Podcasts about garden writer

BOTANIC BOOTCAMPGrow your gardening skills with Dr, Jared's Botanic Bootcamp! LUCY BELLAMY BIOLucy Bellamy spent five years as editor of Gardens Illustrated magazine, during which she grew its print and digital readership to over 50,000—its highest level ever. In 2018, she won the British Society of Magazine Editors Editor of the Year award and has written three books.  Her most recent book A Year in Bloom is an illustrated insider's guide to the best flowering bulbs for beautiful garden plantings throughout the year.  She showcases a wide-ranging selection of more than 150 bulbs, each presented with informative text, expert planting advice, and striking photography by Jason Ingram.She has also authored Brilliant and Wild (winner of the Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the Year, 2018) and Grow 5: Simple seasonal ideas for small outdoor spaces with just five plants.Lucy was the founding editor of Modern Gardens magazine and writes about gardening for national publications such as The Guardian and The Sunday Times. She lives in Bristol with her partner, multi-award-winning garden photographer Jason Ingram. You can learn more about Lucy and A Year in Bloom from her Instagram page and her Substack Garden and House.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 plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing! cuttings×gardening×propagation×grafting×garden×science×nature×plant growing×plant science×plant parenting×horticulture×plant×plants×plant propagation×

In this episode, Dan & Julia change their usual format to focus on Christmas gifting. They chat to Lucy Hutchings, co-founder of She Grows Veg, about her take on the traditional advent calendar and ask what she'd like to find in her stocking on Christmas morning. Later in the show, your hosts receive festive voice memos from some of their horticultural friends and heroes, discovering what's on their wish lists.Our guests in this episode:Lucy Hutchings, Co-Founder She Grows Veg - https://shegrowsveg.com/Thordis Fridriksson, BBC Presenter and Podcaster - https://www.thordis.co.uk/, https://www.getgardeningnow.co.uk/talking-dirtyAlexandra Campbell, The Middle-Sized Garden - https://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/Pat Marsh, Presenter, BBC Radio Kent, Sussex and Surrey - http://www.patmarsh.com/Steve Newland, Gardener and Allotment Holder - https://www.instagram.com/snewland97/Nelly Hall, Creative Director at Alitex! - https://www.instagram.com/nellyatalitex/Steve Edney, Gardener and co-owner of The No Name Nursery - https://www.thenonamenursery.co.uk/Alex Mitchell, aka The Edible Gardener, Writer and Flower Farmer - https://alex-mitchell.co.uk/Jamie Marsh, Allotmenteer, Writer and Podcaster - https://www.instagram.com/jamies_little_allotment/Michael Perry, aka Mr PlantGeek, Presenter and Horticulturalist - https://mrplantgeek.com/Phillipa Lepley - Couture Wedding Dress Designer - https://www.phillipalepley.com/Barbara Segall, Editor, Garden Writer and Horticulturalist - https://thegardenpost.com/about-barbara-segall/Charles Dowding - The God of No-Dig - https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/Jimi Blake - Plant nerd, Gardener and Custodian of Hunting Brook Gardens.https://www.huntingbrookgardens.com/Website links:Dan Cooper GardenParker's PatchGold Leaf GlovesScilly FlowersMilli | ProustProduced by Scott Kennett at Red Lighthouse Local Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ERIN PRESLEY BIOA lifelong Wisconsin girl, Erin Presley grew up in the rural center of the state and has a bachelor's degree in Horticulture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has worked as a boots-on-the-ground gardener for more than two decades, both in the private sector and as a horticulturist at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison since 2014. Her interests include native woodland plantings, sedges, low-maintenance and drought-tolerant gardening styles, recycling woody debris, and all things related to herbs, vegetables, and cooking. In addition to teaching at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Erin loves talking plants and collaborating with herb societies, master gardeners, and local community organizations. Never shy when it comes to sharing the joy of gardening, she has appeared on the nationally syndicated podcast Cultivating Place and Wisconsin Public Radio's Garden Talk and is a contributor publications such as Fine Gardening and Edible Madison. Learn more about Erin by visiting her Instagram @presleyspreferredplants, listening to her interview on Cultivating Place, interviews on Garden Talk with Larry Meiller, the PBS presentation with Rita Peters, and visit Olbrich Botanical GardensTHE 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 plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing! 

This week something different for our Talking Dirty Podcast as Alan Gray shares exciting news about East Ruston Old Vicarage. To help tell the story Alan and Thordis are joined by 'horticultural greats' Barbara Segall (Award-winning Garden Writer) and Paul Rochford (Joseph Rochford Gardens).And while this week's podcast is about the garden rather than specific plants, we couldn't resist sneaking a few in...PLANT LISTQuercus ilexLondon Plane (Platanus x hispanica)Agave montanaOsteospermumSalvia 'Royal Bumble'Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca'Clianthus puniceus

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.

In this episode I got the chance to chat to Emily from @emilysgreendiary, a young lockdown gardener who found a love for growing things and has recently doubled her growing space. As one of our new The Mini Gardeners Club leaders, it was great to hear more about Emily's journey and why she wanted to be a part of our pilot program, bringing gardening back into schools and inspiring children from a young age. I'm sure Emily's gardening story with resonate with a lot of you, so I hope you'll enjoy!Hello and welcome to Diaries of a Lady Gardener podcast, hosted by me, the Lady Gardener. I can't quite believe we're on season 5 of this podcast, which came to life after I desperately wanted an excuse to hop on a call with my favourite Instagram gardeners to ask them all of my pressing questions. It has turned into an incredible community of plant-lovers with inspirational guests each and every week sharing invaluable information, and making me want to buy at least 10 new plants, seed packets, bare roots, tubers (and the rest of it) every episode. I hope you're ready for another fabulous season chatting to everyone from flower farmers and allotmenteers to some of the greatest garden gurus, listening to us chat about all the things we've done in the name of plants, from our biggest achievements to our fabulous garden fails.This season is sponsored by ACAI Outdoorwear, which if you follow me on Instagram, you'll know that barely a day goes by where I'm not dressed head to toe in their clothing whether I'm out at the allotment, on the farm - or even out for lunch! I love the way they perfectly balance style and performance with features such as shower resistance and thermal lining, features which are invaluable when you're someone who is working outside whatever the weather. If you're keen to get some ACAI garms for yourself, they've kindly offered podcast listeners an exclusive discount, so head to the website and use code 'DOALG20' for 20% off orders over £50. This offer ends on 31st May 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MARY PHILLIPS BIOFor eight years, Mary has led Garden for Wildlife™ and Certified Wildlife Habitat® as an ambassador for native plants with the National Wildlife Federation. Her work ensures all habitat programs and resources are rooted in sustainable practices and the latest science. Under her leadership, in coordination with the White House Office of Science and Policy, NWF coordinated the National Pollinator Garden Network in 2015 to launch the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge which created over a million pollinator gardens in three years. This partnership involved over fifty national organizations with a third from the commercial garden trade, such as growers and independent garden centers.  Mary helped create the Garden for Wildlife Native Plants Collection™. The goal of this social enterprise is to increase the native plant supply, reduce carbon impacts, and secure survival of iconic species, such as the monarch butterfly, native bees and songbirds. Mary works to ensure Garden for Wildlife, Inc. maintains its sustainability commitments: to engage everyday people in solutions for critical wildlife loss and climate impact and, connect local native plant growers to consumers through ecommerce. Prior to joining NWF, Mary was principal at The Abundant Backyard, a sustainable native plant landscaping service and one of the first Certified Green Businesses in Montgomery County, MD.  As a Maryland Master Naturalist, Mary maintains her Certified Wildlife Habitat® with her family and enjoys hiking and exploring the Chesapeake Bay natural history and heritage. You can find more about Mary Phillips on LinkedIn.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 plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing!

