Podcasts about American Horticultural Society

Today's episode is sponsored by LMNT, an electrolyte drink mix free of sugar, artificial colors, and other dodgy ingredients. Receive a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order at http://drinklmnt.com/Beet Episode Description:  In this episode of The Beet Podcast, Jacques digs into all things horticulture with plant expert Matt Mattus. From perennial care to picking plants for nonstop blooms, they explore the ins and outs of garden styles, strategies, and secrets. Whether you're a flower fanatic or just plant-curious, this one's packed with tips to keep your garden thriving all season long! Connect with Matt Mattus: Matt Mattus is a lifelong plant enthusiast and horticulturist, gardening on the same land his grandfather did in 1906. After 29 years in global design, he became Senior Director of Horticulture at the American Horticultural Society. He's the author of Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening and Vegetable Gardening, with a third book, A Year with a Greenhouse, on the way. Matt also writes for The American Gardener and reports for Fine Gardening magazine. Find more from Matt on his website: https://growingwithplants.com/  Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop  → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests  Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube  → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog  → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts  → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord  → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta  → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok  → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest  → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter  → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook  → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup  → Love our products? Become an Epic affiliate! https://growepic.co/3FjQXqV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Need help planning a summer vacation or family trip? Justin Evertson (Green Infrastructure Coordinator) and John Woodworth (Community Forester) join us to talk about our favorite trips to public gardens across the state. Through the American Horticultural Society's reciprocal admissions program, NSA members can receive perks like free admission, free parking, entrance to special exhibits, and other discounts at over 380 public gardens across North America!Learn more about becoming a member of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.For more in-depth show notes visit Bloom Box: Growing Deeper at: https://plantnebraska.org/podcastSend us your questions at growingwithbloombox@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail.Follow us @NEBloomBox on Facebook and InstagramFollow us @growingwithbloombox on PinterestLearn more about Bloom Box: https://plantnebraska.org/bloom-boxLearn more about the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: https://plantnebraska.org

Need help planning a summer vacation or family trip? Justin Evertson (Green Infrastructure Coordinator) and John Woodworth (Community Forester) join us to talk about our favorite trips to public gardens across the state.Through the American Horticultural Society's reciprocal admissions program, NSA members can receive perks like free admission, free parking, entrance to special exhibits, and other discounts at over 380 public gardens across North America!Learn more about becoming a member of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.For more in-depth show notes visit Bloom Box: Growing Deeper at: https://plantnebraska.org/podcastSend us your questions at growingwithbloombox@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail.Follow us @NEBloomBox on Facebook and InstagramFollow us @growingwithbloombox on PinterestLearn more about Bloom Box: https://plantnebraska.org/bloom-boxLearn more about the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: https://plantnebraska.org

The first issue of “American Gardener,” the newly redesigned member magazine of the American Horticultural Society, arrived recently, and in it are lots of good reads—including an article by today's guest, Nancy Lawson, aka “The Humane Gardener.”  She writes about... Read More ›

The first issue of “American Gardener,” the newly redesigned member magazine of the American Horticultural Society, arrived recently, and in it are lots of good reads—including an article by today's guest, Nancy Lawson, aka “The Humane Gardener.”  She writes about... Read More ›

The first issue of “American Gardener,” the newly redesigned member magazine of the American Horticultural Society, arrived recently, and in it are lots of good reads—including an article by today's guest, Nancy Lawson, aka “The Humane Gardener.”  She writes about... Read More ›

This second week of May, we welcome gardener and plantswoman Holly Shimizu. Her four decades of work in some of America's notable public gardens have tracked and traced some of the most impactful changes in public garden standards, expectations, and accountability in that same time frame. From her visionary leadership roles at the National Herb Garden, the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, and the US Botanic Garden to her current board position at the American Horticultural Society, Holly's garden life is a beautiful public-garden journey that benefits us all. Enjoy! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

The American Horticultural Society has a new perennial guide out and we look at selecting plants, using them in your landscape and how to get more blooms. In the second hour we talk about some of the newest houseplant offerings and answer questions about the care of indoor plants.

00:00 Introduction to the Garden Question Podcast00:25 Meet Dr. Todd Beasley00:33 The Vision for the Botanic Garden00:42 Community Engagement and Environmental Stewardship00:53 Todd Beasley's Career and Contributions02:49 The Role and Importance of Botanical Gardens05:42 Engaging the Community and Generating Revenue08:29 The History of the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern11:25 Design and Plant Selection in the Garden15:00 Trends and Future Directions in Gardening21:32 The Importance of Children's Gardens29:35 The Multifaceted Role of a Garden Director37:12 Designing in the Landscape: A Creative Expression37:50 Pollinator Garden: Collaborative Design Approach38:28 Winter Landscape Tactics: Do's and Don'ts41:30 The Importance of Proper Landscaping Practices48:57 Early Garden Memories and Influences51:53 Funny Garden Stories and Myths58:31 Diversity in Horticulture: Trends and Changes01:04:07 Future Plans for the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern01:11:51 Supporting Your Local Botanic GardensWelcome to The Garden Question, where we explore the art and science of designing, building, and growing a smarter garden that works! Today's episode promises to inspire gardeners of every level as we dive into a fascinating story of passion, leadership, and community engagement.Our guest is Dr. Todd Beasley, the director of the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University. Todd shares his vision for the garden, including its mission, historical roots, and exciting plans for a new environmentally controlled facility. He dives into the challenges of engaging the community, the critical role of plant curation, and his commitment to fostering environmental stewardship.With over 25 years of experience in horticulture and education, Todd has built an impressive career connecting people to plants. From leading nationally recognized botanical gardens to consulting on major projects like the Orchid Conservatory at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden and renovations at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Todd's expertise has made a significant impact wherever he's gone.As an educator, Todd has nurtured young minds in South Carolina, taught environmental science and horticulture, and even served as a clinical professor at the University of South Carolina's College of Education. His work with the SEED program helped bring national recognition to student gardening, including hosting prestigious symposiums for the American Horticultural Society.But Todd's passion doesn't stop there. He's also the founder of an eco-friendly garden design firm and a traveling exhibition company exploring the fascinating relationship between plants and culture.Whether you're a novice gardener or an experienced pro, you're sure to find inspiration in Todd's story. Join us as we explore how the Botanic Garden is blooming under his leadership. Don't forget to follow the podcast for more insights into smarter gardening, and be sure to visit the Botanic Garden to see Todd's vision come to life!

Join us for an inspiring interview with Matt Mattus, Senior Director of Horticulture for the American Horticultural Society and author of "Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening" and "Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening". Matt shares expert tips on cyclamen care, from choosing the right plants to ensuring they thrive in your home or garden. He also gives us a sneak peek at his upcoming book, "Greenhouse Gardening", set to release in 2026. Outside of his horticultural expertise, Matt works as a Principal Designer at Hasbro, Inc., and enjoys life in his four-generation family garden in snowy Worcester, MA. Perfect for plant enthusiasts and anyone looking to up their cyclamen game!Resource Links:Matt Mattus Blog: https://growingwithplants.com/Matt Mattus Instagram:   / matt_mattus  https://www.fertilome.com/Join our gardening podcast and radio show Garden America LIVE every Saturday from 8-10 AM Pacific Time on Facebook. Tune in to ask questions, converse with fellow gardeners, or just enjoy the show.Listen to all of our gardening podcasts here: https://www.gardenamerica.com/garden-...WEBSITE: https://www.gardenamerica.com/FACEBOOK:   / gardenamericashow  INSTAGRAM:   / gardenamericaradioshow  TWITTER:   / gardenliferadio  TIKTOK:   / gardenamerica  Transcending surface-level tips, Garden America explores the science and culture that yield true growing experiences. Gardening questions on your mind? Drop us a line or tune in daily for hands-on advice, biological breakthroughs, and trusted product info from our gardening gurus.Garden America is truly your current trends gardening experience. Look no further for garden knowledge, garden tools, garden accessories, unique garden plants never seen before & more.

Jessica Turner-Skoff is Longwood Garden's first Associate Director of Science Communications. She champions Longwood's leadership in plant science and interprets Longwood's scientific resources for multiple communication channels and audiences. Jessica is an internationally recognized, award-winning science communicator who is professionally trained as a conservation biologist. She came to Longwood after making significant contributions in science communications at The Morton Arboretum, serving as a Botany in Action Fellow for three years at Phipps Conservatory, and teaching science communication at collegiate and professional levels. Jessica holds a Ph.D. in Biology from West Virginia University, an MS in Conservation Science and Sustainable Development from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a BS from Muskingum University. She is an Editorial Advisor for the Journal Plants, People, Planet. She was the 2020 Emerging Horticulture Professional from the American Horticultural Society, as well as a Chanticleer Scholar in 2022. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plantatrilliontrees/support

Our guest on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is Courtney E. Allen, Director of National Programs at the American Horticultural Society.  She joined us for the first half of the show this morning; after her interview we opened the phones up for calls; Bay Area gardeners call with their questions, concerns and ideas. The original broadcast as presented here is lightly edited to remove licensed musical content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is Courtney E. Allen, Director of National Programs at the American Horticultural Society.  She joined us for the first half of the show this morning; after her interview we opened the phones up for calls; Bay Area gardeners call with their questions, concerns and ideas. The original broadcast as presented here is lightly edited to remove licensed musical content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sheng Wang is bringing that uncle energy. He's showing up to the function with beer and peanuts, staying way too long, and then heading to the nearest botanical garden. Sheng tells the Aunties about his favorite ways to snack, including the peanut source he wants to gatekeep, and why he no longer has capacity for stuff. Plus, indulge in Sheng's dulcet tones as he reads us a Mary Oliver poem.  We want to hear from you! Drop us a message on Speakpipe. Subscribe to the Add to Cart newsletter for juicy extras. Please note, Add To Cart contains mature themes and may not be appropriate for all listeners.  To see all products mentioned in this episode, head to @addtocartpod on Instagram. To purchase any of the products, see below.  The Zojirushi water bottle is classic and no fuss The Kirkland Virginia Peanuts from Costco are a solid snack choice  Sheng wants to gatekeep the peanuts from Dai Ho in California Did you know a membership to the American Horticultural Society gives you access to 345 public gardens and arboreta across North America?  Sheng is coming to your city! Catch him on tour Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.  Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.  Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret Roach and Ken Druse are gardeners and writers offering up online courses on all things gardening. Margaret and Ken share how The Virtual Garden Club began and how they put together these programs to provide advice, encouragement, and camaraderie, along with answers to your gardening questions! Margaret is a longtime garden writer and  created a website, podcast, and weekly newsletter called A Way to Garden, the title of her 1989 book that was reissued in 2019 in an all-new edition.Ken is a celebrated lecturer, an award-winning writer, photographer and author of 20 garden books. The American Horticultural Society listed, The Natural Garden, among the best books of all time, and the New York Times called him “the guru of natural gardening.”Ready to join the club? Click here!  Also, Mark Collins from RomanticAsheville.com, shares how this guide to Asheville and Western North Carolina helps the community grow stronger and fosters inspiration and why  RomanticAsheville.com is the most visited travel website for those planning travel to this beautiful part of the world. Find out how they value their partners and readers to maximize exposure and ensure all the content is current and up to date. "There are a lot of moving parts carefully considered to ensure our readers have a seamless and rewarding experience," said Mark.A must listen! Only on Speaking of Travel! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

