IN SEARCH OF THE CANARY TREE, and other THOUGHTS ON RESILIENCE, DR. LAUREN E. OAKES
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- Aug 30, 2019
BEST OF: TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS
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...
- Jul 26, 2019
TO BE A PLACEMAKER with CHRISTIE PURIFOY
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...
- Jul 5, 2019
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER: ON GARDENING AND CITIZENSHIP
On this Fourth of July – I'm honored to be in conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous...
- Jun 8, 2019
BEST OF: LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK
LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Last week we heard from nationally renowned gardener Margaret...
- May 30, 2019
A WAY TO GARDEN, with MARGARET ROACH
For many plant and garden lovers, Margaret Roach will need no introduction, but for those who might be meeting her for the first time -...
- May 16, 2019
GREEN UP: THE GREENEST BLOCK IN BROOKLYN - GARDENS AS COMMUNITY ACTIVISM with THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC G
The Greenest Block in Brooklyn is a friendly competition among streets and neighborhood blocks in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn....
- Jan 25, 2019
BEST OF: THE DANGER GARDEN, LOREE BOHL
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...
- Jan 18, 2019
FRUIT: THE CURRENCY OF MEMORY, SARA BIR
For Sara Bir – food librarian, forager, chef and author – fruit are sweet, delicious, sexy and tactile – but every bit as important –...
- Jan 10, 2019
PLANT-COLORED GLASSES, A BOTANIST'S LIFE: LINNEA HANSON & NORTHERN CA BOTANISTS
Seeing the world through plant-colored glasses: Linnea Hanson is a career field botanist, and founder of Northern California Botanists....
- Jan 3, 2019
AN EXERCISE IN INTIMACY: TURNING INTO FLOWERS, SOUTH AFRICA
As an exercise in intimacy – this week on Cultivating Place, we open the New Year with a breathtaking and heart-wrenching visit to some...
- Dec 27, 2018
FLORAL TETE A TETE FUN & THE POWER OF WEEKLY PRACTICE with JOSH WERBER
To prepare for your own personal and perhaps public displays of celebration for the New Year - we thought we’d inject a little bit of...
- Dec 21, 2018
RECALIBRATING OUR NERVOUS SYSTEMS & FLORAL ARTISTRY with MAX GILL
Flowers for the table are a delight and perhaps never more so than at special occasions. And this time of year, special occasions are...
- Dec 13, 2018
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK WITH OUR GARDENS, with ILENE FLAX, DISPATCHES FROM THE HOME GARDEN S
Today we enjoy another of our Dispatches from the Home Garden. In mid-October, this gardener reached out to me and wrote: I am a...
- Nov 13, 2018
NO GHOSTS BUT A GOOD GARDEN: MT. AUBURN CEMETERY & THEIR ASA GRAY GARDEN
NO GHOSTS BUT A GOOD GARDEN: MT. AUBURN CEMETERY & THEIR ASA GRAY GARDEN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This post and podcast link has been...
- Nov 1, 2018
LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK
LEAH PENNIMAN on SOUL FIRE FARM & FARMING WHILE BLACK LISTEN TO THE PODCAST I’m a big believer in the idea that if there is something we...
- Oct 4, 2018
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES 1: KATE BLAIRSTONE & MONA CARON
THE BOTANICAL ARTISTRY of OCTOBER SERIES 1: KATE BLAIRSTONE & MONA CARON LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There is an ancient association between...
- Sep 20, 2018
TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS - NEVADA COUNTY, CA
TO BE A SEED KEEPER: ROWEN WHITE, SIERRA SEEDS - NEVADA COUNTY, CA LISTEN TO THE PODCAST For the third week in our Seeds of September...
- Aug 2, 2018
BEST OF: RADICAL ACTIVISM: CULTURE & GARDENS - LESLIE BENNETT, PINE HOUSE EDIBLE GARDENS
RADICAL ACTIVISM: CULTURE & GARDENS - LESLIE BENNETT, PINE HOUSE EDIBLE GARDENS LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This month of August, we've curated...
- Jul 5, 2018
THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN
THE UNSETTLING CASE OF THE POACHED DUDLEYA, JULIE NELSON & MICHAEL KAUFFMANN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The unsettling case of the poached...