JAMES GOLDEN BIOJames Golden's garden design has been featured in national and international magazines, in The New York Times, and in several books on garden design. He has collected many of his inspiring thoughts in the recently published book The View from Federal Twist.  It is a wonderful, well-written glimpse into the inception, creation, and management of a naturalistic garden.  James has been the recipient of national awards and is widely known in the gardening world through his garden blog View from Federal Twist. Federal Twist regularly appears on tours of the Garden Conservancy, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the Hardy Plant Society, and on numerous private tours. Recently retired, he has started a garden design practice.  You can learn more about James on his website and blog, by following him on Instagram @imfederaltwist, and by reading James's book The View from Federal Twist.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 plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing!

PEGGY ANNE MONTGOMERY BIOPeggy Anne Montgomery is a people-oriented horticultural professional with more than 35 years of U.S. and international experience in trade- and consumer-focused garden marketing and communications, public relations and outreach, landscape design, and public horticulture. She studied horticulture and apprenticed in the Netherlands where she raised a family and owned a landscape design firm for 15 years. Her business specialized in sustainable, eco-friendly landscapes continuing her life-long interest in nature and the importance of balanced ecosystems. She has an extensive background in public relations and was part of the creative team that launched the Endless Summer® Hydrangea brand. Peggy Anne went on to study native plants at Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware and Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. She is currently an account executive for the Garden Media Group, the premier horticulture marketing firm where she represents Royal Anthos, a consortium of Dutch bulbs growers and exporters. She is a long-standing member and Fellow of GardenComm and has written for numerous trade and popular publications. Her home garden has been featured in magazines, books, and television. Today she lives and gardens with her husband and fellow horticulturist Dan Benarcik in northern Delaware.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 plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing!

Darren is a multi award winning garden designer, broadcaster, lecturer and garden writer.He has spent his career delivering and managing horticultural and other land based qualifications as well as running a successful garden design consultancy. He was one of the first recipients of the City and Guilds medal of excellence.Darren regularly has articles published in the gardening press and is the permanent gardening expert for BBC WM 95.6 in the West Midlands; know as “ the Laughing Gardener” he was nominated for a garden media guild award in 2016 and 2017 for his novel and inspirational approaches to gardening issues and problems.Darren is a garden judge at National shows and also mentors school children through the green plan it Challenge run by the Royal Horticultural Society; aimed at getting children involved in gardening and living healthier lifestyles.

My guest is Clare Foster, the Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine in the UK.  Clare is the author of numerous books, including the gorgeous Winter Gardens with photographer Andrew Montgomery.  Clare's writing is such a pleasure to read and she has brought me closer to some of my favorite plants and gardens. Join us to hear about Clare's career as a garden writer and her development as a gardener, as well as some of the principles at play in her own garden, which is an inspiring example of low(ish) input, high reward design from a gardener who has access to some of the most beautiful spaces and guides in the world. ** The first printing of Winter Gardens sold out quickly and a reprint has been ordered, which Clare and Andrew hope to make available by late summer.  You can find links in the show notes to follow them for ordering information.**     Garden People podcast, from https://www.instagram.com/violetear_studio/ (@violetear_studio) L I S T E N https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/garden-people/id1595934172 (iTunes) https://open.spotify.com/show/7qlYq5yVrLEgfCuZOtrPcn (Spotify) https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/garden-people (Stitcher) S H O W N O T E S https://thamesandhudson.com/ (Thames & Hudson) https://www.gardensillustrated.com/ (Gardens Illustrated) https://www.instagram.com/rosie_returns/ (Rosie Atkins), https://amzn.to/3ww0Knj (book) edited by Rosie on gardener profiles https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/ (House & Garden) https://montgomerypress.co.uk/products/winter-gardens (Winter Gardens) published with photographer https://www.instagram.com/montgomeryphoto/ (Andrew Montgomery) Clare's https://zencastr.com/violetearstudio/garden-people-marryn-mathis (Compost book) https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/ (Beth Chatto) Clare's book https://amzn.to/36JM5dl (The Flower Garden: How to Grow Flowers from Seed), in collaboration with photographer Sabina Rüber http://dillongarden.com/ (Helen Dillon) Andrew Montgomery's https://amzn.to/3IBWjdb (Petersham book) https://www.instagram.com/pietoudolf/?hl=en (Piet Ouldof ) Ouldof's https://amzn.to/3Iz8qYo (Designing with Plants) book https://www.instagram.com/coyotewillow/?hl=en (Dan Pearson) https://www.instagram.com/minh_ngoc/?hl=en (Ngoc Minh Ngo) https://www.instagram.com/arnemaynardgardendesign/?hl=en (Arne Maynard) P L A N T L I S T https://www.johnnyseeds.com/flowers/tulips/ (Tulips) https://www.vermontwildflowerfarm.com/forget-me-not.html?Size=Packet&cmp=googleproducts&gclid=CjwKCAjwiuuRBhBvEiwAFXKaNL0eFI3PvGLgEk3fJ43s6VRd_5-nW17LUPZXtv7mjt2SnA7_WvPVQRoCQh0QAvD_BwE&kw=forget-me-not (Myosotis perennial Forget-me-not) https://www.specialplants.net/shop/seeds/lunaria_annua_corfu_blue/ (Lunaria annua - honesty ‘corfu blue') https://www.johnnyseeds.com/flowers/ammi-false-queen-annes-lace/?gclid=CjwKCAjwiuuRBhBvEiwAFXKaNPpr3D1Jj9uIlfI_mExQLT6Lsktu0kwr6SCHIvoNk5zv2kNmILtAxRoC-wwQAvD_BwE&source=google_johnny_seeds (Ammi majus) - ‘False Queen Anne's Lace' https://www.johnnyseeds.com/search/?lang=en_US&q=cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) https://www.redemptionseeds.com/flower-seeds/cynoglossum-chinese-forget-me-not.html (Cynoglossum) Chinese forget-me-not mystery lavender https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_61f_agastache_aurantiaca_navajo_sunset_seeds (Agastache aurantiaca, ‘Navajo Sunset') https://www.gardenia.net/plant/stipa-gigantea-golden-oats (Stipa gigantea) https://www.gardenia.net/plant/calamagrostis-x-acutiflora-karl-foerster (Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ) http://www.newmoonnursery.com/plant/Aster-umbellatus (Aster umbulatas) - flat topped aster https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?isprofile=0&n=1&taxonid=291805 (Symphyotrichum turbinellum) (smooth violet prairie aster) Dusty pink Campanula lactiflora from Clare's garden -...