In episode 144 of the Garden Question podcast, host Craig McManus interviews Marianne Wilburn, a garden writer and expert.opinion columnist for the American Horticultural Society's The American Gardener and is a contributing editor at GardenRant.com.She authored the exciting book, Tropical Plants and How to Love Them, and her first book, Big Dreams and Small Gardens. Marianne's work has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Better Homes and Gardens. In this episode, we talk about challenging the norms that may be holding you back in your gardening endeavors.Wilburn shares her insights on gardening and breaking free from conventional norms and constraints. They discuss dealing with garden centers' choices, HOA regulations, and the controversial norm of only using native plants.Wilburn encourages listeners to embrace gardening as a transformative and creative experience and urges them to question the norm, understand the dynamics of ecosystems, and learn the adaptation of environmental changes.They delve into the importance of visualizing the garden, nurturing it slowly, and using the trial-and-error process, further discussing how patience plays a critical role in cultivating a successful garden.Wilburn also emphasizes the significance of nurturing real-world relationships with other gardeners, learning from them, and sharing knowledge and experiences.00:03 Introduction to the Garden Question Podcast00:41 Conversation with Mary Ann Wilburn: Unearthing Garden Wisdom01:33 Challenging Norms in Gardening01:52 The Debate: Native vs Non-Native Plants02:21 Visualizing Your Garden: The Key to Success02:38 Breaking Free from Conventional Gardening03:04 Constraints in Gardening: A Discussion03:33 The Impact of HOAs on Gardening04:04 The Fear of Getting it Wrong in Gardening05:20 The Role of Personal Taste in Gardening09:20 The Debate on Native and Non-Native Plants10:50 The Impact of Climate Change on Gardening23:00 The Constraints of HOAs on Gardening27:25 The Role of Turf in Gardening33:53 The Evolution of Flora and Fauna40:06 Understanding the Evolution of Life on Earth40:33 Applying Evolutionary Concepts to Current Times40:52 The Role of Adaptation in Species Survival42:07 The Importance of Scientific Inquiry and Open-Mindedness43:23 The Role of Humans in the Natural Order44:34 Encouraging Open Conversations and Inquiry45:47 The Art of Garden Design and Maintenance50:52 The Importance of Patience and Stewardship in Gardening55:22 The Journey of a Gardening Professional58:20 Learning from Gardening Mistakes01:03:30 The Value of Personal Relationships in Gardening01:07:22 Exploring Garden Rant: A Platform for Garden Writers

What layers of history unfurled in the restoration of Monticello's gardens? On this episode of the Thriving Farmer Podcast, we're joined by Peter Hatch who has served as the Director of Gardens and Grounds at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. During his 35 years there, he managed 2,500 acres and the restoration of Jefferson's Grove and Monticello's 8 acre fruit and vegetable garden.  He also developed many educational programs on the practice of historic garden preservation and has written four books, including A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello. Tune in today to hear about Peter's dedication to Monticello and the history of Thomas Jefferson's love for gardening. You'll hear: About what work Peter did that led to his role at Monticello 1:47 What the condition of Monticello was when Peter first arrived 5:40 How extensive was the garden restoration Peter undertook 13:57 About Jefferson's process of restoring the soil 21:53 How Peter's book was researched 27:52 About Thomas Jefferson's true stance on slavery 43:45 How the Monticello gardens today compare to Jefferson's day 50:38 What Peter would change (if anything) given the opportunity to restart his career 53:46 About the Guest: Peter J. Hatch served as Director of Gardens and Grounds at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello for 35 years. He was responsible for the care of 2,500 acres owned by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and managed the restoration of Jefferson's Grove and Monticello's 8 acre fruit and vegetable garden. Peter has lectured in 38 states on the gardens of Monticello and the history of garden plants. He has written four books including A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello which won Book of the Year of the American Horticultural Society in 2012. Resources: Website: https://www.peterjhatch.com/ His book: A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello       This podcast is sponsored by Small Farm University, THE go-to resource for gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers around the world. Small Farm University delivers classes online and on demand, with training on how to grow crops AND how to grow a profitable farm business that serves you, your family, and your community well.  Applying what you learn in SFU could save you countless hours and thousands of dollars. And, it can save you the agony of costly mistakes some make, just because they “don't know what they don't know.” Delivered by real farmers with hands-on experience and expertise, it is unique in its approach, using the RIPEN method for growing and building a farm or farm business. To learn more, visit:  GrowingFarmers.com today!  

The nature and scale of ecological degradation can provoke empathy distress that devolves into depression, despair, anxiety, antipathy, avoidance, and outright denial. But ecological awareness and ecological education can help us to see how much power we have when we become attuned to spiritual and ecological realities. We can actually help to heal the world—each and every one of us, wherever we live.Imagine a national park bigger than Yosemite, bigger than Yellowstone, bigger than the Grand Canyon. Imagine a national park bigger than all three of those combined. Now imagine a national park bigger than those three combined with the addition of the Adirondacks, the Grand Tetons, the Great Smoky Mountains, Denali, Olympic, and Sequoia—bigger than all of those put together!Imagine all the wild beings doing the work they do to further the conditions of life, all the work they do to make your life and my life possible. Imagine those beings thriving, and imagine humans thriving more in the process.Finally, imagine that this park can become a reality—and that reality depends on you. It doesn't depend on you in some burdensome, terrible way. You don't have to give yourself a spiritual or physical hernia. Rather, it depends on things you can do at your own scale, something enjoyable and rewarding. And something done in the key of wonder, something that can open up the ecology of your own mind.This describes Doug Tallamy's project, detailed in his book, Nature's Best Hope. This is a good news kind of book, and it can dispel our feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness, replacing them with beauty, wonder, wildness, and mutual empowerment.Doug is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 112 research publications and has taught insect related courses for over four decades. His principle research goal involves arriving at a better understanding of the many ways insects interact with plants, and how these interactions create diversity in animal communities.Doug's books include Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape (co-authored with Rick Darke), The Nature of Oaks (winner of the American Horticultural Society's 2022 book award), and Nature's Best Hope (a New York Times Best Seller). In 2021 he cofounded Homegrown National Park with Michelle Alfandari (HomegrownNationalPark.org). https://www.homegrownnationalpark.org/

Finding the right plant combinations can minimize diseases, reduce pest, improve soil fertility and support pollinators.Using science back methods will reward your garden decisions.For 15 years horticulturist Jessica Walliser co-hosted The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,She is the Editorial Director for The Quarto Publishing Group's Garden imprint, Cool Springs Press, and a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine. Jessica is the author of seven gardening books, including the Amazon best-seller ·      Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically·      Plant Partners: Science-based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden, which earned a prestigious 2021 American Horticultural Society Book Award·      Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, which was awarded the American Horticultural Society's 2014 Book Award. It has recently been released as an updated 2nd edition. For over twelve years Jessica wrote two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. She is also co-founder of the popular gardening website SavvyGardening.com. Jessica received her degree in ornamental horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University and is the former owner of a 25-acre organic market farm. She's taught a diverse array of gardening topics for over 25 years. Jessica lives and gardens northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and son, two cats, two hermit crabs, and billions and billions of very good bugs.This is episode 110 - Companion Planting for Success – Jessica Walliser This is a remix and an encore presentation of episode 050. A remix and an encore presentation of episode 050.

As we prepare to mark Earth Day 2023, many of us are also coming to terms with the latest climate report from the IPCC which said the world is on the brink of catastrophic warming. News like that can make it hard for individuals to know what they can do to have an impact on the environment. One movement suggests we can all help with conservation efforts by planting local that's the focus of this episode of Stats and Stories with guest Doug Tallamy. Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 111 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 41 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His books include Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, Nature's Best Hope, a New York Times Best Seller, The Nature of Oaks, winner of the American Horticultural Society's 2022 book award. In 2021 he cofounded Homegrown National Park with Michelle Alfandari. His awards include recognition from The Garden Writer's Association, Audubon, The National Wildlife Federation, Allegheny College, Ecoforesters, The Garden Club of America and The American Horticultural Association.

Do you want to start growing native plants in your yard, but don't know where to find them? Or maybe you aren't even sure what a native plant is for your area. Or maybe you are in a situation where you can't plant anything right now, but you still want to learn about native plants and enjoy them in the wild. Your state's native plant society may be able to help you in all of these situations. In this episode of the Backyard Ecology podcast, we're joined by multiple guests representing native plant societies in different parts of the eastern U.S. Our guests are Randi Eckel from the Native Plant Society of New Jersey, Jeff Nelson from the Kentucky Native Plant Society, and Ellen Honeycutt from the Georgia Native Plant Society. We start our conversation with what seems like a very basic question, “What is a native plant?” As you'll hear, the answers were all similar in their broad sense, but some of the details were a little different. Which of course, led to a conversation about those slight variations in the definitions and why they are important to be aware of when you are talking about native plants. We then dove into talking about native plant societies and what they do. Every native plant society is going to be different and do different things, but they all share a love of native plants, conservation, and education. They also tend to be very accessible and include members of all experience levels – from the person just getting started on their native plant journey all the way to professional botanists with decades of experience. Native plant societies also tend to have lots of educational resources available online for anyone interested in native plants. I highly encourage you to check out your state's native plant society. Links to the Georgia Native Plant Society, Kentucky Native Plant Society, and Native Plant Society of New Jersey are below. I also included a link from the American Horticultural Society's website which lists information for each state's native plant society. On a side note, if you want to keep up with everything going on in the Backyard Ecology world, then please subscribe to our emails. You can do so at www.backyardecology.net/subscribe. And when you sign up for our emails, you'll receive a link to download a free e-book that explains why our familiar garden zones don't mean anything when it comes to gardening with native plants. That's just our way of saying thank you for your interest in Backyard Ecology. Until next week, I encourage you to take some time to enjoy the nature in your own yard and community. Georgia Native Plant Society: Website: https://gnps.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-Native-Plant-Society Kentucky Native Plant Society: Website: https://www.knps.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knps.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kynativeplantsociety/ Native Plant Society of New Jersey: Website: https://www.npsnj.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NPSNJ/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nativeplantsocietynj Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsnj American Horticultural Society's list of native plant societies: https://ahsgardening.org/gardening-resources/societies-clubs-organizations/native-plant-societies/ Backyard Ecology: Growing Native Plants, Insect-Plant Interactions, Playing in the Pond, and Much More with Dr. Randi Eckel: https://www.backyardecology.net/growing-native-plants-insect-plant-interactions-playing-in-the-pond-and-much-more-with-dr-randi-eckel/ Website: https://backyardecology.net YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/backyardecology Blog: https://www.backyardecology.net/blog/ Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/backyardecology Make a one-time donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=K7F3HJLJT9F8N Subscribe to Backyard Ecology emails: https://www.backyardecology.net/subscribe/ Episode image: Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Photo credit: Shenandoah National Park, public domain

Julia Richardson is an award-winning children's book author. Today we talk with her about her debut picture book, Little Dandelion Seeds the World (Sleeping Bear Press, 2021), which won the Growing Good Kids Book Award from the American Horticultural Society and the Junior Master Gardener Program for connecting children to nature. When Julia was young, she was in the lowest reading group and wrote every letter upside down and backwards. Today she is an established author with another new book just out, and hopefully many more on the way. She also shares her advice for upcoming authors hoping to break into the traditional publishing world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Julia Richardson is an award-winning children's book author. Today we talk with her about her debut picture book, Little Dandelion Seeds the World (Sleeping Bear Press, 2021), which won the Growing Good Kids Book Award from the American Horticultural Society and the Junior Master Gardener Program for connecting children to nature. When Julia was young, she was in the lowest reading group and wrote every letter upside down and backwards. Today she is an established author with another new book just out, and hopefully many more on the way. She also shares her advice for upcoming authors hoping to break into the traditional publishing world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we chat about Dare to be Wild, a movie based on the youngest gold medal winner of the Chelsea Flower Show and Mary Reynolds' love of the land. If we each do our part in nurturing nature in the bit of land we are blessed to live on, we can heal our dear earth—one garden at a time.We wrap up with my family gathering - a baby shower held at a llama farm. My sister's son and his wife are expecting a child in December. Dot handed me a bin of mom's treasures as we were leaving. Amongst them is a hand-typed document dated 1940 of Christmas Designs from Natural Materials with Conservation Laws courtesy of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State. Dear old mom gave me my garden start. I'd love to hear who gave you yours. You can email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com.  Thanks so much for tuning in :^) Link to Related Stories:Mary Reynolds and Nurturing NatureDesigning Garden LayersForest Bathing Other helpful links:American Horticultural Society's – list of  Native Plant Societies North Creek Nurseries links to suggested resources  ***Kind listeners, I'd love to hear about your garden and nature stories. And your thoughts about topics for future podcast episodes. Please email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com. You can Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStoneEpisode web page —Garden Dilemmas Podcast PageThank you for sharing the garden of life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden DesignerGarden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.com 

