FOREGROUNDING PLANTS: THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM CELEBRATES 150
In one of our more flamboyant arboreal seasons of the year—when our charismatic woody megaflora of the Northern Hemisphere—the trees—are...
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- Nov 3
THE EVOLVING PUBLIC GARDEN: THREE MEMBERS OF THE HORT TEAM @ FILOLI HISTORIC HOUSE & GARDEN
Settling into November now, this week on Cultivating Place we’re conversation with three members of the horticultural team at Filoli, a...
- Oct 21
GARDENING WITH AMERICAN ROOTS, NICK & ALLISON MCCULLOUGH
This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with a fall/winter planning and planting this time with a focus on design, in conversation...
- Sep 15
FROM THE STEPPE PLANTS OF THE WORLD, TO BETTER URBAN LANDSCAPES FOR ALL, ANNA ANDREYEVA
Photos courtesy of Anna Andreyeva, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. Anna Andreyeva is Russian-born UK- based...
- Sep 8
RAISE 'EM RIGHT: PLANT & HUMAN COMMUNITY AT BARTON SPRINGS NURSERY AUSTIN, TX
Photos courtesy of Barton Springs Nursery, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. If you ask me, the independent...
- Sep 1
DIGGING DEEP & GARDEN SPARKS, with AUSTIN, TX GARDENER, PAM PENICK
All photos courtesy of Pam Penick, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. Pam Penick is the gardener/writer behind the...
- Aug 4
BEST OF: ADVENTUROUS DESIGN & CIVILIZATION BUILDING, DAVID GODSHALL, TERREMOTO LA
The Dog Days of Summer call for a reprisal - please enjoy this week's revisit of our conversation with David Godshall! David Godshall is...
- May 5
THEODORA PARK: A (MOTHERING) PUBLIC PARK IN CHARLESTON, SC with DAVID RAWLE
David Rawle is the founder and force (with contribution and support from his wife, Carol Perkins, and a wide variety of community members...
- Feb 24
WINTER GARDENS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW MONTGOMERY
Andrew Montgomery is a British-based garden photographer. His new book, Winter Gardens, celebrates the very specific beauty of the winter...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sep 30, 2021
HIGH STYLE, DRY GARDENS, with DESIGNER DANIEL NOLAN
As 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, 2021
LAWNS 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...
- Aug 12, 2021
THE ORDER OF ENERGY, THE URBAN FOOD FOREST OF MATTHEW TRUMM,
Many gardeners will remember with delight reading Gaia’s Garden by author and activist Toby Hemenway, originally published in 2001. Toby...
- May 27, 2021
ON REFUGIA: GROWING CONNECTION
Just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a team of plant folks known as Refugia is growing connection among places and people from...
- May 22, 2021
FEARLESS 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 6, 2021
GARDENS WITH SOUL: UNDER WESTERN SKIES, with CAITLIN ATKINSON
CAITLIN ATKINSON is a photographer of places, spaces, and all things botanical. A child-hood spent in the Sierra Nevada foothills among...
- Apr 22, 2021
SEASONAL & ELEMENTAL: CALLING ALL TOMATOMANIACS
It's Spring in the northern hemisphere (even snow is still making visitations to parts of the North American as I speak to you) and...
- Apr 3, 2021
TALKING 'BOUT A REVOLUTION: FOODSCAPE REVOLUTION with BRIE ARTHUR - BEST OF
Just in time for spring and that itch we gardeners - new and long time - have to get the summer vegetables into the ground, Cultivating...
- Mar 18, 2021
THE PERFECT EARTH PROJECT & 2/3rds 4 THE BIRDS, with LANDSCAPE DESIGNER EDWINA VON GAL
Here we are – mid-way into Women’s History Month & one year after the publication of The Earth in Her Hands. In honor of these two...