Garden writer, lecturer, and designer, Page Dickey, joins us from Connecticut to discuss her gardens past and present, the place where her children could always find her, and what she looks for in a garden. S H O W N O T E S: https://www.instagram.com/pagedickey/ (@pagedickey) http://www.pagedickey.com (www.pagedickey.com) https://www.amazon.com/Uprooted-Gardener-Reflects-Beginning-Again/dp/1604699574/ref=asc_df_1604699574/?hvadid=459515113368&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032075&hvnetw=g&hvpone=&hvpos=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvrand=825220696514896430&hvtargid=pla-945550377835&linkCode=df0&psc=1&tag=hyprod-20 (Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again) https://www.gardenconservancy.org (The Garden Conservancy) https://www.doaks.org/visit/garden (Dumbarton Oaks) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Beebe_Wilder (Louise Beebe Wilder) https://www.beatrixfarrandsociety.org/beatrix-farrand/ (Beatrix Farrand) https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Solitude-May-Sarton/dp/0393309282 (May Sarton Journey of a Solitude ) https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Dreaming-Deep-May-Sarton/dp/0393315517/ref=pd_lpo_2?pd_rd_i=0393315517&psc=1 (Plant Dreaming Deep) Art: @altavistastudio

Mary Schier is a garden writer, an author, and a friend. Although she lives in the midwest, there are many similarities we share when discussing our love of gardening. I recently had a chat with Mary to catch up on what is happening in the Mid-West. Mary is also a fellow Garden Writer, Podcaster, and Garden Friend. You can follow her here. There is a new book coming to town. It is a fabulous book about Urban Gardening! Kathy Jentz, Washington Gardener Magazine, and I have had quite the interesting Spring working on this book and not talking about it. However, now the cat is out of the bag!! You can find the book here. Need a snack while you are visiting gardens in the DMV, check out NIDO. In the meantime, I want to say THANK YOU for continuing to follow me: Https://www.cottageinthecourt.com...Instagram and Twitter: @cottageincourt...Facebook: CottageInTheCourt, and sometimes on Medium: Cottage In The Court Please subscribe to Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts or Pandora Podcasts if you would like to stay in the know. Did I mention, I am writing ANOTHER BOOK? Details later! In the meantime...garden like you mean it! Teri, Cottage In The Court #gardencomm #playoutside

Now that we are moving about a bit more, it is time to consider garden travel. George Weigel is a fellow Garden Writer and he has authored an ebook on visiting American Public Gardens. A day trip is always on my agenda. A great way to reset the mind and see something new. I hope you enjoy this conversation with George, and perhaps purchase his book. Even if you can't travel now, Pennsylvania is also quite a beautiful day trip in autumn. Tap into his website here. George is such a knowledgeable resource! A short poem about summer from Paul Lawrence Dunbar called "Summer In The South", found in Poem Hunter YES, you can still purchase tickets to The Great Grow Along by clicking here. I want to say THANK YOU for continuing to follow me: Https://www.cottageinthecourt.com...Instagram and Twitter: @cottageincourt...Facebook: CottageInTheCourt, and sometimes on Medium: Cottage In The Court Please subscribe to Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts or Pandora Podcasts if you would like to stay in the know. Did I mention, I am writing two books? Details later! In the meantime...garden like you mean it! Teri, Cottage In The Court #gardencomm #playoutside

Val Bourne will always be one of our absolute favourite guests on the podcast - never failing to deliver a real plantswoman's crop of treasures for us all to grow at home. This week she's sharing her love of bulb lawns with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis, including some of the varieties she's naturalised in her own miniature meadows at home. Plus the monocarpic tendencies of some plants (don't worry - it's not catching!), the patience needed to grow Trilliums from seed, and Thordis and Val share their experiences of 'the one that got away'! PLANT LIST Erigeron karvinskianus   Erigeron karvinskianus 'Lavender Lady'   Erythronium oregonum x revolutum   Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'   Erythronium 'Pagoda'   Erythronium 'Joanna'   Trillium sessile var gigantium   Trillium kurabayashii   Euphorbia rigida   Primula veris hose-in-hose Fritillaria pyrenaica Fritillaria acmopetala   Fritillaria pontica   Fritillaria elwesii   Tulipa 'Queen of Night'   Narcissus 'Thalia'   Tulipa sylvestris   Tulipa sprengeri   Scilla siberica   Scilla bithynica   Scilla bifolia  Melica uniflora f. albida Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum'   Scilla lingulata   Acis autumnalis   Crocus goulimyi Cyclamen coum   Galanthus nivalis sandersii   Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'   Scabiosa graminifolia   Geranium harveyi   Saxifraga 'Tumbling Waters'   Rosemary 'Foxtail' Crocus chrysanthus Dierama Miscanthus nepalensis Paeonia tenuifolia Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron' Matthiola incana 'Alba'   Lunaria 'Somerset Marble'   Narcissus 'Blushing Lady' Sanguisorba minor 'Little Angel' Sanguisorba officinalis 'Martin's Mulberry' Sanguisorba 'Red Busby' Phlox paniculata 'Norah Leigh' 

