW MONTGOMERYAndrew Montgomery is a British-based garden photographer. His new book, Winter Gardens, celebrates the very specific beauty of the winter...
Jan 27SEEDS FOR THE CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, LARNER SEEDS, JUDITH LARNER LOWRYJudith Larner Lowry is the plantswoman behind Larner Seeds – Seeds for the California Landscape – Restoring California One Garden At A...
Jan 6THE SEED KEEPER(S), with DIANE WILSONTo welcome the new year, we stay with the theme of seeds – this time focusing on seeding our imaginations in conversation with Diane...
Oct 7, 2021GARDENING IN SUMMER DRY CLIMATES with PHOTOJOURNALIST SAXON HOLTIn our second episode focusing on the inspiring beauty of dry gardens and the plants and people who love them, we’re joined this week by...
Sep 30, 2021HIGH STYLE, DRY GARDENS, with DESIGNER DANIEL NOLANAs we near the close of a dry, dry season in the generally dry climates of much of the US West, this week Cultivating Place has the first...
Aug 19, 2021LAWNS INTO MEADOWS, REGENERATIVE LANDSCAPES with OWEN WORMSER At a time when our gardens large or small often feel more important than ever, I think our focus on exactly what our gardens contain and...
Jun 10, 2021GROWING GENTLY & THE HEALING POWER OF FLOWERS w/ HONEYSUCKLE & HILDA's CLAIRE BOWENClaire Bowen is the woman behind Honeysuckle & Hilda: a florist who likes to write and her two little dogs. Based in Oxfordshire, in a...
May 22, 2021FEARLESS GARDENING, with LOREE BOHL Loree Bohl is the Portland Oregon-based founder and visionary gardener behind the well-known and well-loved Danger Garden Blog. In true...
May 13, 2021BEING RADICLE, with SANTA FE-BASED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CHRISTIE GREEN, Christie Green is the founder and principal of Radicle, a landscape architecture firm based in Santa Fe, NM. Radicle – spelled like the...
May 6, 2021GARDENS WITH SOUL: UNDER WESTERN SKIES, with CAITLIN ATKINSONCAITLIN ATKINSON is a photographer of places, spaces, and all things botanical. A child-hood spent in the Sierra Nevada foothills among...
Feb 5, 2021MAKING A LIFE, BY HAND, with MELANIE FALICK, BEST OFHey – Ok I had to jump in this week to say this: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to CULITVATING PLACE – we are 5 years old this month. With more than 300...
Dec 4, 2020A HANDFUL OF FORTITUDE & GRATITUDE, TERESA SABANKAYAIn a year in which gardeners and other humans alike are having to meet and process and pivot around and over and beyond a wide variety of...
Oct 29, 2020SEED SEASON- HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL: REVISITING CLARE FOSTER & GROWING FLOWERS FROM SEEDIn this last week of October 2020, as a nod to faith and a vote for the future growing seasons, Cultivating Place kicks off a multipart...
Oct 15, 2020VIRIDITAS & ATTACHMENT GARDENING with SUE STUART-SMITHWhen it comes to creativity – mother nature and the human brain are both pretty good. For Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist Sue Stuart...
Oct 1, 2020ON CREATIVITY: LIFE IN THE STUDIO (& GARDEN) with FRANCES PALMERThis week we kick off October with a dive into creativity – the way gardeners harness it, riff off it, and share its results forward with...
Aug 20, 2020THE LIFELONG GARDENER, TONI GATTONEToni Gattone is a business woman, a master gardener, and a lifelong gardener of Italian descent. After struggling herself with a bad...