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The "Real Dirt" about gardening...organically, for the joy of it! With Ken Druse, whose book The Natural Garden has changed the way America gardens. Please visit our website to access more of our Show Archives at www.kendruserealdirt.com

Ken Druse


    • Jul 1, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    Name That Plant - with Wave Hill's Charles Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2016 25:04


    Charles Day talks labels at Wave Hill and the loves of a pomologist.

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    Turning the White House Green

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 25:08


    Garden historian and author Marta McDowell tells how Presidents turned the grounds of the White House green.

    The Phoenix of Garden Magazines Rises Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2016 25:08


    Thad Orr, editor-in-chief of Garden Design magazine, is our guest.

    Relax in the Garden -- I Dare You

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 25:00


    Relax in the garden -- I dare you -- with radio personality, C.L. Fornari

    A Replay: To Turn on the Garden, Turn on the Gardener

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2016 25:00


    A Replay: Megan Cain teaches people in the Madison, WI area to create the vegetable garden of their dreams.

    A Replay: Stoneware Vessels Ease Into the Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 25:06


    Artist Stephen Procter talks about the giant clay vessels he "throws" for the garden.

    A Replay:Flowers Forever with the USPS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2016 25:00


    A Replay: The Manager of Stamp Development for the US Postal Service tells about choosing antique nursery catalog images for the latest floral stamps.

    A Replay: Old Seeds - Members Wanted

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 25:00


    A Replay: Toby Cain from Seed Savers Exchange tells us about preserving American heirloom varieties.

    To Turn on the Garden, Turn on the Gardener

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2016 25:00


    Megan Cain teaches people in the Madison, WI area to create the vegetable garden of their dreams.

    The Greatest (Garden) Show on Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2016 25:00


    Sam Lemheney tells about the 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show celebrating the Centennial of the National Parks Service.

    Flowers Forever with the USPS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 25:00


    The Manager of Stamp Development for the US Postal Service tells about choosing antique nursery catalog images for the latest floral stamps.

    Stoneware Vessels Ease Into the Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2016 25:06


    Artist Stephen Procter talks about the giant clay vessels he "throws" for the garden.

    Old Seeds - Members Wanted

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2016 25:00


    Toby Cain from Seed Savers Exchange tells us about preserving American heirloom varieties.

    Notes from Chanticleer -- the Dream Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2016 25:00


    A replay: Secrets of the garden revealed with Bill Thomas, executive director of Chanticleer in Wayne, PA.

    Winter Wonderland - Wave Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2016 25:00


    Louis Bauer, the director of horticulture at Wave Hill in the Bronx, NY, is my guest. We talk about winter in the garden.

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    A Replay: A Plantsman with Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2016 25:00


    A rebroadcast: Horticulture's wunderkind, Kelly Norris, on his new book and new botanical garden as well as the future of gardening.

    A replay: Sowing Tips - Starting Seeds with Ken

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2016 25:01


    A Replay: Ken walks us through starting seeds his way -- from sowing medium to the garden.

    A Replay: Garden Escapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2016 25:00


    A Rebroadcast: Jan Johnsen thinks gardens should be made as tranquil places. Find out how.

    A Replay: Start Your Own Duck Dynasty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2015 25:02


    A Rebroadcast: If you'd like to start your own duck dynasty, tune in to my interview with Lisa Steele on fresh eggs and more.

    The Design Descendant of Brazil's Greatest Landscape Architect

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2015 25:00


    Raymond Jungles is the best known designer of subtropical gardens. Take a winter vacation and listen to my Florida interview.

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    A Replay: "Check Out" Seeds with Ken Greene

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 25:00


    A Rebroadcast: Seedsman and founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, Ken Greene -- organic heirlooms and new "Heirlooms for Tomorrow."

    A Plantsman with Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2015 25:00


    Horticulture's wunderkind, Kelly Norris, on his new book and new botanical garden as well as the future of gardening.

    A Replay: Buy it; Plant it; or Grow your Own

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2015 25:02


    A Rebroadcast: Max Burton and Ken discuss trees -- including Christmas trees -- live vs. cut, and what to do with the trees after the holidays.

    A replay: Nearly Wild -- Modern Landscape Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2015 25:00


    Landscape architect Thomas Rainer presents a treatise on garden designs inspired by natural plant communities.

    Notes from Chanticleer -- the Dream Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2015 25:00


    Secrets of the garden revealed with Bill Thomas, executive director of Chanticleer in Wayne, PA.