2021 has started but much of the troubles of 2020 have continued, and we understand that the full repercussions of what we have all been through are now being felt. But with summer and autumn now distant and the glory of winter around us, we continue with a healthy amount of discussion on some of our favourite horticultural topics, bringing a little dose of the garden to your daily lives.While a practical career in horticulture is firmly on many listeners 'to do' list, how do budding writers break into the competitive world of garden journalism? With years of magazine and book writing experience under her belt, Lucy explains the monthly production cycle of garden magazines, and offers insight into the best methods for approaching endlessly busy editors. Twitter links:Saul @GardeningSaulLucy @HeadGardenerLCIntro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Calling all Galanthophiles, this week Alan Gray (a self-confessed Snowdrop addict) and Thordis (doing her best to resist!) are joined by two gardeners who long ago succumbed to Galanthamania. Award-winning Garden Writer, Val Bourne, shares her experiences of growing Snowdrops in the Cotswolds, while Brian Ellis, who sells many special varieties of Galanthus talks from the Norfolk perspective. The conversation winds from the extraordinary people who make the Snowdrop community so special, to the varieties Val and Brian hold most dear. And while the gang didn't get to mention all the things they wanted to, there's certainly no shortage of specatular Snowdrops to set your heart racing. PLANT LIST Galanthus lagodechianus Galanthus 'S. Arnott' Galanthus 'Primrose Warburg' Galanthus plicatus 'Priscilla Bacon' Galanthus plicatus 'Joe Sharman' Galanthus 'Phil Cornish' Galanthus 'Matt Bishop' Galanthus plicatus 'South Hayes' Galanthus elwesii 'Kite' Galanthus 'Green Tear' Galanthus 'Dryad Gold Sovereign' Galanthus 'Dryad Gold Medal' Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Lady Elphinstone' Galanthus plicatus 'Sarah Dumont' Galanthus x valentinei 'Belvedere Gold' Galanthus plicatus 'Golden Fleece' Galanthus 'Lapwing' Galanthus plicatus 'Yaffle' Galanthus valentinei 'Saraband' Galanthus nivalis 'Alan's Treat' Galanthus elwesii 'Godfrey Owen' Galanthus plicatus 'Diggory' Galanthus elwesii 'Mrs Macnamara' Galanthus elwesii 'Margaret's Star' Galanthus plicatus 'Amy Doncaster' Galanthus 'Hans Guck in die Luft' Galanthus × valentinei 'Wind Turbine' Galanthus ‘Anglesey Double Spikey' Galanthus nivalis 'Alburgh Claw' Galanthus 'Onkel Oskar' Galanthus nivalis 'Trois Jardins' Galanthus 'Percy Picton' Galanthus nivalis 'Magnet' Galanthus 'Long John Silver' Galanthus plicatus 'Trym' Galanthus plicatus 'Trimmer' Galanthus elwesii 'Margaret Biddulph' Galanthus elwesii 'Claud Biddulph' Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Blewbury Tart' Galanthus 'Ding Dong' Galanthus 'Green of Hearts' Galanthus 'Washfield Colesbourne' Galanthus 'E.A. Bowles' Galanthus 'Ailwyn' Galanthus 'One Drop or Two?' Galanthus nivalis 'Kirtling Tower'

Looking for local information about pollinators? check out my blogpost about Cavano's Perennials. They are known in the Mid Atlantic for quality plant material. Located in Kingsville, Maryland, the beautiful drive makes it worthwhile for contactless shopping after ordering online. GardenComm, International (formerly known as GardenComm) has been a part of my life since 2015. As a budding Garden Writer, and communicator, the relationships I have been wonderful. Meeting people in this industry that I love has been quite an asset in my personal development to share the love of gardening. The conferences I have attended, the regional meetings, and community connectivity to other people in horticulture have allowed me to tap into a wealth of resources. If you are interested in growing your voice as a garden communicator or know of someone else who might want to expand their circle of like-minded garden communicators, check out GardenComm. One of our newest members is my guest today. Heather Andrews, Garden Thoughtfully, is all about Pollinator gardens. She has the perfect gift for the new or seasoned gardener in your life. Enjoy my chat with Heather, one of GardenComm's newest members. A Thanksgiving Garden is a poem that is posted in my office and is quite meaningful - especially at this time of the year. As we approach Thanksgiving, I am Thankful for the Garden Community. As I grow and share my voice, each Gardener I meet is a seed in my garden plot of life. Happy Thanksgiving to each of you and to my listeners as well. Thank you for being a part of my growth. I ask that you follow me... Https://www.cottageinthecourt.com...Instagram and Twitter: @cottageincourt...Facebook: CottageInTheCourt, and sometimes on Medium: Cottage In The Court If you live in the DMV and want to know what's happening locally and in our gardens, follow the collaborative podcast by two garden communicators, Peggy Riccio and Teresa Speight. Two garden fanatics talking about real gardening as it occurs right in our own yards!! Check out Gardens 'n Plants Podcast If you would like to stay in the know, please subscribe to Apple Podcasts. In the meantime...garden, Teri, Cottage In The Court #gardencomm

