Ellen Biddle Shipman
This trail-blazing female landscape architect, born in 1869, began her career in 1912. When she died at 81 in 1950, she had designed over 600 gardens.
Dec 30, 2010•2 min
Focus on Flowers
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.
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Episodes
Vivaldi’s Angels with Ensemble Caprice
Ensemble Caprice offers music of Vivaldi, the New London Consort explores Tylman Susato’s “Dansereye,” and Bonporti inventions performed by Chiara Banchini.
Dec 28, 2010•59 min
"Anonymous Ballad" and "The Quiz" By Richard Cecil
Professor and poet Richard Cecil presents themes about students and teachers.
Dec 26, 2010•5 min
Enclosures Can Create A Feeling Of Refuge
Pergolas provide not only walls, but also ceilings, with the possibility of plants growing between the series of horizontal beams, to create shade.
Dec 23, 2010•2 min
Top Ten Discoveries of 2010
Some of the best early music heard in the past year.
Dec 22, 2010•11 min
Maura Stanton's "Fortune Cookie"
Professor and poet, Maura Stanton reads her poems "Fortune Cookie," "Stapler," and "Net."
Dec 19, 2010•5 min
Using Italian Styles In The Garden
Classical Italian gardens are usually formal and constructed symmetrically with intersecting pathways, a central fountain and clipped topiaries and hedges.
Dec 16, 2010•2 min
Russian Rock Critic Artemy Troitsky
Owen Johnson speaks with Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, and broadcaster Artemy Troitsky.
Dec 13, 2010•51 min
"Porky Pig Speaks of Success" By Keith Leonard
Poet Keith Leonard reads "The Party Wasn't Apocalyptic," "Porky Pig Speaks of Success," and "Two Eggs, Burnt Toast."
Dec 12, 2010•5 min
Netherlands Bach Society and La Nouvelle Menestrandie
J.S. Bach's "Magnificat" (Channel Classics) and Purcell's "Dido & Aeneas" (Ambronay).
Dec 10, 2010•5 min
Christmas Cactus
A cactus in full bloom is guaranteed to lift one’s spirits.
Dec 09, 2010•2 min
Harvey Phillips, Titan Of The Tuba
A rebroadcast of George Walker's 2003 interview with tuba master Harvey Phillips.
Dec 06, 2010•48 min
"Blue Star" and "The Sirens" By Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil reads his poems "Blue Star" and "The Sirens."
Dec 05, 2010•5 min
Less Is More: Limiting Elements In Horticultural Design
Japanese garden design is well known for its focus on different shades and textures of foliage, with a minimal use of flowers.
Dec 02, 2010•2 min
Karina Gauvin and Les Boréades
Music of Henry Purcell and the French Baroque on the ATMA Classique label.
Dec 01, 2010•5 min
An Elegy For Wendy Bishop
Maura Stanton reads her poem "Class Assignment -- Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem," written in honor of Wendy Bishop, 1953 - 2003.
Nov 28, 2010•5 min
Annual Sweet-Peas Smell So Good In The Poem "A Child's Vision"
Lilac and lavender, roses and annual sweet-peas have distinctive and memorable scents.
Nov 25, 2010•2 min
Media Scholar Michael Schudson
Owen Johnson speaks with Columbia University journalism professor Michael Schudson, a scholar of the history and sociology of the news media.
Nov 23, 2010•51 min
Feasting and Gluttony
Gluttony: found in music of the Renaissance and Baroque, and Les Voix Baroques performs early 17th-century carnival music.
Nov 22, 2010•59 min
"When She Talks About Her Drowned Father" By Keith Leonard
Poet Keith Leonard reads "When She Talks About Her Drowned Father," We're Beginning to See What Cannot Stay," "Downburst," "Upheaval," and "Latitude."
Nov 21, 2010•5 min
Journalist Gay Talese
Owen Johnson hosts this interview with Gay Talese, one of the founders of the “New Journalism.”
Nov 19, 2010•50 min
Healthy Soil
To improve the soil in an established garden, simply shred the leaves that accumulate from the trees in your yard and spread them over the garden beds.
Nov 18, 2010•2 min
Patrick Coleman's "Teams"
"Athletic" poetry by Patrick Coleman: "Team Dressage," "Team Archery," and "Team Pole Vaulting."
Nov 14, 2010•5 min
Future Flowers: Plant Bulbs Now For Spring Enjoyment
I am now digging big wide round holes and placing lots of bulbs of different sizes and bloom times all together at differing depths.
Nov 11, 2010•2 min
New Music/Early Music: The New Brandenburgs, pt. 2
A continuation of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s commissions of new works inspired by the Brandenburg concertos of J.S. Bach, American lutenist Ronn McFarlane joins us to talk about his compositions, and the Dunedin Consort & Players are featured in a release of Bach’s B minor Mass.
Nov 08, 2010•59 min
Brief Histories By Poet Keith Leonard
Keith Leonard is a recipient of an Academy of American Poets award and an AWP Intro Journals Award nomination.
Nov 07, 2010•5 min
To Be Remedied Next Summer
In the fall when I look at my garden, and possibly when you look at yours, there are so many things that seem to need a remedy next summer.
Nov 04, 2010•2 min
Evolutionary Biologist Ellen Ketterson
Karen Hanson hosts this interview with biologist Ellen Ketterson.
Nov 02, 2010•53 min
"Ulalume" By Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is remembered for his macabre and inventive short stories and poems.
Oct 31, 2010•5 min
Tender Tropicals
All tropical plants must be kept from freezing and stored in a state of dormancy. Lack of warmth inhibits growth, which is why cool temperatures are best.
Oct 28, 2010•2 min
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