In this episode, we chat about a presentation given by Claudia West, author of Planting in a Post-Wild World, about the importance of layering plant communities and designing garden layers."Plant more plants" was music to my ears – you'll see why!  Link to Related Stories:Designing Garden LayersNative Plants for Native PollinatorsButterfly Garden of GrowthNative Plants, especially Oaks, are Essential – featuring Doug Talamy's book The Nature of Oaks.Other helpful links:American Horticultural Society's – list of  Native Plant Societies North Creek Nurseries links to suggested resources  ***Kind listeners, I'd love to hear about your garden and nature stories. And your thoughts about topics for future podcast episodes. Please email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com. You can Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStoneEpisode web page —Garden Dilemmas Podcast PageThank you for sharing the garden of life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden DesignerGarden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.com  

While director of Rutgers Gardens in New Jersey, Bruce Crawford gave a talk, he coined Sexy Native Plants. He's now with Willowwood Arboretum bringing a reflection on his presentation about Native Plants for Native Pollinators (the G-rated version – smile). We chat about sources to find more native plants specific to your area. Such as my go-to book by Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home- How you can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. And other helpful sources such as plant lists provided by Native Plant Societies.  Link to Related Stories:Native Plants for Native PollinatorsNative Plants, especially Oaks, are Essential – featuring Doug Talamy's book The Nature of Oaks.Other helpful links:American Horticultural Society's – list of  Native Plant Societies  ***Kind listeners, I'd love to hear about your garden and nature stories. And your thoughts about topics for future podcast episodes. Please email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com. You can Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStoneEpisode web page —Garden Dilemmas Podcast PageThank you for sharing the garden of life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden DesignerGarden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.com  

THOMAS RAINER BIOThomas Rainer is a registered landscape architect, teacher, and author that lives in Arlington, Virginia. He is a leading voice in ecological landscape design and has designed landscapes for the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The New York Botanical Garden, as well as over 100 gardens from Maine to Florida. He is a celebrated public speaker who has garnered acclaim for his passionate presentations to audiences across the U.S. and in Europe. Thomas serves as a Principal for the landscape architectural and consulting firm Phyto Studio in Washington, D.C.Thomas received his Masters Degree from the University of Georgia. Thomas has worked for the firms Oehme, van Sweden and Associates, and was most recently a Principal at the landscape architectural and planning firm, Rhodeside & Harwell. He has a broad range of experience in project types ranging from intimate residential gardens to expansive estates, rooftop gardens, botanical gardens, large-scale green infrastructure design & implementation, and national memorials. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Landscape Architecture Magazine, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and Architectural Digest.While passionate about design and focusing on details, Thomas is a specialist in applying innovative planting concepts to create ecologically-functional designed landscapes. His recent work focuses on the artful interpretation of wild plant communities into designed plantings that thrive in the context of towns and cities.  He also continues to love working on residential gardens, enjoying the intimate collaboration with clients and creating spaces. Thomas teaches planting design for the George Washington University Landscape Design program. His recently published book co-authored with Claudia West, Planting in a Post-Wild World, was released in fall 2015 from Timber Press and was selected by the American Horticultural Society as one of the 2016 books of the year.You can learn more about Thomas on his website thomasrainer.com, his firm Phyto at phytostudio.com, and on Instagram where his handle is @thomasrainerdc.THE PLANTASTIC PODCASTThe Plantastic Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Dr. Jared Barnes.  He's been gardening since he was five years old and now is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX.  To say hi and find the show notes, visit theplantasticpodcast.com.  You can learn more about how Dr. Jared cultivates plants, minds, and life at meristemhorticulture.com.  He also shares thoughts and cutting-edge plant research each week in his newsletter PlantEd, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing! 

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1815 On this day, Mary Russell Mitford wrote about the changing times in a letter to her friend, Sir William Elford, English banker, politician, and amateur artist. Our grandmothers, when about to make a beau-pot (A large ornamental vase for cut flowers.), proceeded, I fancy, much as their gardeners when clipping a yew hedge or laying out a parterre.  Every stalk and stem was in its place; tulip answered tulip, and peony stared at peony.  Even a rebellious leaf was reduced to order, and the huge bouquet spread its tremendous width as flat, as stiff, and almost as ugly as its fair framer's painted fan.  We, their granddaughters, throw our honeysuckles and posies into their vases with little other care than to produce the grace of nature by its carelessness and profusion.  And why should we not...?   1896 Death of Nora Perry, American poet, newspaper correspondent, and writer. In her poem, What May Be, Nora wrote, When the days are longer, longer, And the sun shines stronger, stronger, And the winds cease blowing, blowing, And the winter's chance of snowing Is lost in springtime weather. Here's an excerpt from her poem, The Coming of Spring. All this changing tint,  This whispering stir and hint  Of bud and bloom and wing,  Is the coming of the spring. So, silently but swift, Above the wintry drift, The long days gain and gain, Until on hill and plain— Once more, and yet once more, Returning as before, We see the bloom of birth Make young again the earth   1906 Birth of Enid Annenberg Haupt, American publisher and philanthropist.  The president of the New York Botanical Garden called Enid, The greatest patron American horticulture has ever known. Enid was one of eight children; her parents, Sadie and Moses, had one son and seven daughters. Her father was the founder of a large publishing empire. Enid followed in his footsteps and became an heiress to the large family fortune. Enid's first marriage ended in divorce. Her second marriage to Ira Haupt launched her philanthropic activities and introduced her to the world of gardening. When they got engaged, Ira gave Enid a cymbidium orchid. Enid was immediately enthralled by it. She told Ira that for her wedding present from him, she would be very happy with a gift of 13 cymbidium orchids. Enid's brother, Walter, put her in charge of the magazine Seventeen in 1953. During her tenure, Seventeen magazine was more popular than Glamor and twice as popular as Mademoiselle. At one point, more than half of the teenage girls in the United States were reading Seventeen magazine. Enid ran the magazine until 1970. When Enid died in 2005, she had donated more than $140 million to charities. Her favorite charities involved gardening. This is how Enid became known as "the fairy godmother of American horticulture" and "the patron saint of public gardens." One of Enid's most significant gifts was to the New York Botanical Garden. Over her lifetime, Enid gave them over $34 million – $5 million of which was dedicated to restoring the stunning Victorian glass greenhouse now called the Enid Haupt Conservancy. Without Enid, the greenhouse would have been demolished. After she retired from Seventeen magazine, Enid learned that the Soviet Union was considering purchasing River Farm, the 27-acre property once owned by George Washington as part of his Mount Vernon estate. The news was abhorrent to Enid. In 1973, she donated a million dollars to the American Horticultural Society to buy the property with the stipulation that it would remain open to the public. In November 2020, the American Horticultural Society attempted to sell River Farm for $32.9 million. AHS Board Chair Terry Hayes argued that selling River Farm was the only way to effectively carry out its national mission of “connecting people with plants and to help all Americans learn about sustainable gardening.” The move caused a rift on the board after five board members — Skipp Calvert, Tim Conlon, Holly Shimizu, Marcia Zech, and Laura Dowling — argued that it was "not only morally and ethically wrong, but... fraught with serious legal issues.” A year later, in the fall of 2021, the AHS officially took River Farm off the market. The AHS board had shrunk to the five board members who had fought to keep the historic property. In a statement, they said River Farm would remain as the permanent headquarters of the AHS and as a green space open to the public in honor of Enid Annenberg Haupt.   1823 On this day, William Bartram, American botanist, ornithologist, natural historian, and explorer, wrote in his diary that there were, numerous tribes of small birds, feeding on the aphids on the apple, pear trees - towhe buntings building their nests in the garden. Sharon White summarizes William Bartram's May garden life in her book Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia (2011). May was misty sometimes with a morning wind and cruel with cold rains for a week "injurious to vegitation and to the farmers. Wheat just begining to ear appears to be blasted in many instances," and young birds drowned in their nests on the ground.   Now and then Bartram's notations look different, smaller script, less detail.    In the last year he kept the diary his writing scrawls across one page as if his hand slipped.   The green twig whortleberry is in flower on May 6 in 1802, and the next May he records that a bullfrog swallowed: large mole instantly. That May there was hard frost on the seventh that killed the young shoots of trees and shrubs.    Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Multifarious Mr. Banks by Toby Musgrave This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World. Toby Musgrave is a plant and garden historian, independent scholar, and consultant. He is the author or coauthor of eighteen books. By the way, a multifarious person has many sides or different qualities, and you can see for yourself that Banks was a tremendous personal force in Toby's introduction: Sir Joseph Banks was only twenty-five years old when in 1768 he convinced both the prestigious Royal Society and the bureaucratic Admiralty that he should join HMS Endeavour as expedition natural historian. He personally paid a fortune toundertake the three-year voyage led by James Cook, and en route became the first European to make an extensive study of the natural history and anthropology of Tahiti,' New Zealand and Australia. He is said to have had an affair with the 'queen of Tahiti' and, upon his return, he jilted his fiancée. Later, as a close personal friend of King George III, he persuaded the monarch that he was the man to develop the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Under Banks's leadership it became the world's leading botanic garden, a position it still holds today.   This book is 386 pages of the biography of Joseph Banks and all he accomplished during his incredible life of adventure and botany. You can get a copy of The Multifarious Mr. Banks by Toby Musgrave and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $39.   Botanic Spark 1907 Birth of the English author and playwright Daphne du Maurier (“Mor-ee-aya”)(books by this author), who was born in London. She was the middle daughter of a well-to-do family of creative bohemian artists and writers. Her father was a famous actor and a favorite of James Barrie - the author of Peter Pan. Daphne's writing inspired Alfred Hitchcock - especially her novels Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, and her short story, The Birds. In 1938 Daphne published her popular book, Rebecca. It has never gone out of print. During the pandemic in 2020, Netflix released their movie version of Rebecca starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas. In Rebecca, Daphne writes about the beautiful azaleas that grow on the estate at Manderley. And she says that the blooms were used to make a perfume for its late mistress. Yet, most azalea growers know that this is likely an example of artistic license since most evergreen azaleas have little to no fragrance. That said, some native deciduous azaleas can be very fragrant. In the opening pages of Rebecca, Daphne's narrator vividly describes the wild and wooly garden of Manderley: I saw that the garden had obeyed the jungle law, even as the woods had done. The rhododendrons stood fifty feet high, twisted and entwined with bracken, and they had entered into alien marriage with a host of nameless shrubs, poor, bastard thing that clung about their roots as though conscious of their spurious origin. A lilac had mated with a copper beech, and to bind them yet more closely to one another, the malevolent ivy, always an enemy to grace, had thrown her tendrils about the pair and made them prisoners.   Daphne du Maurier incorporated gardens into many of her books. Her daughters recall that their mother loved flowers and flower arranging. Their home was always filled with flowers.  Yet, in her book, The King's General, as in Rebecca, the garden can feel like a dangerous place at times. I was a tiny child again at Radford, my uncle's home, and he was walking me through the glass houses in the gardens. There was one flower, an orchid, that grew alone; it was the color of pale ivory, with one little vein of crimson running through the petals. The scent filled the house, honeyed and sickly sweet. It was the loveliest flower I had ever seen. I stretched out my hand to stroke the soft velvet sheen, and swiftly my uncle pulled me by the shoulder. ‘Don't touch it, child. The stem is poisonous.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Minimizing diseases, reducing pest, improving soil fertility and pollinator support are all determined by the plant combinations you choose. In this episode 050 – Companion Planting That Works with Jessica Walliser we talk about the science back methods that will reward your decisions. For 15 years horticulturist Jessica Walliser co-hosted The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, She is the Editorial Director for The Quarto Publishing Group's garden imprint, Cool Springs Press, and a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine.  Jessica is the author of seven gardening books, including the Amazon best-seller ·      Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically ·      Plant Partners: Science-based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden, which earned a prestigious 2021 American Horticultural Society Book Award ·      Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, which was awarded the American Horticultural Society's 2014 Book Award. It has recently been released as an updated 2nd edition.  For over twelve years Jessica   wrote two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. She is also co-founder of the popular gardening website SavvyGardening.com. Jessica received her degree in ornamental horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University and is the former owner of a 25-acre organic market farm. She's taught a diverse array of gardening topics for over 25 years.  Jessica lives and gardens northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and son, two cats, two hermit crabs, and billions and billions of very good bugs.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee   Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1758 On this day, Carl Linneaus (books about this person), the man known as the "father of modern taxonomy," was feeling his age, which was fifty. He was also battling another bout of depression, and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was poured out in words he wrote to his former pupil and friend, Abraham Bäck: I cannot write more today;  my hand is too weary to hold a pen.  I am the child of misfortune.  Had I a rope and English courage,  I would long since have hanged myself.  I fear that my wife is again pregnant.  I am old and grey and worn out, and my house is already full of children; who is to feed them?  It was in an unhappy hour that I accepted the professorship;  if only I had remained in my lucrative practice, all would now be well.  Farewell, and may you be more fortunate.    1766 Birth of Benjamin Smith Barton (books about this person), American botanist, naturalist, and physician. Benjamin worked as a Professor of Natural History and Botany at the University of Pennsylvania, where he authored the very first textbook on American Botany. In 1803, at Thomas Jefferson's request, he tutored Meriwether Lewis in botany to get him ready for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Benjamin was no doubt excited for Meriwether's prospects. In 1798 Benjamin encouraged his fellow man to "add luster to their names" by looking for new medicines through plant discoveries. He wrote, The volume of nature lies before you: it is hardly yet been opened: it has never been pursued... [The] man who discovers one valuable new medicine is a more important benefactor to his species than Alexander, Caesar, or a hundred other conquerors.   2018 On this day, British botanists and horticulturalists Rod and Rachel Saunders were murdered by terrorists during their work in the oNgoye Forest. The couple led extraordinary lives committed to scientific advancement and had spent decades seeking to better understand the natural world - especially the world of Gladiolus. In the 1970s, they established Silverhill Seeds in Cape Town, the result of their lifelong dedication to collecting and studying rare South African plants. At the time of their deaths, they were nearing the end of their mission to find and photograph every known species of Gladiolus in South Africa; they had only one flower left to find and photograph. In the wake of their deaths and without the help of their missing laptops and notes, a small dedicated team of people completed Rod and Rachel's project. The book Gladiolus of Southern Africa was the result. Professor Fiona Ross wrote in the forward, Rod and Rachel always intended to dedicate the book to the tortoises they saved from Road deaths. We do not know what they would have said in their dedication, but to honor their intentions, this book recalls the tortoises.  Historically gladioli symbolize courage. In contemporary floral or, they also represent perseverance and Remembrance, A fitting tribute to rod and Rachel's lives and work.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Fruit Trees for Every Garden by Orin Martin  This book came out late in 2019, and the subtitle is An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More. Orin is the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This book won the book award from the American Horticultural Society. Orin is a pragmatic plantsman, and his book is a genuinely useful resource for any budding fruit grower. The photos are beautiful, and the ease with which Orin shares his wisdom makes the reader want to plant a mini-orchard ASAP. If you have any desire to grow your own healthy, bountiful fruit trees, then Orin's book is a must-have. You can get a copy of Fruit Trees for Every Garden by Orin Martin and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for $16.   Botanic Spark 1882 Birth of Winifred Mary Letts, English writer. Gardeners often quote her thoughts on spring: That God once loved a garden, we learn in Holy writ.  And seeing gardens in the Spring, I well can credit it. Winifred also wrote a poem about spring called Spring the Cheat, one of many poems she wrote about WWI. Winifred examines the season of rebirth (spring) with the never-ending season of loss that comes with war. O exquisite spring, all this — and yet — and yet — Kinder to me the bleak face of December Who gives no cheating hopes, but says — "Remember."   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Jessica Walliser is a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening and a regular contributor to many national gardening publications. Her two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review have been enjoyed by readers for over ten years. Her book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, was awarded the American Horticultural Society's Book Award. Jessica received her degree in ornamental horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University.