Today we celebrate a bryologist who Asa Gray called, "a noble fellow" and the botanist who, along with his wife, helped found the New York Botanic Garden in the Bronx. We'll learn about one of the first and most prolific professional female garden photographers and the female botanist with a mountain named in her honor. Today’s Unearthed Words feature poetry that's all about using our imagination and memory when it comes to our gardens in the dead of winter. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that helps us appreciate our garden through our senses during all four seasons. I'll talk about a garden item that is cute and functional and can be used outside of the garden as well, and then we’ll wrap things up with the anniversary of the opening of the museum that was started with the estate of the botanist Sir Hans Sloane. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Curated Articles Gardening with Dave Allan: Scent in the winter garden | HeraldScotland Here are some great suggestions from Dave Allan about sweetly scented flowering shrubs for your Winter Garden: Take the small cream flowers of shrubby Lonicera fragrantissima(Common Name: sweet breath of spring): They suffuse the air with compelling fragrance. You know they’re frustratingly close but sometimes must act as a sniffer dog to track them down, hidden in a tangle of leaf-stripped twigs. I can’t see beyond Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn.’It’s always a joy to have a whiff every time I pass by on the way up to the duck run. A flush of little buds readily replaces any that have been blasted brown by frost and snow. Viburnum farreri and V. tinus also faithfully flower from November to February. I’m thinking of shrubs like Mahonia japonica and M. x media (Common Name: Oregon grape-holly). These evergreens do boast highly scented sprays of the tiniest yellow buttons, so don’t banish them to the gloomiest corner just because they’re tough woodland edge plants. Why not plant them where you’ll actually see them?   6 must-visit garden shows for 2020 From House Beautiful (ww.housebeautiful.com) | @hb: “What are the best British garden shows to visit in 2020? From the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show to fringe events like Seedy Sunday, these gardening events are perfect for the green-fingered horticultural lover, regardless of whether you’re a budding beginner or a seasoned pro.”   Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There’s no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1803Today is the birthday of William Starling Sullivant. Sullivant was born to the founding family of Franklinton, Ohio. His father, Lucas, was a surveyor and had named the town in honor of the recently deceased Benjamin Franklin. The settlement would become Columbus. In 1823, William Sullivant graduated from Yale College. His father would die in August of that same year. Sullivant took over his father's surveying business, and at the age of thirty, he began to study and catalog the plant life in Central Ohio. In 1840, Sullivant published his flora, and then he started to hone in on his calling: mosses. Bryology is the study of mosses. The root, bryōs, is a Greek verb meaning to swell. It's the etymology of the word embryo. Bryology will be easier to remember if you think of the ability of moss to swell as it takes on water. As a distinguished bryologist, Sullivant not only studied and cataloged various mosses from across the United States, but also from as far away as Central America, South America, and from various islands in the Pacific Ocean. Mosses suited Sullivant's strengths, requiring patience and close observation, scrupulous accuracy, and discrimination. His first work, Musci Alleghanienses, was: "exquisitely prepared and mounted, and with letterpress of great perfection; ... It was not put on sale, but fifty copies were distributed with a free hand among bryologists and others who would appreciate it." In 1864, Sullivant published his magnum opus, Icones Muscorum. With 129 truly excellent illustrations and descriptions of the mosses indigenous to eastern North America, Icones Muscorum fixed Sulivant's reputation as the pre-eminent American bryologist of his time. In 1873, Sullivant contracted pneumonia - ironically, an illness where your lungs fill or swell with fluid - and he died on April 30, 1873. During the last four decades of his life, Sullivant exchanged letters with Asa Gray. It's no wonder, then, that he left his herbarium of some 18,000 moss specimens to Gray's beloved Harvard University. When Sullivant was still living, Gray summoned his curator at Cambridge, Leo Lesquereux, (pronounced "le crew"), to help Sullivant, he wrote to his friend and botanist John Torrey: "They will do up bryology at a great rate. Lesquereux says that the collection and library of Sullivant in muscology are Magnifique, superb, and the best he ever saw.'" On December 6, 1857, Gray wrote to Hooker, "A noble fellow is [William Starling] Sullivant, and deserves all you say of him and his works. The more you get to know of him, the better you will like him." In 1877, four years after Sullivant's death, Asa Gray wrote to Charles Darwin. Gray shared that Sullivant was his "dear old friend" and that, "[Sullivant] did for muscology in this country more than one man is likely ever to do again." The Sullivant Moss Society, which became the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, was founded in 1898 and was named for William Starling Sullivant.   1859Today is the birthday of the American botanist and taxonomist Nathaniel Lord Britton. Britton married the famous bryologist Elizabeth Gertrude Knight. Together, they used Kew Gardens in London as their inspiration for the New York Botanical Garden. An obituary of Britton, written by the botanist Henry Rusby shared this charming anecdote - an exchange that happened some few years back between Nathaniel and Henry: "Attracted one day, by the beauty of some drawings that lay before him, I inquired as to their source. When told that he, himself, was the artist, I asked in astonishment, 'Can you draw like that?' 'Of course,' he said. 'What you suppose I did all that hard work in the drawing class for?'"   1864Today is the birthday of Frances Benjamin Johnston - who always went by Fannie. Fanny was a photographer, and she took the portraits of many famous people during her career. Some of her famous subjects included Mark Twain, Susan B Anthony, Booker T. Washington, and Teddy Roosevelt. In 1897 the magazine Ladies Home Journal featured in an article that was written by Fanny called "What a Woman Can Do with a Camera." But gardeners should also know the name Frances Benjamin Johnston because Fannie also took incredible photos of gardens - public and private - during the early to mid part of the 1900s. Her garden photography of the elite was used in magazines and periodicals like House Beautiful and Country Life. And Fannie went around the country using lantern slides of gardens as visual aids for her lectures on topics like "The Orchids of the White House," "American Gardens," and "Problems of the Small Gardener," to name a few. One newspaper account said Fannie, “presented with the enthusiasm of a true garden lover.” Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. wrote that Fannie’s photographs were “the finest existing on the subject of American gardens.” Over her career, Fannie was recognized as one of the first female press photographers in America. And if you’re a gardening cat lover, you’ll be pleased to know she had two cats; Fannie named them Herman and Vermin.   