    A Replay: By Her Side: A Biography of Rosemary Verey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2015 25:00


    A re-broadcast with Barbara Robinson, who published a biography of Rosemary Verey, one of the 20th Century's most influential garden authors and designers.

    Start Your Own Duck Dynasty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2015 25:02


    If you'd like to start your own duck dynasty, tune in to my interview with Lisa Steele on fresh eggs and more.

    A Replay: It’s Time to Order Deer-Resistant Bulbs, and More

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2015 25:00


    A rebroadcast with Ruth Clausen to chat about deer-resistant bulbs, grasses and shrubs.

    A Replay: A Fascinating Passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2015 25:01


    A Replay: This week, a fascinating exploration into native plants and their native pollinators with Heather Holm.

    Inn From Vacation: Saving Tender Plants

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2015 25:00


    Let's finish bringing our houseplants back indoors -- or parts of them -- with Kathy Tracey of Avant Gardens.

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    A Replay: Good Garden Photography

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2015 25:00


    A Replay: Award-winning California garden photographer, Saxon Holt, shares concepts for taking great pictures and living in a challenging climate.

    Nearly Wild -- Modern Landscape Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2015 25:00


    Landscape architect Thomas Rainer presents a treatise on garden designs inspired by natural plant communities.

    A Replay: The Reluctant Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2015 25:01


    A Replay: How do I get my night-blooming cereus to bloom? Ken answers this question and chats about happenings in the garden.

    A Replay: Being Frida at NYBG

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2015 25:04


    A Replay: Karen Daubmann from the New York Botanical Garden joins me to talk about the popular Frida Kahlo exhibition.

    A Fascinating Passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2015 25:01


    This week, a fascinating exploration into native plants and their native pollinators with Heather Holm.

    A Replay: A Decade of Museum Masterpieces

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2015 25:01


    A Replay: Author and artist Abbie Zabar talks about writing, drawing, designing, rock and rooftop gardening and weekly trips to "The Met."

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    Good Garden Photography

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2015 25:00


    Award-winning California garden photographer, Saxon Holt, shares concepts for taking great pictures and living in a challenging climate.

    A Replay: A New Garden Opens

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2015 25:01


    A Replay: Join me and Kristin McCullin, the superintendent of the new Allen C. Haskell Public Garden in New Bedford, MA.

    A Replay: The Gardener is the Griller

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2015 25:00


    A rebroadcast with Veggie maven Judith Fertig, who talks about her book "The Gardener and the Grill." Who knew? Bunches of grapes on the grill (and much more).

    Being Frida at NYBG

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2015 25:04


    Karen Daubmann from the New York Botanical Garden joins me to talk about the popular Frida Kahlo exhibition.

    A Replay: Meet the Tomato Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2015 25:02


    A Rebroadcast: Meet the tomato man, Craig LeHoullier, author of the new book, Epic Tomatoes.

    A Replay: Back From Obscurity-Meadowburn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2015 25:00


    A Rebroadcast: Quill Teal-Sullivan talks about working to bring Meadowburn, a once famous garden, back from obscurity.

    The Reluctant Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2015 25:01


    How do I get my night-blooming cereus to bloom? Ken answers this question and chats about happenings in the garden.

    A Decade of Museum Masterpieces Live On

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2015 25:01


    Author and artist Abbie Zabar talks about writing, drawing, designing, rock and rooftop gardening and weekly trips to "The Met."

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    A New Garden Opens to the Public

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2015 25:01


    Join me and Kristin McCullin, the superintendent of the new Allen C. Haskell Public Garden in New Bedford, MA.

    Back From Obscurity-Meadowburn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2015 25:00


    Quill Teal-Sullivan talks about working to bring Meadowburn, a once famous garden, back from obscurity.

    A Replay: Edible Gardening with an Unusual Twist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2015 25:02


    A Rebroadcast: Michael Judd defines "permaculture" and introduces some new ideas for growing edibles in the garden -- including mushrooms.

    A Replay: Shelter from the Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2015 25:00


    A Replay: Ken tells us about how gardeners will deal with climate change in his latest book -- The New Shade Garden

    A Replay: A New Gardening Newspaper

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2015 25:04


    A Replay: Rochelle Greayer is the publisher of the new online and PRINT newspaper -- Pith + Vigor!

    One Invited Guest and One Party Crasher

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2015 25:00


    The good and the bad -- Lilacs and Russian Olive

    A Replay: Happy Medium

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2015 25:01


    A Replay: Kerry Ann Mendez helps us think about making the garden a bit more manageable with The Right Size Flower Garden.

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