News about gardening clubs and societies to join such as the American Horticultural Society, National Garden Clubs, Garden Club of America and many local private clubs, native plant societies, and societies that focus on certain plants. There is a new line of Everleaf basil plants with a columnar growth habit; a unique way to grow herbs, veggies and flowers indoors; several new books; and upcoming events. Pegplant's Podcast is produced by Peggy Riccio, horticulturist, garden writer, speaker, and podcaster. For more information, especially about the events, visit pegplant.com, an online resource for gardeners in the DC metro area. Subscribe to Pegplant's Post, a monthly gardening newsletter, and follow @pegplant on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. No funds have been received for mentions on this episode. E-mail pegplant@gmail.com if you have suggestions or comments. Clubs and Societies PanAmericanSeed Click and Grow

Ramadan #HistoricMuslimah​ #7: "Shamima Sheikh" | Did you know that orthodox Islamic scholar Imam Shafi'i's janaza (funeral) prayer was led by a woman? Today, Khateebah Amira Al-Sarraf teaches us about the amazing Muslim woman who drew upon orthodox Islamic tradition and scholarship to lead a movement in South Africa for all women.   DONATE to The Women's Mosque of America today: womensmosque.com/donate Do you want to hear more uplifting spiritual wisdom from Khateebah Amira Al-Sarraf? Watch her past khutbah at The Women's Mosque of America below! "Caring for the Environment Like Prophet Muhammad (p)" Khutbah by Amira Al-Sarraf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SKM8...​   Bio: Amira Al-Sarraf is the Head of School at New Horizon School, an Islamic school in Pasadena awarded the National Blue Ribbon by the U.S. Department of Education. She has a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley and an M.S. Ed. in Educational Leadership from Walden University. With over 25 years of experience in the field of education, she is passionate about serving the academic, social, emotional, spiritual, and creative needs of students as well as building a culture of collaboration and coherent pedagogy among faculty. Believing in the critical need for interfaith work, she has been actively involved in interfaith projects with the Skirball Cultural Center, Weizmann Jewish Day School, the Interfaith Peace Academy, and the Alice and Nahum Lainer School. Currently, she is a member of the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health Interfaith Clergy Roundtable Project in Arcadia, and she serves on the Board of Trustees of the Western Justice Center as well as the Council on Spiritual and Ethical Education. She also served on the Board of Trustees of Alverno Heights Academy, an all-girls' Catholic school. In the area of curriculum development, she is a co-author of Transitions, a health and human development program that teaches young Muslims about the important physiological and emotional changes they face during adolescence within the context of Islamic values. She has also been actively involved in the development of the Islamic Studies program at New Horizon and recently designed a new Islamic Studies curriculum for the Bureau of Islamic and Arabic Education that takes a dynamic approach to teaching Islam, incorporates comparative religion, integrates California social studies and science standards, and emphasizes the application of universal moral values and critical thinking skills. With a love for nature and the outdoors, she sought to give students at New Horizon a sense of the importance of environmental stewardship through a recent project at the school: the building of the New Horizon Peace Garden. She initiated this project in 2011 and worked with the NHS Garden Committee to fulfill the vision for the garden as a place of community-building and garden-based learning. She has attended conferences and workshops including American Horticultural Society and Living Schoolyards and seeks ways for this extraordinary outdoor classroom to touch all the learning at the school. Born and raised Los Angeles, she grew up in an interfaith household with a Palestinian-American father and a European-American mother. Amira is the mother of four adult children who are working or studying in the fields of law or elementary education.   Do you want to find out about The Women's Mosque of America's upcoming women-led & co-ed events? Sign up for our newsletter here: https://us9.campaign-archive.com/home...​ The Women's Mosque of America is the nation's first women-led Muslim house of worship and a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. The Women's Mosque of America strives to uplift the entire Muslim community by empowering Muslim women and girls through more direct access to Islamic scholarship and leadership. The Women's Mosque of America provides a safe space for women to feel welcome, respected, and actively engaged within the Muslim Ummah. It complements existing mosques, offering opportunities for women to grow, learn, and gain inspiration to spread throughout their respective communities. The Women's Mosque of America provides women-led Friday jumma'a services for women and children (including boys 12 and under) once a month in Southern California. In addition, The Women's Mosque of America provides programming, events, and classes open to both men and women that aim to increase community access to female Muslim scholars and female perspectives on Islamic knowledge and spirituality.

With Todd Beasley of the Environmental Education Association of South Carolina and University of South Carolina Why is horticulture misunderstood in so many schools? What is the largest barrier to sustained success with school gardens? How can botanical gardens become more culturally relevant? To what extent do non-profit board composition and recruitment practices impact the cultural relevance of botanical gardens? These are some of the big questions that Todd Beasley joined us to discuss in our latest episode. More than a few plant puns found their way into the conversation, too! Transition music: "Garden Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Guest: Todd Beasley, Green Teacher's Regional Editor for South Carolina (SC), has 25 years of experience in horticulture and education. Between stops at three botanical gardens, Todd taught 5th-grade Environmental Science and continuing education Horticulture classes. Todd also served as the School Environmental Education Director at Heathwood Hall in Columbia, South Carolina, USA, where his students created a nationally recognized youth gardening program. Todd wrote the proposal that brought the American Horticultural Society's Annual Children and Youth Gardening Symposium to Columbia, SC in 2016. Todd is currently the owner of Primitive by Design, an eco-friendly garden design firm, and is an Elementary Education professor at the University of South Carolina. Todd's article, Richard Headstrom — STEAMING Ahead with STEM 75 Years Ago, appeared in our spring 2021 issue of Green Teacher magazine.