1923 Today is the anniversary of the death of Sara Plummer Lemmon. Lemmon is remembered for her successful 1903 piece of legislation that nominated the golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) as the state flower of California. Asa Gray named the genus Plummera in honor of Sara Plummer Lemmon. Plummera is yellow wildflowers in the daisy family, and they bloom from July through September in southeastern Arizona. Lemmon and her husband, John Gill Lemmon, were both botanists. Her husband always went by his initials JG. Although Sara partnered equally with her husband on their work in botany, their papers were always published with the credentials "J.G. Lemmon & Wife." The Lemmons had found each other late in life in California. They had both suffered individually during the civil war. John was taken prisoner at Andersonville. He barely survived, and his health was impacted for the rest of his life. Sara had worked herself ragged - tending wounded soldiers in New York - while teaching. In 1881, when Sara was 45 years old, the Lemmons took a honeymoon trip to Arizona. They called it their "botanical wedding trip." The Lemmons rode a train to Tucson along with another passenger - President Rutherford B. Hayes. When they arrived, the Lemmons set off for the Santa Catalina Mountains. In Elliot's history of Arizona, he recounts the difficulty in climbing the mountain range: "The Lemmons often sat on the stone porch of their cave and dug the thorns and spines out of their hands and feet." Once, they saw, " . . . a lion so large he carried a huge buck away without dragging feet or antlers." When they returned to Tucson unsuccessful and discouraged, they were told to meet a rancher named Emerson Oliver Stratton. Thanks to Stratton, they were able to ascend the Catalinas from the backside. When they arrived at the summit, Stratton was so impressed with Sara's drive and demeanor he named the mountain in her honor - Mount Lemmon. Sara was the first woman to climb the Catalinas. Twenty-five years later, in 1905, the Lemmons returned to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. When they climbed the Catalina's in celebration, Stratton was again at their side, helping them retrace the steps of their "botanical wedding trip" to the top of Mount Lemmon.   Unearthed Words Today we hear some poetry about the importance of using imagination and memory in regards to our gardens during the winter months.   From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens -  the garden outdoors,  the garden of pots and bowls in the house,  and the garden of the mind's eye. — Katherine S. White, Garden Author   Soon will set in the fitful weather, with fierce gales and sullen skies and frosty air,  and it will be time to tuck up safely my roses and lilies  and the rest for their winter sleep beneath the snow,  where I never forget them,  but ever dream of their wakening in happy summers yet to be. — Celia Thaxter, American Poet & Storyteller   Of winter's lifeless world each tree Now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds summer's secret Deep down within its heart. — Dr. Charles Garfield Stater, Methodist Pastor & West Virginian Poet, Buckwheat Fields, and Brush Fences   Gardeners, like everyone else, live second by second and minute by minute. What we see at one particular moment is then and there before us. But there is a second way of seeing. Seeing with the eye of memory, not the eye of our anatomy, calls up days and seasons past, and years gone by. — Allen Lacy, Garden Writer   In winter's cold and sparkling snow, The garden in my mind does grow. I look outside to blinding white, And see my tulips blooming bright. And over there a sweet carnation, Softly scents my imagination. On this cold and freezing day, The Russian sage does gently sway, And miniature roses perfume the air, I can see them blooming there. Though days are short, my vision's clear. And through the snow, the buds appear. In my mind, clematis climbs, And morning glories do entwine. Woodland phlox and scarlet pinks, Replace the frost, if I just blink. My inner eye sees past the snow. And in my mind, my garden grows. — Cynthia Adams, Winter Garden, Birds and Blooms magazine, Dec/Jan 2003   Grow That Garden Library Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman This book came out in 2002, and the subtitle to Cultivating Delight is "A Natural History of My Garden. This book was the sequel to Diane's bestseller, "A Natural History of the Senses." In this book, Diane celebrates the sensory pleasures of her garden through the seasons in the same vein as Tovah Martin's "The Garden in Every Sense and Season." Diane is a poet, essayist, and naturalist, and she writes in lyrical and sensuous prose. Let me give you an example. Here's how Diane starts her section on spring: “One day, when the last snows have melted, the air tastes tinny and sweet for the first time in many months.That's settled tincture of new buds, sap, and loam; I've learned to recognize as the first whiff of springtime.Suddenly a brown shape moves in the woods, then blasts into sight as it clears the fence at the bottom of the yard. A beautiful doe, with russet flanks and nimble legs, she looks straight at me as I watch from the living room window, then she drops her gaze." The Boston Globe praised this book, saying Ackerman has done it again... one of the most buoyant and enjoyable garden reads... uplifting and intelligent. The New York Times review said: “Understated elegance, lush language, historical and scientific nuggets, artful digressions, and apt quotations, Ackerman's book reminds us that we, too, can make our paradise here and that tranquility can be achieved by contemplating the petals of a rose.” You can get a used copy of Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $2.   Great Gifts for Gardeners DII Men and Women Kitchen Shamrock Green Buffalo Check Apron, Green and White Buffalo Check $14.99 I have a thing for aprons. I love looking for them.  I like to have my student gardeners use them, and I often get a set of aprons to bring to family gatherings. They make for cute pictures of us all working in the kitchen together. This year for the garden, I found this adorable shamrock-green buffalo-check apron, and it's perfect for my student gardeners. It has a little pocket in the front for their phones, and it's so cheerful. I can't wait to see them all and their aprons. Now, if you're not a fan of shamrock green, but you do like buffalo plaid, this apron comes in several colors. You can get red and white, or red and black, pink and white, blue and white, a tone on tone gray, and a black and white. So, tons of options ONE SIZE FITS MOST: The apron measures 32" x 28", with an adjustable extra-long strap to warp around the neck and waist, one size fits most men and women. EASY CARE LONG-LASTING MATERIAL: 100% Cotton Fabric, Machine Washable. Wash with Cold Water in Gentle Cycle & Tumble Dry Low. Do not bleach them or run them through a hot dryer A PERFECT GIFT WITH CUSTOMIZED LOGO SPACE: Plenty space for logo printing, monogram, and embroidery make the apron a great gift for birthdays, Mother's day, holidays, housewarming, and hostess gifts.   Today’s Botanic Spark 1759The British Museum opened. (261 years ago). The British Museum was founded in 1753 when Sir Hans Sloane left his entire collection to the country of England. At first glance, a personal collection doesn't sound worthy of starting a museum. But over his lifetime, Sloane ended up becoming a one-man repository for all things relating to the natural world. Sloane outlived many of the explorers and collectors of his day, and as they would die, they would bequeath him there herbariums and collections. So when Sloane passed away, he essentially had become the caretaker of the world’s Natural History, aka the British Museum. Today the British Museum is the largest indoor space captured by Google Street View. Google mapped the museum in November of 2015, and so it's now available online to all of us. When your friends ask you what you're doing, you can say, "I'm going to tour the British Museum. What are you up to?"      

