Organic Strategies for Weeds
Nancy Dubrule-Clemente, founder of the pioneering, all-organic garden center and garden service, Natureworks, describes the. chemical-free methods she has developed for coping with weeds
Jul 14, 2021•29 min•Ep. 110
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Your weekly half-hour program about environmentally informed gardening. Each week we bring you a different expert, a leading voice on gardening in partnership with Nature. Our goal is to make your landscape healthier, more beautiful, more sustainable, and more fun.
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Ready-to-plant, custom-designed wildlife gardens
Mary Philips of the National Wildlife Federation details her organization's new program to supply ready-to-plant wildlife gardens, customized for your climate and your garden conditions
Jul 07, 2021•29 min•Ep. 109
Dealing with Ticks
Two experts, Dr. Thomas Mather, Director of the University of Rhode Island's Tick Encounter Resource Center, and Kathy Connolly, designer of native gardens and proprietor of Speaking of Landscapes, LLC, discuss ways to avoid tick bites and manage the landscape so it is less hospitable to these dangerous pests
Jun 30, 2021•29 min•Ep. 108
Helia – An innovative native plant nursery
Based in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, Helia Native Plant Nursery collects its stock locally, preserving and enhancing local genetic variants, while also maintaining a living seed bank to help its plants evolve in response to climate change.
Jun 23, 2021•29 min•Ep. 107
Mosquito Control Good and Bad
Aimee Code, Pesticide Program Director for the Xerces Society, discusses the problems with many conventional mosquito control programs, and how the same goals can be achieved with less environmental impact
Jun 16, 2021•29 min•Ep. 106
Amphibians Under Threat
Mark Mandica, Executive Director of The Amphibian Foundation, discusses the threats that are causing a worldwide decline of amphibians, and what gardeners can do to make their home landscapes more hospitable to these essential creatures
Jun 09, 2021•29 min•Ep. 105
An Organic Control for Japanese Knotweed
Conservationist and gardener Suzanne Thompson goes viral with her organic approach to controlling invasive threat Japanese knotweed
Jun 02, 2021•29 min•Ep. 104
The Hidden Half of the Garden
Horticulturist and author Robert Kourik shares his research on understanding and enhancing plant roots in this program originally posted in June of 2019
May 26, 2021•29 min•Ep. 103
Benefits From The Ecological Landscape Alliance
“Because land doesn’t come with a manual,” you need the Ecological Landscape Alliance! Board member Dan Jaffe Wilder takes us on a virtual tour of this organization’s programs, many of them free to the general public, with others available to dues-paying members from all over the country.
May 19, 2021•29 min•Ep. 102
Native Replacements for Popular Exotic Shrubs
Ecological landscape designer Sarah Middeleer shares her experience in identifying natives that can replace popular, but ecologically less beneficial and often invasive introduced shrubs
May 12, 2021•29 min•Ep. 101
Pollinator Pathways - Birth of a Movement
Jackie Algon, one of the founders in 2017 of Pollinator Pathways in Wilton, Connecticut describes the ways in which her organization is fostering pollinators and other wildlife, and how it has set off a burgeoning national movement
May 05, 2021•29 min•Ep. 100
Wasps – Unloved Garden Heroes
Author Heather Holm discusses her new book, " Wasps ," and the fascination of these maligned creatures and the many beneficial roles they play in our gardens
Apr 28, 2021•29 min•Ep. 99
Water Harvesting at The Urban Farm
Greg Peterson, creator of The Urban Farm, a residential "food forest" in Phoenix, Arizona, details the techniques he uses to capture and utilize storm water and gray water on his landscape
Apr 21, 2021•29 min•Ep. 98
The Pollinator Victory Garden
Ecological garden consultant Kim Eierman discusses her book, The Pollinator Victory Garden , and easy ways you can turn your yard into a beautiful and hospitable habitat for these essential and threatened creatures.
Apr 14, 2021•29 min•Ep. 97
A Healthy Program for Greening Your Lawn
Organic lawn expert Shay Lunseth details the green-up program she applies to 1,500 lawns every spring
Apr 07, 2021•29 min•Ep. 96
Michael Phillips and the Holistic Orchard
Fruit grower and author Michael Phillips discusses an approach to maintaining an orchard that involves enhancing the ecology rather than a reliance on synthetic pesticides
Mar 31, 2021•29 min•Ep. 95
Creating a Native Lawn
Horticulturist Krissy Boys describes her project to create a biodiverse "native lawn" at the Cornell University Botanic Gardens
Mar 24, 2021•29 min•Ep. 94
A Guide to Deer-Resistant Native Plants
Native plants expert Gregg Tepper discusses the new book he has co-authored with Ruth Rogers, Deer-Resistant Native Plants for the Northeast , and lays out strategies for co-existing with these voracious herbivores...
Mar 17, 2021•29 min•Ep. 93
New York City's First Growth Forest
Todd Forrest, vice president of horticulture and living collections at the New York Botanical Garden describes the 50-acre first growth forest flourishing in the Bronx and the lessons it can teach us about gardening and ecological restoration
Mar 10, 2021•29 min•Ep. 92
Inventing the Wild Garden
Tom Coward, head gardener at Gravetye Manor, details the legacy of the garden's founder, William Robinson, the Irishman who revolutionized English gardening in the 19th century.
Mar 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 91
Homegrown National Park
Dr. Douglas Tallamy, author of best-selling Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope , discusses a new on-line initiative, Homegrown National Park...
Feb 24, 2021•29 min•Ep. 90
Exploring the Mountain Top Arboretum
Marc Wolf, executive director of the Mountain Top Arboretum, escorts us through its stunning native habitats, homegrown education center, and ecological gardens
Feb 17, 2021•29 min•Ep. 89
Ellen Ecker Ogden and The New Heirloom Garden
Author and garden designer Ellen Ecker Ogden shares her book, The New Heirloom Garden , and details the environmental and culinary advantages of heirloom vegetables and fruits
Feb 10, 2021•29 min•Ep. 88
The Italian Garden Project
Mary Menniti describes her program to recognize and document the wonderful, resource-efficient and eco-friendly gardens of the Italian-American immigrant community.
Feb 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 87
The Bulb Hunter
Chris Wiesinger of The Southern Bulb Company describes his adventures in exploring the back roads and rural homesteads of Texas in pursuit of regionally adapted, heirloom flower bulbs.
Jan 27, 2021•29 min•Ep. 86
Kelly D. Norris Explains His New Naturalism
Author and horticulturist Kelly D. Norris discusses his brand new book, New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden
Jan 20, 2021•29 min•Ep. 85
Imagining in Stone
Sculptor Dan Snow shares the process by which he creates structures both practical and fantastic with stone, building without the use of mortar and commonly with materials collected from the landscape.
Jan 13, 2021•29 min•Ep. 84
Landscaping Without Herbicides
Kathleen Groll Connolly of, noted creator of native landscapes, details natural, herbicide-free techniques she uses to clear a site of invasive species and prepare it for replanting
Jan 06, 2021•29 min•Ep. 83
Invasives in a Time of Climate Change
Carrie Brown-Lima, Director of the New York Invasive Species Research Institute, discusses the evolving threat from invasive plant and animal species, and how they are reacting to a changing climate
Dec 30, 2020•29 min•Ep. 82
Regenerative Landscaping
"Sustainable" gardening is not enough, according to landscape designer Trevor Smith, past president of the Ecological Landscape Alliance. Trevor's goal is to restore the landscape to full health with his "regenerative landscaping."
Dec 23, 2020•29 min•Ep. 81
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