We're live from Zone 8b with a tell-all about the "epistemological quandary" that is the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. What is hardiness? How is it quantifiable? And how useful is the USDA's classification system for gardeners grappling with extreme weather? Listen to find out.  First up, some tree news -- some of it shady. Last but not least, we get our first-ever call to the Horticulturati Hotline! Thank you Misti from The Garden Path Podcast for your sharing your Big Tree journeys.  Visit us at horticulturati.com and check out our NEW Patreon!  Mentioned in this episode:  "History of Plant Hardiness Zone Maps" (Plant Delights Nursery); The American Horticultural Society's Plant Heat-Zone Map; Famous Trees of Texas by Gretchen Riley and Peter D. Smith  

We're live from Zone 8b with a tell-all about the "epistemological quandary" that is the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. What is hardiness? How is it quantifiable? And how useful is the USDA's classification system for gardeners grappling with extreme weather? Listen to find out.  First up, some tree news -- some of it shady. Last but not least, we get our first-ever call to the Horticulturati Hotline! Thank you Misti from The Garden Path Podcast for your sharing your Big Tree journeys.  Visit us at horticulturati.com and check out our NEW Patreon!  Mentioned in this episode:  "History of Plant Hardiness Zone Maps" (Plant Delights Nursery); The American Horticultural Society's Plant Heat-Zone Map; Famous Trees of Texas by Gretchen Riley and Peter D. Smith  

News about American Horticultural Society awards, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal plants, Cavano's Perennials selling retail, Whole Gardener plant nutrients, the Little Dibby, upcoming gardening events and new plants and books. Pegplant's Podcast is produced by Peggy Riccio, horticulturist, garden writer, speaker, and podcaster. For more information, especially about the events, visit pegplant.com, an online resource for gardeners in the DC metro area. Subscribe to Pegplant's Post, a monthly gardening newsletter, and follow @pegplant on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. No funds have been received for mentions on this episode. American Horticultural Society Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Cavano's Perennials Whole Gardener Spoken Garden (Little Dibby) Little Dibby on Etsy

2021 Okra Dreams: After a winter break, we are launching straight into spring. E6 focuses on growing okra and the upcoming season, but there's plenty of food talk to get us dreaming about those hot harvest days. Mark Tancig, a UF Extension Agent, shares expert advice on growing okra and talks nematodes.  We discuss okra varieties with Ira Wallace of SESE as well as food, memories and culture. And we close with some beautiful stories from Sidney Nicholson, who recounts his, often amusing, childhood responses to his okra-loving mother! Meet the GuestsMark Tancig is the Commercial/Residential Horticulture Extension Agent for Leon County, FL, where he shares research-based best practices for sustainable landscape management. Mark also coordinates the Leon County Master Gardener Volunteer Program. His articles are regularly published in the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact.Information About Nematodes:Nematode Management in Vegetable Garden Cover Crops for Nematode Management Nematode Assay Form (UF) Ira Wallace is a worker/owner of the cooperative Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Ira serves on the boards of the Organic Seed Alliance, and the Virginia Association for Biological Farming. Ira is an organizer of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello. She was named a 2019 Great American Gardener by the American Horticultural Society. She is author of the Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast and a subsequent  state specific book series.Sidney Nicholson retired from a long career in law enforcement in NYC and became an after-school coordinator at Cornerstone Learning Community in Tallahassee, FL, where he mentored children, young people, and adults alike. He is a father and grandfather, and husband and partner to his childhood sweetheart, Gloria. He enjoys life outdoors and spending time with family and friends. Participate in the Whidby White CSS Project.We hope you enjoyed the music outtakes from, The Okra Song, courtesy of Hot Tamale. Subscribe to this podcast wherever you get your podcast fix and follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Email questions and comments to theokrapodcast@gmail.com. Also, consider supporting us with as little as $1 a month via Patreon.Thanks from your Co-hosts, Chris Smith and Rebekka White! 

Today we celebrate the botanist and doctor who established the nation's first public botanical garden. We'll also learn about the English Victorian author who loved roses. We’ll recognize the inspiring former president and owner of Tulsa Greenhouse and Four State Wholesale. We'll hear an excerpt about pruning from a peach farmer. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book from American garden royalty - it’s part garden book and part cookbook. And then we’ll wrap things up with a story about the only First Lady recognized by The American Horticultural Society with their highest honor, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Award.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated Garden News Tree ferns are older than dinosaurs. And that’s not even the most interesting thing about them | World Economic Forum | Gregory Moore   Facebook Group I share all of my curated news articles and original blog posts with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Important Events December 22, 1835 Today is the anniversary of the death of the doctor and botanist David Hosack. He was 65. In 2018, David Hosack’s story was brilliantly told in the biography by Victoria Johnson called American Eden. David was a New Yorker and he was a leading doctor in America during the early days of the country. David had a fantastic gift: he was able to form incredible relationships with leading thinkers of his time. Doctor Benjamin Rush was his mentor, and England’s top botanist William Curtis trained him in botany and medicinal plants. At the age of 25, David returned to his alma mater, Columbia University, to teach medicine and botany. David’s patients included Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. And if you've watched the musical Hamilton, you know that although David was one of the best physicians available, he could not save Hamilton. David Hosack established the nation's first public botanical garden in the middle of Manhattan. David initially focused on medicinal plants, but he soon added vegetables, grasses, grains, fruits. And exotics collected from all over the world. It really was a paradise. David's medical students used his garden as an extension of their classroom and that was a first for students on this side of the Atlantic. At its zenith, David’s garden boasted of having over 2,000 different species of plants - just incredible. It was David’s pioneering work with plants that allowed him to teach an entire generation of doctors brand-new remedies to common medical problems. Now, unfortunately, David’s vision for the garden way exceeded his financial ability to keep it going. Sadly David was forced to sell off and dismantle his botanical dream. And today, his former garden is the site of Rockefeller Center. Yet David’s garden and his work had inspired botanists all over the world. And although his botanic garden did not survive, David’s dream of a garden of discovery and learning would be carried out through the work of other pioneers like Henry Shaw, Charles Sprague Sargent, and David Fairchild. In the twilight of his life, David’s wife died. After remarrying a very wealthy woman, David built a country estate with an incredible garden (of course) where he enjoyed his remaining days on earth.   December 22, 1880  Today is the 140th anniversary of the death of the English Victorian author George Eliot. George Eliot was the pen name for a woman named Mary Ann Evans, and her many works like Silas Marner and Middlemarch are packed with images from the garden. To Mary Ann, plants were the perfect representation of faith. Like faith, our botanical friends require care and feeding to grow and flourish. On October 1st, 1841, Mary Ann wrote a letter to her old governess, Maria Lewis. She wrote: “Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one's very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit. Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." My favorite quotes from Mary Ann, (George Eliot), are about her love of roses. She wrote: "I think I am quite wicked with roses. I like to gather them, and smell them till they have no scent left." And, Eliot wrote this little poem about roses: "You love the roses—so do I. I wish The sky would rain down roses, as they rain From off the shaken bush. Why will it not? Then all the valleys would be pink and white, And soft to tread on. They would fall as light As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be Like sleeping and yet waking, all at once. Over the sea, Queen, where we soon shall go, Will it rain roses?" This concept of raining roses was something Eliot wrote about several times. She loved that idea. This last quote about roses is the one she is most famous for: "It never rains roses; when we want more roses, we must plant more..."   December 22, 1928 Today is the birthday of the president and owner of Tulsa Greenhouse and Four State Wholesale, William B. Arnett. The origins of Bill's greenhouse went back to 1916, when it was founded by Gordon Vernon Voight back in the early days of Tulsa. During the depression, Bill's dad and a partner took over the retail nursery business started by Voight, and they, in turn, developed it to include a wholesale operation. After learning the ropes from his father, Bill officially took over the business in 1966. Bill and his wife Louise ran the business together. While they raised their four daughters, they oversaw five retail shops, three wholesale houses, and one growing facility. Now, the wholesale side of the business created exciting opportunities for Bill. At one point, The Tulsa Greenhouse provided flowers for florists across four states. Bill enjoyed sharing his expertise with others. And in addition to personally training florists, Bill influenced an entire generation of new designers by contributing to design schools every holiday season. A lover of fresh flowers, Bill prided himself on knowing every aspect of the business, including how to grow each of the flowers in his nursery. In his obituary,  Bill's family recalled the time Bill flew on the first jet airliner out of Tulsa. Now, this was no vacation. Bill had brought along a bouquet of fresh roses, and he wanted to see just how fast he could ship them across the country. He was a true floral businessman. At the time of Bill's death, he'd lost his wife Louise (after being married to her for 60 years), he'd served as president of the Wholesale Florists and Florist Suppliers of America, he’d left a mark on the florist industry in the heart of the country, and he’d closed his business in 2005 (after 90 years of operating in Tulsa). And I found out about Bill after I stumbled on his obituary online. In Bill's obituary, one of his daughters said something that I thought was such a beautiful quote and a wonderful tribute about what it was like to grow up with her dad, “We were surrounded by flowers all our lives — there were flowers galore.”   Unearthed Words My thoughts turn to the work of pruning. Ideally, the first blasts of winter have left their mark and strip the trees of leaves. But I've seen antsy farmers prune while lots of leaves still hang in the tree. The work is slow, and it's hard to see. I delay my pruning because, for me, vision is crucial. The art of pruning involves seeing into the future. I can easily spot the dead branches by their dried, dark, almost black wood. But it's hard to envision new growth and the new shape the tree will take two or three or four years from now. When I prune, I have to keep that vision in mind.   Otherwise, I'll hesitate and grow timid and insecure, as I gaze down the just-worked row and see all the butchered trees and fallen limbs lying in the dirt. With each dead limb, there's hope for new growth. That's why I enjoy this part of pruning:  I'm always working with the future.   I'm like a bonsai gardener with my peach trees, shaping each tree for the long term. When working with dying trees, I feel one of the most important and strongest emotions a farmer has: a sense of hope. — David Mas Masumoto ("Mahs Mah-sue-moe-toe"), Peach & Grape Farmer and Author, Epitaph for a Peach, Pruning   Grow That Garden Library The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman  This book came out in 2013, and the subtitle is From the Garden to the Table in 120 Recipes. In this book, America’s most respected gardening couple Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman, share what they’ve learned from growing and eating on their extraordinary Four Season Farm in Maine. This book shows you how to grow what you eat and how to cook what you grow. And this book is an excellent resource for the times we are living through - there’s even a section for what to plant for a yearly cycle survival garden. Barbara and Eliot divide their book into two parts. The first half covers gardening, and the second part is devoted to the recipes. I should also mention that Barbara is a master cook. This book is 496 pages of step-by-step instructions from America’s garden royalty - it's a big book with an even greater value. You can get a copy of The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $3   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   December 22, 1912   Today is the birthday of the American socialite and the First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President, Lyndon B. Johnson, Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson who always went by "Lady Bird". On her 70th birthday, Lady Bird made her greatest contribution to American botany when she gave a financial endowment and a land grant of 60 acres to found the National Wildlife Research Center in Austin, Texas. A non-profit dedicated to conservation and preservation, the Center conducts scientific research on wildflowers as well as other native and naturalized plants. Together with Helen Hayes MacArthur, Lady Bird served as the co-chair of the center. For her philanthropy and love of nature, Lady Bird was awarded the American Horticultural Society's highest honor, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Award.  Although her work as the first lady had brought her incredible experiences, Lady Bird wrote: "My story begins long before that - with a love of the land that started in my childhood."   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Dee and Carol tempt you to grow toad lilies and ground cherries, and read about old vegetable varieties, then pick up some good gardening magazines!Helpful Links:Dee's Bee UpdateCarol's Mulch UpdateArticle on Toadlilies by Beth Botts  Ground Cherry seeds from Johnny's Selected Seeds100 Vegetables and Where They Come From, by William Woys Weaver.  Roughwood Seed Collection 'Habanada' Sweet Peppers at Botanical Interests SeedsA few gardening magazines:Fine GardeningThe American Gardener. (To subscribe, you join American Horticultural Society.)Royal Horticulture SocietyGarden GateGardens Illustrated (UK)The English Garden (UK)Pacific Horticulture Magazine (no longer published but back issues are available)Wildflower Magazine published by Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.Victoria Magazine For more info:Email us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com  For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website.For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.(Some links are affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking on an affiliate link, we may receive a tiny commission. It does not affect the price you pay!)