Garden Writer, Horticultural expert and ABC broadcaster Sabrina Hahn brings her particular brand of humour and knowledge to All The Dirt for this week's episode.  She talks with Steve and Deryn about her love for Begonias, her upbringing in New Guinea, her home garden and creating vegie gardens in Aboriginal communities.   

Artists Bay Lees (www.baylees.co.uk) and Gaby Nesfield; Garden writer Francine Raymond (www.kitchen-garden-hens.co.uk) Host: Nathalie Banaigs Recorded at Creek Creative in Faversham. http://kentcreativearts.co.uk/the-kent-creative-show/

Daryl’s guest is Craig LeHoullier. His book, “Epic Tomatoes”, was awarded the Gold Medal for Book of the Year by the Garden Writer’s Association on Monday.

Anne Latreille is one of Australia's most respected writers on gardens, having written several books. Her latest book, Garden Voices, features an extraordinary line-up of landscape architects from the past and present, including Ellis Stones and Edna Walling. Latreille captures the voice of her subjects, as much as their unique landscapes.

One of the top three things that clients request for their landscaping project is seasonal color year-round. One of the fastest, easiest and best ways to do this is by including perennials in your installations. The problem is that there are literally thousands and thousands of perennials to choose from, making perennial selections an overwhelming task for most contractors. And the truth of the matter is that you can't just plant daylilies and hostas everywhere.The self-proclaimed Perennial Diva Stephanie Cohen has got you covered. She discusses her favorite tried and true perennials (and some grasses, too) that will give your clients the color that you want, while working within their budget and limiting the amount of maintenance that is required throughout the year.She also goes over: -Perennial garden design basics -Her top 10 tried and true perennials -Sequential color throughout the year -More than just flower color -Divide and conquer -Perennial bed maintenance opportunities -Her bottom 10 perennials -What about the natives? -Perennials vs. annualsCohen has taught herbaceous plants and perennial design at Temple University for over 20 years. She was the Founder and Director of the Landscape Arboretum at Temple University, Ambler. She is a contributing editor for “Fine Gardening”, the advisory board for “Green Profit” and is a regional writer for The Blooms of Bressingham Plant Program. She has received three awards from the Perennial Plant Association for design, as well as receiving their Service and Academic Award. She has received awards from Temple University, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and The American Nursery and Landscape Association for Garden Communicator of the Year 2000. She is the first woman to receive the honor award from The Perennial Plant Association at their meeting in 2005 in CanadaIn 2005, she became a fellow of Temple University Alumni Association, the highest award given to an alumna. She has lectured coast to coast, including Alaska, and has been featured on QVC TV as the “Perennial Diva.”In 2005, she also wrote a book on perennial garden design called “The Perennial Gardeners Design Primer,” published by Storey Press. It was chosen by The Garden Writer's of America as the winner in the best overall book category.She has also written three other books published by Timber Press. In 2007, she authored "Fallscaping", 2011 she published “The Non-Stop Garden” and her newest book, “Greenhouse Grower" was just translated into Russian.For more information, visit www.theperennialdiva.com.

One of the top three things that clients request for their landscaping project is seasonal color year-round. One of the fastest, easiest and best ways to do this is by including perennials in your installations. The problem is that there are literally thousands and thousands of perennials to choose from, making perennial selections an overwhelming task for most contractors. And the truth of the matter is that you can't just plant daylilies and hostas everywhere. The self-proclaimed Perennial Diva Stephanie Cohen has got you covered. She discusses her favorite tried and true perennials (and some grasses, too) that will give your clients the color that you want, while working within their budget and limiting the amount of maintenance that is required throughout the year. She also goes over: -Perennial garden design basics -Her top 10 tried and true perennials -Sequential color throughout the year -More than just flower color -Divide and conquer -Perennial bed maintenance opportunities -Her bottom 10 perennials -What about the natives? -Perennials vs. annuals Cohen has taught herbaceous plants and perennial design at Temple University for over 20 years. She was the Founder and Director of the Landscape Arboretum at Temple University, Ambler. She is a contributing editor for “Fine Gardening”, the advisory board for “Green Profit” and is a regional writer for The Blooms of Bressingham Plant Program. She has received three awards from the Perennial Plant Association for design, as well as receiving their Service and Academic Award. She has received awards from Temple University, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and The American Nursery and Landscape Association for Garden Communicator of the Year 2000. She is the first woman to receive the honor award from The Perennial Plant Association at their meeting in 2005 in Canada In 2005, she became a fellow of Temple University Alumni Association, the highest award given to an alumna. She has lectured coast to coast, including Alaska, and has been featured on QVC TV as the “Perennial Diva.” In 2005, she also wrote a book on perennial garden design called “The Perennial Gardeners Design Primer,” published by Storey Press. It was chosen by The Garden Writer's of America as the winner in the best overall book category. She has also written three other books published by Timber Press. In 2007, she authored "Fallscaping", 2011 she published “The Non-Stop Garden” and her newest book, “Greenhouse Grower" was just translated into Russian. For more information, visit www.theperennialdiva.com.

One of the top three things that clients request for their landscaping project is seasonal color year-round. One of the fastest, easiest and best ways to do this is by including perennials in your installations. The problem is that there are literally thousands and thousands of perennials to choose from, making perennial selections an overwhelming task for most contractors. And the truth of the matter is that you can't just plant daylilies and hostas everywhere.The self-proclaimed Perennial Diva Stephanie Cohen has got you covered. She discusses her favorite tried and true perennials (and some grasses, too) that will give your clients the color that you want, while working within their budget and limiting the amount of maintenance that is required throughout the year.She also goes over: -Perennial garden design basics -Her top 10 tried and true perennials -Sequential color throughout the year -More than just flower color -Divide and conquer -Perennial bed maintenance opportunities -Her bottom 10 perennials -What about the natives? -Perennials vs. annualsCohen has taught herbaceous plants and perennial design at Temple University for over 20 years. She was the Founder and Director of the Landscape Arboretum at Temple University, Ambler. She is a contributing editor for “Fine Gardening”, the advisory board for “Green Profit” and is a regional writer for The Blooms of Bressingham Plant Program. She has received three awards from the Perennial Plant Association for design, as well as receiving their Service and Academic Award. She has received awards from Temple University, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and The American Nursery and Landscape Association for Garden Communicator of the Year 2000. She is the first woman to receive the honor award from The Perennial Plant Association at their meeting in 2005 in CanadaIn 2005, she became a fellow of Temple University Alumni Association, the highest award given to an alumna. She has lectured coast to coast, including Alaska, and has been featured on QVC TV as the “Perennial Diva.”In 2005, she also wrote a book on perennial garden design called “The Perennial Gardeners Design Primer,” published by Storey Press. It was chosen by The Garden Writer's of America as the winner in the best overall book category.She has also written three other books published by Timber Press. In 2007, she authored "Fallscaping", 2011 she published “The Non-Stop Garden” and her newest book, “Greenhouse Grower" was just translated into Russian.For more information, visit www.theperennialdiva.com.

