In our second episode in a series around the healing power of plants and gardens in our world, we get an overview of the professional field of Horticultural ...

Sanctuary. Healing. These seem to be things the whole world needs. And things we are looking for, in varying degrees of urgency and from varying kinds of wou...

"Frailty Myths offers workshops for women, trans, and gender non-conforming folks that provide a transformative experience through our experiential, intersec...

A lot of news comes out of Washington DC at most times, and this year looks to offer even more. But we’re visiting the MidAtlantic belt for its gardening new...

As we ring in the New Year of this New Decade with the power of 2020 ours for the making, this week Cultivating Place welcomes gardener, naturalist, educator...

Scentual - hmmm. A good and evocative word, right? Today we are talking all things fragrant plants and flowers with plantsman Ken Druse and his 20th - yes - ...

In this early December mini-pledge drive week here at North State Public Radio, I wanted to revisit our earlier conversation with Dr. Lauren E. Oakes about h...

"It’s sort of beautiful – Lucky – It feels like a lucky orientation to be constantly thinking: 'Oh what’s happening out there, what’s growing – what are we g...

Misti little is a naturalist, a gardener, a mother, and professionally she’s an environmental consultant working in GIS geographic information systems – whic...

Two weeks ago we began a meta gardening theme in conversation with architect David Abelow today we continue in this mode with Southern California gardener, f...

Today we move out in perspective a little, looking, thinking and talking about how built spaces and landscapes integrate into the world around us - connectin...

Here in my part of the world, it’s back to school time! Lower schools, high school and university students, faculty and staff are shaking off their summer ea...

As we head into the month of the September, and we tend toward the Autumnal Equinox later in the month, I am reminded of this being one of the best seed seas...

What does it mean to be a placemaker – what is learned, what is lost, what is gained in the making of any place. Today we consider the nature of the actions ...

On this Fourth of July – I'm honored to be in conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowle...

LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Last week we heard from nationally renowned gardener Margaret Roach in which she ...

For many plant and garden lovers, Margaret Roach will need no introduction, but for those who might be meeting her for the first time - this is your lucky ga...

The Greenest Block in Brooklyn is a friendly competition among streets and neighborhood blocks in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn. Initiated by the Brook...

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 deepest, darkest winter and...

For Sara Bir – food librarian, forager, chef and author – fruit are sweet, delicious, sexy and tactile – but every bit as important – they among the currency...