Join Peggy and Teri as they discuss what is happening in their own gardens, from blooms to herbs to veggies. Together they talk about saving seed now and the difference between heirloom, open pollinated and hybrid. Peggy describes her visit to River Farm, home of the American Horticultural Society in Virginia, where she discovered beautiful as well as dangerous plants. She also talked about a new miniature rose with red blossoms from the Knock Out series called Petite. Teri describes her visits to several places in Maryland this past weekend. Teri learned about native bees and mead at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum and she visited Freetown Farm, part of the Community Ecology Institute. Teri recommended an online nursery called plantaddicts.com. Together they list upcoming virtual and in person events in the Washington DC metro area. Check out their websites for more information. Peggy's website is pegplant.com and Teri's website is cottageinthecourt.com. To contact them, e-mail at gardensnplantspodcast@gmail.com

Exponentially, there is a school of thought that imputes that within any Cultural environment as a culture evolves, new places, situations, and objects inevitably enter its language, whether or not the culture encounters different people. Further to the same after a word enters a language, its meaning can change as through a shift in the valence of its connotations. This hybridization thesis finally argues that local cultures borrow and integrate elements from each other, creating syncretic, or hybrid, forms. This can be evidenced from daily life activities such as popular religious and music life (Holton 2000)Theoretically, Culture and Hybridisation are two diverse concepts interacting. Although the process by which a cultural element blends into another culture by modifying the element to fit cultural norms.These theoretical constructs namely Culture and Hybridisation perform different functions however in this context they have one thing in common that is metaphorically global citizens are the conduits whereby Culture and Hybridisation are expressed. Importantly,unlike cultural hybridization, which make changes between two cultures and alters them so that they can adapt to the modern panorama, interculturality seeks to make the least amount of alterations among them.Cases in point , Creole languages, a new language developed from simplifying and blending different languages that come into contact within particular population, at a specific point in time. WORKS CITED https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_change Gittens.William Anderson, Author, Cinematographer,Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Editor-in-Chief License Cultural Practitioner, Publisher, Student of Film, CEO Devgro Media Arts Services https://sociologydictionary.org/cultural-hybridization/#definition_of_cultural_hybridizationhttps://www.lifepersona.com/cultural-hybridization-process-types-relationship-between-cultural-hybridization-and-interculturalism-and-exampleshttps://sociologydictionary.org/cultural-hybridization/#definition_of_cultural_hybridizationhttps://www.ukessays.com/McCarthy, Eugene M. "Hybrid Populations". Macroevolution. Retrieved 20 March 2017.Toogood, A.,ed(1999).Plant Propagation .American Horticultural Society.p.21. ISBN 978-0-7894-5520-8. Warschefsky, E.; Penmetsa, R. V.; Cook, D. R.; von Wettberg, E. J. B. (8 October 2014). "Back to the wilds: Tapping evolutionary adaptations for resilient crops through systematic hybridization with crop wild relatives". American Journal of Botany. 101 (10): 1791–1800.http://shuaib6727.blogspot.com/2014/05/shuaib-asghar-department-of-english-govt.html#:~:text=Language%20hybridization%20is%20a%20resultant,variety%20of%20language%20takes%20birth.Support the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

This episode, we chat with David Ellis, editor of The American Gardener, the magazine of the American Horticultural Society, about favorite spring flowering trees and shrubs. The plant profile is on pansies/violas and we reflect on the late, great Henry Mitchell. Recorded on April 11, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

Cold Hardiness might make you think of winter, low temperatures, ice, snow, plant damage, or general plant health, amongst other things. But what does it actually mean?  Listen to find out! Good plant reference books to find specific plant hardiness: the American Horticultural Society or Royal Horticultural Society.  Live outside the US? Go to episode 134's webpage . If you have any questions about this episode or would like to reach out to say hi, email us at seanandallison@spokengarden.com .  Find other one-minute topics at spokengarden.com/podcast Connect with us on Instagram or Pinterest See ya in the Garden! All rights reserved for Spoken Garden. Music by The Lookers.

There are many reasons for growing edible plants in containers. Year-round growing, easy access and care, water efficiency, and many different container options, to name just a few. No matter whether you live in the coldest parts of the country or warmer climates like southern California, growing edibles in containers means always having access to fresh produce.Containers represent a different type of growing environment, so there are certain guidelines to follow that will help ensure success. Joining us to share some insights on this #plantchat episode are  David Ellis the  American Horticultural Society (AHS) and guest, Charlie Nardozzi, renowned television host, author, and speaker. Both David and Charlie share some basics about growing edibles in containers, types of edibles that do well, watering tips, types of containers, and more. You can also visit Charlie's  website  for more great information and resources related to this topic.CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTCharlie Nardozzi - Gardening with Charlie  website.AHS on its  Facebook, Twitter  and  Instagram  channels.CONNECT WITH USEnjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitter and our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics.

There are approximately 37 million people who face hunger in the U.S. — including more than 11 million children and over 5 million seniors. We might not think about it, but it's happening in every community, including yours. On this plantchat episode, we're focusing on how one person can make a tremendous impact on helping to feed those who are hungry, one garden at a time.What started off as a 9 year old's school project grew into a 40 pound cabbage that fed nearly 300 people, Katie Stagliano, now age 21, has established a national organization called Katie's Krops that teaches kids to garden and donate their food to local food banks and homeless shelters.Joining us on this episode is our guest, David Ellis of the American Horticultural Society (AHS), who asks Katie about some of the things she has accomplished, what she's learned along the way and where she's headed next.It's an inspiring message for all of us and it demonstrates how each of us can make a difference. Katie has been recognized for her achievements including AHS's, 2018 Jane L. Taylor Award for her work in children’s and youth gardening.As mentioned in the podcast, Katie's Krops will also be opening their 2019 grant program for new gardens October 2019 and you can find details on her website. AHS is also accepting nominations for the 2019 Jane L. Taylor award which you can learn more about on their website.CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTKatie Stagliano at Katie's Krops website.AHS on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.CONNECT WITH USEnjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitter and our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KATIE HESSE | CEO & FOUNDER OF GARDEN SECRETS, LLCBe sure to listen to this episode of "The Carpool" to find out how Katie won the chance to join the Turf's Up Radio crew and work behind the scenes at the HNA/GIE+EXPO this October 15-18, 2019.Follow Katie through her journey as a Turf's Up Radio Contributor as she boards her flight to Louisville, Kentucky, meets the Turf's Up Radio Crew and Interviews Exhibitors and Show Goers during the event!The Press Pass Giveaway is Sponsored by GEORIPPER! Be sure to visit the Turf's Up Radio Booth #28082 for your chance to win the newly designed model 616! Be sure to listen to Turf's Up Radio for details!MEET THE OWNER Established in 2018, Garden Secrets was started when the owner Katie, decided to take her lifetime of gardening experience and channel it into a sustainable, viable gardening service. Unlike the typical landscaping service, Garden Secrets is dedicated specifically to the care and quality of the individual plants as well as the well-being of the garden as a whole. Garden Secrets is dedicated to maintaining an honest, reliable, customer service driven experience for our clients and a socially positive work atmosphere for our employees.Katie was born and raised on a hobby farm in Southern Minnesota. Her lifetime love of gardening came from working in the garden with her grandmother. Katie has spent the last 4 years as the Head Gardener at Schell's Brewery in New Ulm, MN. She was responsible for designing, growing, planting and maintaining over 34,000 annuals and the entire grounds every year. Gardening became more than just a job to Katie, it became a true passion in her life. Over the years, this has showed in her talents and in all aspects of her work as a Gardener. In 2018, she started her own business, Garden Secrets, LLC, serving residential and commercial properties in Southern Minnesota.LICENSES~MEMBERSHIPS~CERTIFICATIONS·       MN DNR Certified Tree Inspector·       Certified MN Nursery Stock Dealer·       MN Fertilizer Applicator License·       MN Certified Tree Care Specialist·       New Ulm Chamber of Commerce Member·       Member of the American Horticultural Society·       Member of the of the Minnesota State Horticultural SocietyFEATURED PUBLICATIONS·       River Valley Woman's Magazine, MN | March, 2019 Issue·       Connect Magazine, MN  | March, 2019 Issue·       NU Chamber News, MN  | October, 2018 Issue·       Brown County Fair, MN | Amateur Adult Single Spike Grand Champion Ribbon, 2017·       Minnesota Gladiolus Society Glad Fan Publication | August, 2017 Issue

WCGO Radio is broadcasting live from Evanston's Custer Fair. Mike and Peggy welcome Louise Rosenberg from Cultivate Urban Rainforest and Gallery, and congratulate the Chicago Botanic Garden's Kayri Havens, Ph.D. on her lifetime achievement award from the American Horticultural Society.

I've enjoyed having a garden for many years, and recently it's taken on deeper significance in my life. So I loved this conversation with this week's guest Joe Lamp'l, the Joe behind Joe Gardener®, as we discussed the many benefits of gardening. Physical exercise and fresh produce are obvious advantages, and we also explored the mental, emotional, and even spiritual benefits of being in your garden. Topics we touched on included: Gardening as a way to combat perfectionistic tendencies The easy connection and camaraderie among gardeners Seeing gardening “mistakes” as opportunities to learn Applications of a fixed vs. growth mindset Practicing trust and acceptance in the garden Joe’s aha! moment that drew him into gardening Why we have such an emotional connection to food taken directly from the ground Being a steward of the earth The advantages of natural gardening (here's a link to the effects of exposure to the chemical pesticide diazinon, which I experienced as a teen) The role of gardeners in helping our planet to heal Nurturing a relationship with our gardens The therapeutic effects of gardening The layout of Joe’s beautiful garden farm Common mistakes among new gardeners The network of life beneath the soil’s surface Joe shared with me his photo of the first monarch that returned to his garden, which I've posted here. Here's the link to Joe's excellent (and free) Complete Guide to Home Composting where you can also sign up for his newsletter. We discussed a couple episodes of Joe's Growing a Greener World television series: Stone Barns Center & Blue Hill: The Best of Food and Agriculture in which the man had an epiphany simply by pulling a carrot from the ground. Waking Up the Garden Farm™ which chronicles Joe's collaboration with his daughter in developing a tomato seedling operation. Joe Lamp’l (aka joe gardener®) has been hooked on horticulture since childhood. He is one of the country’s most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and sustainability, with a passion for living a greener life. That passion is evident to a nationwide audience who turns to him for gardening advice through his new joe gardener Online Gardening Academy™ and watches him in his current role as Creator, Executive Producer, and Host of the Emmy-award-winning PBS series, Growing a Greener World® and, previously, as host of Fresh from the Garden on DIY Network (and more). Joe also shares his know-how on NBC’s TODAY SHOW, ABC’s Good Morning America, The Weather Channel and through his popular books, podcast series, and more. Joe’s past awards include The American Horticultural Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award, which recognizes effective and inspirational communication—through print, radio, television, and online media, t Best On-Air Talent for Television by The Garden Writers Association, and the Taste Awards for Best Branded Television Series, Best Environmental Television, Series, Film or Video, and Breakout Storyteller of the Year for a television series, and 2018 Daytime Emmy Award for Best Lifestyle Program. Joe is also the founder and “Joe” behind joegardener.com – a gardening-intensive website with a focus is on how-to videos, podcasts, online courses, and blog posts around the most popular topics gardeners want to know. When not talking or writing about green living, Joe can likely be found in and around his organic garden and spending time with his family on their Atlanta, GA farm. Find Joe online at his website, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And if you're interested in enrolling in his highly acclaimed online gardening academy, check that out here.