One of the top three things that clients request for their landscaping project is seasonal color year-round. One of the fastest, easiest and best ways to do this is by including perennials in your installations. The problem is that there are literally thousands and thousands of perennials to choose from, making perennial selections an overwhelming task for most contractors. And the truth of the matter is that you can't just plant daylilies and hostas everywhere. The self-proclaimed Perennial Diva Stephanie Cohen has got you covered. She discusses her favorite tried and true perennials (and some grasses, too) that will give your clients the color that you want, while working within their budget and limiting the amount of maintenance that is required throughout the year. She also goes over: -Perennial garden design basics -Her top 10 tried and true perennials -Sequential color throughout the year -More than just flower color -Divide and conquer -Perennial bed maintenance opportunities -Her bottom 10 perennials -What about the natives? -Perennials vs. annuals Cohen has taught herbaceous plants and perennial design at Temple University for over 20 years. She was the Founder and Director of the Landscape Arboretum at Temple University, Ambler. She is a contributing editor for “Fine Gardening”, the advisory board for “Green Profit” and is a regional writer for The Blooms of Bressingham Plant Program. She has received three awards from the Perennial Plant Association for design, as well as receiving their Service and Academic Award. She has received awards from Temple University, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and The American Nursery and Landscape Association for Garden Communicator of the Year 2000. She is the first woman to receive the honor award from The Perennial Plant Association at their meeting in 2005 in Canada In 2005, she became a fellow of Temple University Alumni Association, the highest award given to an alumna. She has lectured coast to coast, including Alaska, and has been featured on QVC TV as the “Perennial Diva.” In 2005, she also wrote a book on perennial garden design called “The Perennial Gardeners Design Primer,” published by Storey Press. It was chosen by The Garden Writer's of America as the winner in the best overall book category. She has also written three other books published by Timber Press. In 2007, she authored "Fallscaping", 2011 she published “The Non-Stop Garden” and her newest book, “Greenhouse Grower" was just translated into Russian. For more information, visit www.theperennialdiva.com.

Join host Daryl Pulis and her guest Joe Lamp'l - host of Growing a Greener World TV http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/ and winner of 2 brand new Gold Awards from the Garden Writer's Association.

George and David Lewis are internationally celebrated artists, sculptors, garden masters and Renaissance men who thrive among the flora and fountains planted and carved by their own hands on Bainbridge Island. They have been honored in 2007 with the Island Treasure Award by the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council in acknowledgement for their excellence in garden art and sculpture. In this episode of “Who's On Bainbridge,” BCB host Annie Osburn interviews George and David Lewis (formerly known as Little and Lewis) about their multi-faceted and fascinating lives on Bainbridge.  Perhaps best-known for their unique concrete sculptures of giant gunnera leaves, rustic columns and fountains, the Lewis's began their magical garden gallery in 1992. Quickly, the garden became renowned for its art, water features, naturally evolving “rooms” and compelling mix of plants—from English garden to Tropicalismo. The garden gallery was open to thousands of visitors for nearly two decades. In their early days, George (formerly Little) and David Lewis joined artistic and life forces over the installation of one simple thing – a fountain designed by George and purchased by David for his home. Their effort inspired the creation of a water-gardening business and years of creative collaboration punctuated by vibrant color, big nature and Mexican flourishes. In 2005, the Lewis's published a book about their magnificent garden, A Garden Gallery: The Plants, Art and Hardscape of Little and Lewis, which was awarded the Silver Medal for Best Garden Book of 2006 by the Garden Writer's Association. Today, George and David devote their time to giving back to the community and philanthropic efforts with local non-profit organizations. David serves on the boards of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Bloedel Reserve.  Credits:  BCB interviewer Annie Osburn; BCB audio editor and composer of "Who's On" music, Tim Bird; BCB ferry music: Dogfish Bay Studios; logo art: artopia creative.

George and David Lewis are internationally celebrated artists, sculptors, garden masters and Renaissance men who thrive among the flora and fountains planted and carved by their own hands on Bainbridge Island. They have been honored in 2007 with the Island Treasure Award by the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council in acknowledgement for their excellence in garden art and sculpture. In this episode of “Who’s On Bainbridge,” BCB host Annie Osburn interviews George and David Lewis (formerly known as Little and Lewis) about their multi-faceted and fascinating lives on Bainbridge.  Perhaps best-known for their unique concrete sculptures of giant gunnera leaves, rustic columns and fountains, the Lewis’s began their magical garden gallery in 1992. Quickly, the garden became renowned for its art, water features, naturally evolving “rooms” and compelling mix of plants—from English garden to Tropicalismo. The garden gallery was open to thousands of visitors for nearly two decades. In their early days, George (formerly Little) and David Lewis joined artistic and life forces over the installation of one simple thing – a fountain designed by George and purchased by David for his home. Their effort inspired the creation of a water-gardening business and years of creative collaboration punctuated by vibrant color, big nature and Mexican flourishes. In 2005, the Lewis’s published a book about their magnificent garden, A Garden Gallery: The Plants, Art and Hardscape of Little and Lewis, which was awarded the Silver Medal for Best Garden Book of 2006 by the Garden Writer’s Association. Today, George and David devote their time to giving back to the community and philanthropic efforts with local non-profit organizations. David serves on the boards of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Bloedel Reserve.  Credits:  BCB interviewer Annie Osburn; BCB audio editor and composer of "Who's On" music, Tim Bird; BCB ferry music: Dogfish Bay Studios; logo art: artopia creative.

This week sees the return of Sunday Times garden correspondent, author and very wonderful Jane Powers to The Sodshow. Today Jane chats with Joy Larkcom. @sodshow on twitter - www.sodshow.com And according to my research West Cork Literary Festival Joy Larkcom’s books include The Organic Salad Garden, Creative Vegetable Gardening and most famously, Grow Your Own Vegetables. She has contributed to every media and has lectured all over the world. Her accolades include the Garden Writer of the Year Award (three times): the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Garden Writers’ Guild; and the Royal Horticultural Society’s Veitch Memorial Medal for horticulture. She now lives in the west [Cork, near Bandon] of Ireland. The Sodshow is Ireland’s best podcast 2012 and only garden radio show and is brought to you by the very brilliant Greensax.ie #garden #ireland #horticulture