THE FIELD GUIDES AMONG US, DR. ALAN WEAKLEY, DIRECTOR, UNC CHAPEL HILL HERBARIUM
Dr. Alan Weakley is a career-long botanist and conservation biologist firmly rooted in the southeast region of the U.S. For a little...
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Sep 12
SOMETHING IN THE WOODS LOVES YOU, JAROD K. ANDERSON
Jarod K. Anderson is a poet and nature enthusiast - his book, Something in the Woods Loves You – “the story of the darkest stretch of a...
Sep 5
GARDENS IN SPACES OF INCARCERATION, with CULTURAL GEOGRAPHER DR. ELIZABETH LARA
This week, in honor of Labor Day just passed, we venture into the world of garden preservation and history through the lens of spaces of...
Jul 25
A DEVOTION TO THE MYSTERIUM OF PLACE AS AN ANTIDOTE TO EXISTENTIAL HOMESICKNESS with JANISSE RAY
Working under the online name Trackless Wild, Janisse Ray is an American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist. Just about...
Jul 11
TREES ARE BRIDGES TO THE SKY: A POETRY OF PLACE & PEACE, FREDERICK LIVINGSTON
“Are humans parasites sowing our own hunger, or fruit, gifts from Earth to our future, is the edge of our lives, civilization, and...
Jun 20
SUMMER SOLSTICE SPECIAL: STILL, with MARY JO HOFFMAN
Happy Summer Solstice! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern...
May 30
REWARDING GREAT DESIGN: DESIGN FUTURIST AWARDS, with SARAH BECK, PACIFIC HORTICULTURE
With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and...
May 10
SMALL HOUSE FARM: BEAUTY & LEARNING WITH BEVIN COHEN
ALL PHOTOS courtesy of Bevin Cohen, all rights reserved. "The Garden is the heart of our Small House Farm life." -Bevin Cohen Bevin Cohen...
Mar 28
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FINALE: GARDEN WONDERLAND, WITH LESLIE BENNETT
To round out Women’s History Month in style, this week we are back in conversation with Leslie Bennett, Oakland, CA based landscape...
Feb 16
A LOVE STORY: BRENT LEGGS & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTION FUND
This week a Valentine of sorts for the world of land and cultural care. In the midst of Black History Month, we’re in conversation this...
Jan 11
REIMAGINING MAY SARTON'S HOUSE (& GARDEN) BY THE SEA, with ARTIST/GARDENER CARLY GLOVINSKI
This week on Cultivating Place we hear the magical story of how two women, separated by time, came together to grow all of our...
Jan 4
WELCOMING WHIMSY, WONDER & THE WORK OF INTIMACY: ESME CABRERA, NATURALIST/ARTIST, LA MAMIGAMI
Esme Cabrera is an artist, a naturalist, and a born educator. Under the Instagram name “la-mamigami", Esme experiments, shares,...
Dec 28, 2023
THINKING LIKE A HEALTHY HABITAT (RADICALLY & RADIALLY), with SID HILL, ECOLOGICAL LAND ARTISAN
We opened up 2023 here on Cultivating Place focusing on biodiversity, and we close the year similarly, with diverse plant...
Dec 21, 2023
SOLSTICE SPECIAL: THE GARDEN NEXT DOOR, with COLLIN PINE
Collin Pine is an avid gardener, as well as an educator and writer. His first book is a work of garden-based children’s literature, The...
Dec 14, 2023
UPROOTING, with MARCHELLE FARRELL, AFROLIAGE
Caribbean-born, British-based writer and gardener Marchelle Farrell is the author of Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside,...
Nov 23, 2023
KINSHIP & BELONGING IN A WORLD OF RELATIONS: BEST OF
In our world at this time, I give thanks for the leadership voices that ground us in innovative ways of thinking and seeing our own power...
Nov 9, 2023
JOY TAKES ROOT & THE LIGHT SHE FEELS INSIDE with GWENDOLYN WALLACE
Gwendolyn Wallace is a gardener, a scholar, a perennial student, a teacher, a historian, and the author of two new works of illustrated...
Oct 19, 2023
THE COMFORT OF CROWS, A BACKYARD YEAR, with MARGARET RENKL
This week, in this season of endings and beginnings again we welcome back writer, backyard tender, and heartfelt observer Margaret Renkl,...
Sep 14, 2023
THE HIGH LINE, with DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE, RICHARD HAYDEN
This week our second in a two part series on gardens and green spaces of New York City, getting us primed for The Garden Conservancy’s...
Aug 24, 2023
BACK TO SCHOOL: THE INSTITUTE FOR FOOD FARM at MIAMI UNIVERSITY of OHIO
Can you believe it is already back to school season? This week we look to what back to school means for our lifelong learning and plants....
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