Listen as Joe shares his passion for gardening, ways we can help improve the environment and why we should care about where our food comes from. Joe Lamp’l’s (aka joe gardener®) infatuation with gardening and nature began as a child. After a run-in with his parents’ favorite shrub, he panicked and jammed the broken branch into the ground. A few weeks later, it had taken root. Joe was not only relieved; he was also hooked on horticulture. As one of the country’s most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and green-living, Joe’s passion for living a greener life is evident to a nationwide audience who turns to him for gardening advice through his new joe gardener Online Gardening Academy™ and watches him in his current role as Creator, Executive Producer and Host of the Emmy-award-winning PBS series, Growing a Greener World® and, previously, as host of Fresh from the Garden on DIY Network and more. Joe also shares his know-how on NBC’s TODAY SHOW, ABC’s Good Morning America, The Weather Channel and through his popular books, podcast series, and more. Past awards include: The American Horticultural Society selected Joe as the recipient of the Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award, which recognizes effective and inspirational communication—through print, radio, television, and online media. Multi-award winner for Best On-Air Talent for Television by the Garden Writers Association, and The Taste Awards for, Breakout Storyteller of the Year, Best Environmental Television, Series, Film or Video, Best Branded Television Series in 2016 and their coveted Pioneer Award in 2017. In 2018, Growing a Greener World was awarded a Daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Program. Joe is the founder and “Joe” behind joegardener.com – a gardening-intensive website with a focus on how-to videos, podcasts, online courses, and blog posts around the most popular topics gardeners want to know. Overseeing these endeavors and more is Agrivana® Media, LLC, a company devoted to creating quality broadcast and online content to inspire and promote environmental stewardship around the world. Joe is deeply committed to “growing a greener world” through his television series, courses, websites, podcasts, books (including The Green Gardener’s Guide), and more. When not talking or writing about gardening and living green, Joe can likely be found in and around his organic garden and spending time with his family on their Atlanta, GA farm. Social Media: Instagram and twitter: @joegardener Facebook: @joegardenerTV @GGWTV Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joegardener/ Websites: joegardener.com growingagreenerworld.com Podcast: The joe gardener Show : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joe-gardener-show-grow-like-pro-organic-gardening-vegetable/id1245331505

On this #plantchat episode We explore the importance of introducing kids to gardening. Especially in today's technology driven culture, it's become more important than ever before. Benefits of gardening for kids and parents alike, include; improved mental health, getting physical activity, the quality of food, exposure to nature and the fresh outdoors. Not to mention, getting time to spend with your kids, teaching them about plants, how they grow and what it takes to do it successfully. Our special guest, is gardening expert, national speaker and author, Melinda Myers. She shares some of her ideas for getting kids excited about gardening. As a passionate gardener, mother and grandmother, she speaks from the heart about why it's important to involve kids in the garden at all ages. Leading the discussion is David Ellis, director at the American Horticultural Society, who also hosts their annual event, the National Children & Youth Garden Symposium So if you're a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle with kids addicted to technology, we've got some great tips and ideas on where to get started. CONNECT WITH THE GUESTS Connect with Melinda Myers by visiting her website, on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Connect with AHS on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels. And connect with Chris at Corona Tools to share your thoughts on this episode and provide feedback on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

“The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day.”   ~ Robert Frost   April can be a challenging time in the garden.   How many truly lovely Aprils does one get in a lifetime? I’d venture to say maybe five or six.   Often, the gardens are too wet to get into; provided you could even get to them. Even with the rain, the snow hasn’t completely melted away.   It’s too cold to turn the spigots on, so you’ll have the thrill of trooping through the residue of a long winter: grit and grime, salt and mush.   Until it dries up, there’s really no sense going out.   Content yourself with planning or growing seeds indoors.   Unless you’re having a once in a decade kind of April… then pinch yourself and get going.     Brevities #OTD  We’ve got a big birthday today: Sir Hans Sloane, (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist, and collector.    He bequeathed his collection of 71,000 items to the British nation thus singlehandedly establishing the British Museum, the British Library and the Natural History Museum, London.     How was his collection so large? First, he lived into his 90’s and outlived many of his collecting friends. Second, when his friends passed away, they gave Hans Sloane their herbariums and other materials. He was a one man repository for horticultural knowledge.    Fun fact: Sloane is credited with adding milk to cacaoto make  drinking chocolate.   There are many botanical birthdays today. Perhaps Hans Sloane has blessed this day.     OTD Happy birthday to British botanist William Stearn (16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001).    The author of “Botanical Latin”as well as the Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners, a popular guide to the Latin names of plants. He was mainly self-educated which was probably a by-product of being a librarian for the Royal Horticultural Society in London for almost 20 years.   Highly esteemed, he is THE expert on over 400 plants that he named and described.     #OTD  American botanical illustrator Ellen "Nelly" Thayer Fisher was born today in 1847 (April 16, 1847 – October 15, 1911).    The daughter of a doctor, she learned her craft from her brother Abbott.  To make a living, she painted pictures for exhibition but she also gave “lessons by letter” to aspiring artists.  Additionally, her paintings of flora and fauna were widely reproduced as chromolithographs by Boston publisher Louis Prang.     #OTD Mary Gibson Henry died today in (1884 – April 1967).     She was born to be a plants-woman. Her family’s roots in horticulture went way back. Her great-grandfather, George Pepper, was a member of the first Council of the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society.    She became an avid botanist and plant collector and also served as president of the American Horticultural Society. The daylily Hymenocallis henryae is named in her honor.     In 1909, she married Dr John Norman Henry. She had a large backyard garden and greenhouses. She had a splendid kitchen garden, native rock plants, and orchards.    Starting in 1929, she went on biannual plant collecting trips. On her first trip, she brought the family - 4 kids and her hubby. Not sure if she continued that, but over the next forty years, she went on over 200 botanical expeditions.   And, she figured out that plant collecting wasn’t for sissies, saying,   "I soon learned that rare and beautiful plants can only be found in places that are difficult of access ... Often one has to shove one's self through or wriggle under briars, with awkward results to clothing and many and deep cuts and scratches ... Wading, usually barelegged, through countless rattlesnake-infested swamps adds immensely to the interest of the day's work.”   On this day in April, Mary died in North Carolina doing what she loved to do: collecting plants     #OTD Born on 16 April 1886, Sir Edward Salisbury was the youngest of nine children.   His passion for plants started as a child. On outings, Salisbury would collect flowers to grow in his own patch at home. Get this: He attached a label to each one, giving its Latin name. His brothers called his garden ‘The Graveyard’.  Typical brothers.    One of the leading British botanists of the twentieth century, he was the director of Kew during the Second World War.  He was not simply an expert on plants themselves, he was supremely interested in their natural habitat.    He wrote many books - my favorite of all of his books is “Weeds & Aliens”. In it, he goes for a walk in the countryside and discovers when he gets home that the cuffs of his wool trousers were full of seeds. He decides to try to grow them and is astounded to discover that he was able to grow more than 300 plants “comprising over 20 different species of weeds."   It was Sir Edward Salisbury who said,  “The double lily was and is a crime against God and man. He lived to be 92.     Unearthed Words Aphra Behn, (Books By This Author), the first professional woman playwright in Britain, whose novel 'Oroonoko', played a crucial role in the development of English fiction, was buried in Westminster Abbey #OTD in 1689.   'All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds' - Virginia Woolf.     Aphra was one of the first women in England to earn a living through writing, inspiring future generations of women to write.   'That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library' – Aphra Behn Today's book recommendation  Adventurous Women: Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference By Penny Colman (There’s a profile of Mary Gibson Henry in this one)   Today's Garden Chore Todays chore is to get ready to direct sow.  Radish, turnip, and parsnip seeds - get ready to suit up!   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart #OTD Emily Dickinson's brother, William Austin Dickinson was born today (1829-1895). Of her brother she said, “There was always such a Hurrah wherever you was” William was the oldest of the three Dickinson kids. William was about eighteen months older than his sister Emily.  He tried his hand at teaching but ended up becoming a lawyer; following in the footsteps of both his grandfather Fowler and his father Edward. When they were young, Emily was very close to her brother.  When he was away from home, her letters to him show their common interests and her love for him. She wrote, "Our apples are ripening fast—I am fully convinced that with your approbation they will not only pick themselves, but arrange one another in baskets, and present themselves to be eaten".     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

We start out talking about why you might eat stinging nettles, or just avoid these painful plants. Learn about varieties for your tomato garden and why heirloom tomatoes aren’t always the best choice. Plus dormant weed seeds and basil downy mildew disease. :30 Did You Know: Nettles 7:12 Eat/Drink/Grow: Planning your tomato garden Inside Information: Fiendish Weed Seeds 23:43 Love Letters and Questions: Paul asks why his basil keeps dying in mid-summer. Go to the American Meadows website and use Code PODCAST19 for  $5 OFF A $40 ORDER – AMERICANMEADOWS.COM In this episode we mention an article on a weed seed experiment published in the January/February issue of The American Gardener magazine, published by the American Horticultural Society.

When you're out in your garden or somewhere in nature, do you ever stop to admire the amazing diversity of plants you come across? There are countless species and varieties throughout the world that each provide something unique to the ecosystem. Just like wildlife, plant species can also become extinct. A plant that perhaps provides shelter or food for wildlife, or maybe a life saving cure for a disease. Plant conservationists play a key role in helping to ensure that doesn't happen. On this #plantchat episode we discuss the importance of plant conservation with guest, Kayri Havens, Ph.D of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Our host is, Beth Tuttle, President & CEO, American Horticultural Society. Kayri is the winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2019 Liberty Hyde Bailey Award. You can read more about this prestigeous award here. CONNECT WITH US Connect with AHS on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels. And connect with Chris at Corona Tools to share your thoughts on this episode and provide feedback on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

This week on The Gardenangelists, Dee and Carol discuss planting pansies and violas and some of their favorite types of both flowers. In addition, they provide helpful tips for growing peas in the spring garden.  Plus TWO bits of dirt. The first dirt is to join the American Horticultural Society. Membership gives you free access to over 300 gardens in the United States.  The second dirt is to order grafted tomatoes early and why you would want to plant them in your garden instead of seed grown tomatoes.Some sources for pansies and grafted tomatoes include:Johnny's Seeds, Royal Snow PeaPromise Antique Shades Improved pansy, PanAmerican SeedNature Antique Shades, Floret Flower Imperial Antique Shades, Harris Seeds Heat Elite Pink Shades pansies, Swallowtail Garden Seeds Grafted Tomato Plants: Johnny's Selected Seeds  Totally Tomatoes also has grafted eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes Territorial Seed Company, Grafted Vegetable Plants 

Whether you are buying flowers for Valentines Day, Easter, Mother's Day or grand wedding displays, locally grown flowers provide the freshest, longest-lasting blooms available. On this #plantchat episode, author and speaker, Debra Prinzing, discusses the Slow Flower Movement and the importance of buying locally-grown flowers, with American Horticultural Society director, David Ellis. Many flowers found in stores and florist shops travel thousands of miles and do not last long in floral arrangements. Today, local growers are providing better blooms, that are grown in season and Debra's goal is to bring consumers together with the florists who carry them. And for home gardeners who are also growing their own flowers, Debra shares some tips on easy flowers to start with, finding excellent seeds from providers like the Johnny's Seeds catalog, and utilizing the greenery and woody stems in your yard to create personalized displays throughout the seasons. Be sure to check out Debra's Slow Flowers website for a wealth of floral resources, including local florists dedicated to slow flowers, local events and check out her popular Slow Flowers podcast. She also highlights some spring flower events where she will be speaking including; Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, and thanks to American Horticultural Society (AHS), you can see her speaking and take one of her workshops at the the Philadelphia Flower Show, the largest show of its kind in the US. CELEBRATE THE SLOW FLOWERS MOVEMENT David also discusses with Debra, her American Flowers Week campaign, celebrating American grown flowers in all 50 States and projects she has planned for 2019 like the Slow Flower Summit. There is a ton of great information in this episode and we invite our listeners to join us in the Green Industry Leaders Network Facebook Group, growing on now. Ask questions related to the episodes, and share industry news and stories with others who are interested in gardening, tree care, landscaping and more. You can also connect with Debra directly via Facebook and Twitter. Connect with AHS on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels. And connect with Chris at Corona Tools to share your thoughts on this episode and provide feedback on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

