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    THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY
    • 3 days ago

    THE GENEROSITY & MUTUAL CARE OF SEEDS: KEN GREENE OF HUDSON VALLEY SEED COMPANY

    Ken Greene – who goes by K - is a seed person. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which in 2004 became the first...
    NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER
    • Jun 24

    NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER

    It is really and truly summer now. Are your gardens and parks full of the sound, movements, and magic of winged life – the fluttering of...
    BLACK FLORA with TERI SPEIGHT, IN HONOR OF JUNETEENTH
    • Jun 17

    BLACK FLORA with TERI SPEIGHT, IN HONOR OF JUNETEENTH

    In preparation for Juneteenth, we’re in conversation with a Washington DC -based gardener, garden historian and podcaster under the name...
    LONG LIVE LOVE FOUNDATION & THEIR SERENITY HEALING GARDEN
    • Jun 9

    LONG LIVE LOVE FOUNDATION & THEIR SERENITY HEALING GARDEN

    This week we consider the idea of mental health and our gardens from an even more poignant perspective. In the wake of the recent Uvalde...
    THE POWER OF LOCAL GARDEN KNOWLEDGE: IN THE COASTAL GARDEN, with LYONS FILMER & SUSAN HAYES
    • May 26

    THE POWER OF LOCAL GARDEN KNOWLEDGE: IN THE COASTAL GARDEN, with LYONS FILMER & SUSAN HAYES

    This Cultivating Place program is dedicated to two plantspeople in my region who have now passed to the great gardens and trails beyond....
    THE MAGICAL BOTANICALS OF FLORA FORAGER, with BRIDGET BETH COLLINS
    • May 19

    THE MAGICAL BOTANICALS OF FLORA FORAGER, with BRIDGET BETH COLLINS

    In 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...
    GETTING GARDENFIT FOR LIFELONG GARDENING, WITH MADELINE HOOPER & JEFF HUGHES
    • May 12

    GETTING GARDENFIT FOR LIFELONG GARDENING, WITH MADELINE HOOPER & JEFF HUGHES

    In the interest of maintaining my own lifelong love of gardening until the very very last moment possible, and all of you gardeners out...
    THEODORA PARK: A (MOTHERING) PUBLIC PARK IN CHARLESTON, SC with DAVID RAWLE
    • 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...
    COLOR IN & OUT OF THE GARDEN, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNER
    • Apr 28

    COLOR IN & OUT OF THE GARDEN, LORENE EDWARDS FORKNER

    In preparation for May and Mother’s Day here in the US, this week we’re in conversation with Lorene Edwards Forkner, a gardener, a...
    EARTH DAY - PARKS FOR THE NATURE OF EVERYONE, OLMSTED200
    • Apr 21

    EARTH DAY - PARKS FOR THE NATURE OF EVERYONE, OLMSTED200

    In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, this week Cultivating Place is in conversation about a person who committed their career to the...
    THE INDIAN EDIT - NITASHA MANCHANDA
    • Apr 14

    THE INDIAN EDIT - NITASHA MANCHANDA

    Nitasha Manchanda is a genetic scientist, a mother, a wife, a gardener and the creator and host of a podcast series entitled The Indian...
    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...
    THE HEIRLOOM GARDENER, JOHN FORTI
    • Apr 1

    THE HEIRLOOM GARDENER, JOHN FORTI

    John Forti is an award-winning heirloom specialist, garden historian, ethnobotanist, garden writer, and local foods advocate. He is...
    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...
    GARDENS BY & FOR REFUGEES: IRC's DENVER-BASE & REGENERATION NOW
    • Mar 10

    GARDENS BY & FOR REFUGEES: IRC's DENVER-BASE & REGENERATION NOW

    This week, a timely and rich with agency conversation on gardens by and for refugee populations.Areti Athanasopoulos is a Denver,...
    RESTORATIVE ECONOMICS: FLOWER HOUSE DETROIT + DETROIT BLACK FARMER LAND FUND
    • Mar 3

    RESTORATIVE ECONOMICS: FLOWER HOUSE DETROIT + DETROIT BLACK FARMER LAND FUND

    Having just completed Black History Month and just entered Women’s History Month, today - International Women's Day seemed like the...
    WINTER GARDENS,  WITH PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW MONTGOMERY
    • 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...
    THE PALESTINE HEIRLOOM SEED LIBRARY, VIVIEN SANSOUR: BEST OF
    • Jan 20

    THE PALESTINE HEIRLOOM SEED LIBRARY, VIVIEN SANSOUR: BEST OF

    In this first month of the new year, I once again offer out the hope of Vivien Sansour's work and the hope of seeds – to bind us more...
    JOHNNY'S SELECTED SEEDS with DAVE MELHORN, CEO & LAUREN GIROUX, PRODUCT SELECTION/TRIALING
    • Jan 13

    JOHNNY'S SELECTED SEEDS with DAVE MELHORN, CEO & LAUREN GIROUX, PRODUCT SELECTION/TRIALING

    As seed catalogues continue to arrive in our mailboxes and in-boxes daily, filling our notebooks and dreams, we take a behind the scenes...
    BRAVE NEW SEED FOR A BRAVE NEW YEAR, with KELLEE MATSUSHITA-TSENG
    • Dec 30, 2021

    BRAVE NEW SEED FOR A BRAVE NEW YEAR, with KELLEE MATSUSHITA-TSENG

    As a farewell to the calendar year that has been, and a welcome to the year that will be, I am joined this week by seedperson and agent...
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