After closing out 2018 with tech challenges and losing access to recorded podcasts and publishing tools, we wanted to kick off 2019 with some insights on where the Green Industry Leaders Network (GILN) podcast is headed. Based on topics from the popular hashtags on Twitter, #treechat #landscapechat and #plantchat, we're focusing our resources on podcasts. GILN allows listeners with an interest in our industry, with an opportunity to hear what's going on in the industry and connecting with those who help shape it. We look forward to bringing you topics from Proven Winners, American Horticultural Society, Tree Care Industry Association, Lawn & Landscape Magazine, Jain Irrigation, Ewing and many more. This episode help provide a roadmap of where we've been and where we're headed but our input from our listeners remain the key to our approach. Tell us what you think of GILN, topics you'd like us to cover and how we shape the future of this industry platform. Connect with Chris at Corona Tools on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Viveka of American Horticultural Society interviews Chris Sabbarese of Corona Tools about the essential tools for gardeners. Connect with AHS at ahsgardening.org and Corona Tools at coronatoolsusa.com

American Horticultural Society interviews David Mizejewski, spokesperson for the National Wildlife Federation about Garden for Wildlife™ movement. Beth Tuttle, president and CEO of American Horticultural Society, a founding partner of #plantchat, interviews David to learn more about this fantastic program that engages approximately 7 million wildlife gardeners throughout the US. Podcast Resources - Be sure to connect with our host and guest on all their websites and social media networks. American Horticultural Society - visit their website and connect on Twitter and Facebook David Mizejewski for the National Wildlife Federation - visit his website to for upcoming appearances, books and connect with him on social networks. Corona Tools - Moderator - visit our website and connect on Twitter and Facebook

Khateebah Amira Al-Sarraf delivers the 40th khutbah for The Women's Mosque of America on April 20th, 2018. In honor of Earth Day, Amira discusses the importance of being environmental stewards, as Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us. Amira Al-Sarraf is the Head of School at New Horizon School, an Islamic school in Pasadena awarded the National Blue Ribbon by the U.S. Department of Education. She has a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley and an M.S. Ed. in Educational Leadership from Walden University. With over 25 years of experience in the field of education, she is passionate about serving the academic, social, emotional, spiritual, and creative needs of students as well as building a culture of collaboration and coherent pedagogy among faculty. Believing in the critical need for interfaith work, she has been actively involved in interfaith projects with the Skirball Cultural Center, Weizmann Jewish Day School, the Interfaith Peace Academy, and the Alice and Nahum Lainer School. Currently, she is a member of the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health Interfaith Clergy Roundtable Project in Arcadia, and she serves on the Board of Trustees of the Western Justice Center as well as the Council on Spiritual and Ethical Education. She also served on the Board of Trustees of Alverno Heights Academy, an all-girls' Catholic school. In the area of curriculum development, she is a co-author of Transitions, a health and human development program that teaches young Muslims about the important physiological and emotional changes they face during adolescence within the context of Islamic values. She has also been actively involved in the development of the Islamic Studies program at New Horizon and recently designed a new Islamic Studies curriculum for the Bureau of Islamic and Arabic Education that takes a dynamic approach to teaching Islam, incorporates comparative religion, integrates California social studies and science standards, and emphasizes the application of universal moral values and critical thinking skills. With a love for nature and the outdoors, she sought to give students at New Horizon a sense of the importance of environmental stewardship through a recent project at the school: the building of the New Horizon Peace Garden. She initiated this project in 2011 and worked with the NHS Garden Committee to fulfill the vision for the garden as a place of community-building and garden-based learning. She has attended conferences and workshops including American Horticultural Society and Living Schoolyards and seeks ways for this extraordinary outdoor classroom to touch all the learning at the school. Born and raised Los Angeles, she grew up in an interfaith household with a Palestinian-American father and a European-American mother. Amira is the mother of four adult children who are working or studying in the fields of law or elementary education.

The second best time to become a gardener and nature lover is right now. The first best time, is as a child. This week on Cultivating Place, we’re joined by Nora McDonald and Katherine Somerville of the American Horticultural Society and by Fiona Doherty of Cornell University’s Horticulture Department and Garden Education. They talk with us about the history, impact of hopes of the American Horticultural Society’s Children & Youth Garden Symposium. This year’s symposium is being held in July at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Join us! For photos visit cultivatingplace.com. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher.

Welcome to the mysterious and sometimes scandalous world of the language of flowers. Since the days of Queen Victoria (and earlier the harems of the Middle East) flowers have allowed lovers and friends to express themselves without saying a word. In Loves Me, Loves Me Not, author and illustrator Peter Loewer explores the fascinating history of floral messages. In this book youâ??ll find intriguing plant lore, unexpected historical connections, or simply an opportunity to connect with a beloved in a unique way. Confess unrequited love with a daffodil. Show happiness with primroses. Wish someone luck with a four-leaf clover. Make your declaration of love not with a rose, but with a tulip! With intriguing stories and stunning full-color illustrations, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, introduces you to flowers that have been conveying messages for centuries. As Loewer says: â??The language of flowers is a delightful idea. In the world of cell phones and mass communications, sending a simple bouquet that tells a tale of love and affection seems to be a great idea whose time has come again.â?? About the Author: is a botanical illustrator and author of many books on natural history and gardening, biographies, and childrenâ??s books, including Hydroponics for Houseplants and The Wild Gardener, called one of the 75 Great Gardening Books by the American Horticultural Society. His work is in the permanent collection of Carnegie Mellonâ??s Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Loewer lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Making the most of small spaces for gardens. In This Podcast: Returning guest Jessica Walliser opens our eyes and minds to working in small spaces with container gardens.  She worked hard to make a comprehensive book with important steps and key details for those who wish to make a container work for growing their vegetables, fruits and flowers too. And we get a few ideas for containers too. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Our Returning guest Horticulturist Jessica co-hosts The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The American Horticultural Society. In addition. she is also the author of several gardening books including the Amazon best-seller Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically, and her fourth book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control, which was awarded the American Horticultural Society's 2014 Book Award. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/containergardening for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

Recognizing the connections between insects and plant life. In This Podcast: Several years into running a landscaping company, a few key employees opened Jessica Walliser's eyes to the importance of avoiding pesticides. Taking the time to educate herself, she converted to a whole new mindset and is now an avid teacher about natural pest control. She tells us about the predator-prey cycle and why we need to stay out of the process as much as possible, and shares a few tips on how to help the population of beneficial bugs grow in your space. We hear descriptions of several types of insects and bugs that are part of healthy ecosystems in gardens and farms. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Jessica earned her degree in Horticulturist from Penn State University and co-hosts “The Organic Gardeners”, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The American Horticultural Society. She is a regular contributor to Fine Gardening, Urban Farm, and Hobby Farms magazines, and her two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review have been enjoyed by readers for over ten years. Jessica also blogs weekly for both SavvyGardening.com and HobbyFarms.com. She is also the author of several gardening books including the Amazon best-seller Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically (St Lins Press), and Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control (Timber Press), which was awarded the American Horticultural Society's 2014 Book Award. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/goodbugs for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

This month on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito visit Zone 4 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes the Wisconsin prairie. A pioneer in the native plant industry and recognized internationally as an expert in native plant community ecology, Neil Diboll has guided the growth of Prairie Nursery for 30 years. He has dedicated his life to the propagation of native plants and their promotion as uniquely beautiful, ecologically beneficial and sustainable solutions for landscapes and gardens. In 2013 Neil was the recipient of the Great American Gardeners Award from the American Horticultural Society. We Dig Plants is powered by Simplecast

In this 7-minute video podcast, meet Ann Lovejoy, our island's much-beloved advocate for organic gardening, who brought her passion for plantings to the innovative and inclusive "Owen's Playground" on Bainbridge Island. Ann is the author of 18 books about organic gardening and the winner of the American Horticultural Society's award of excellence in writing. She heard that Owen's Playground had space for a sensory garden, and she proceeded to create an expansive wonderland of plantings that delight the senses and that extend far beyond the modest initial plans. In this podcast conversation, you can hear Ann's insights about the types of blossoming and fruiting plants that she chose, and the reasons why. The park's name is in memory of the son of Kelsey and Stacy Marshall who passed away at age 6 in 2013, of complications associated with cerebral palsy. This is chapter 1 of a 7-part video series. The project to create an inclusive park, designed to be safe and accessible for all, has been embraced by hosts of individuals and organizations who made the creation of this remarkable play space a true labor of love. See the prior chapter of this BCB community video story, here: Owen's Playground - Meet Stacy Marshall Credits: BCB videographer and video post-production: John McKenzie; BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this 7-minute video podcast, meet Ann Lovejoy, our island's much-beloved advocate for organic gardening, who brought her passion for plantings to the innovative and inclusive "Owen's Playground" on Bainbridge Island. Ann is the author of 18 books about organic gardening and the winner of the American Horticultural Society's award of excellence in writing. She heard that Owen's Playground had space for a sensory garden, and she proceeded to create an expansive wonderland of plantings that delight the senses and that extend far beyond the modest initial plans. In this podcast conversation, you can hear Ann's insights about the types of blossoming and fruiting plants that she chose, and the reasons why. The park's name is in memory of the son of Kelsey and Stacy Marshall who passed away at age 6 in 2013, of complications associated with cerebral palsy. This is chapter 1 of a 7-part video series. The project to create an inclusive park, designed to be safe and accessible for all, has been embraced by hosts of individuals and organizations who made the creation of this remarkable play space a true labor of love. See the prior chapter of this BCB community video story, here: Owen's Playground - Meet Stacy Marshall Credits: BCB videographer and video post-production: John McKenzie; BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Sep. 5, 2015. Andrea Wulf discusses "The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Andrea Wulf is an author who trained as a design historian at the Royal College of Art in London. Her writing has been published in the Guardian, Sunday Times, The New York Times, Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal. Her book “Founding Gardeners” was a New York Times best-seller, and her novel “The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession” received the American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award and the CBHL 2010 Annual Literature Award. In her latest work, “The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World," Wulf explores the life of the German naturalist. Wulf is a lecturer at the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society in London. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7012

Join UIF founder Tim Ray and Joe Lamp'l as they discuss "growing a greener world" on UER and UI radio.  Joe Lamp'l is the Creator, Host and Executive Producer of the award-winning national PBS series, Growing a Greener World® and previous host of Fresh from the Garden on DIY Network, as well as on-air contributor to The Today Show, Good Morning America and The Weather Channel. In 2011, The American Horticultural Society selected Joe as the recipient of the Society's B.Y. Morrison Communication Award, which recognizes effective and inspirational communication—through print, radio, television, podcasts and other online media.  Learn to create the life you desire one intention at a time at unitedintentions.org.

Today, Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian will chat with author Betsy Hays and her husband, musician, John Gatti. We’ll chat and explore her exciting new book Riding with the Wind which is her first children’s book–an eco-adventure for all ages! The companion CD to the book was composed by John Gatti and is available for download via iTunes.  Laura Theodore is announcing the September 17th release of her new book Jazzy Vegetarian Classics: Vegan Twists on American Family Favorites and the Septenber 19th premiere of Jazzy Vegetarian Season 3 on the CREATE channel. Betsy Hays is a gardening, nature and business writer and her work has been published in media as diverse as The American Gardener (the publication of the American Horticultural Society), and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Riding with the Wind is her first children’s book, and she has a second children’s story and an adult botanical murder-mystery ready to publish soon. John Gatti, has been a professional musician, composer and arranger for over 30 years. His original music releases include the CDs, Life Lines, Heart Lines, Destinations, & Riding with the Wind.