A child of the Midwest, Mark Dwyer is a passionate gardener, plants person, designer, horticulture speaker, educator and author. He has degrees in landscape architecture (University of Illinois) and urban forestry (UW-Stevens Point) and is former Director of Horticulture at the Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville WI. Currently Mark is the proprietor of Landscape Prescriptions by MD where he brings good design and an innovative use of plants to create landscapes of beauty and function for clie...
Aug 08, 2021•Season 6Ep. 138
Dr. Amy Johnson is a conservation scientist and Program Director for Virginia Working Landscapes, a community-based research program at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institiute. In this role, Amy leads a team that cultivates a dynamic network of private landowners, citizen scientists, NGO’s, state agencies and research scientists to collectively investigate the impacts of conservation management and land use on biodiversity in the Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont regions of VA. In addition ...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 137
Former Cullowhee Scholarship winner and current Landscape Architect Sadie Walters drops by to chat with John & Preston about her new project promoting sustainable charging stations for electric vehicles.
Jul 14, 2021
This week, John & Chris sit down with Dr. Sara 'Fern' Fitzsimmons to talk about her love of one of America's most iconic trees- the American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and to talk about it's chances of a future return to our forests.
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 136
Eleanor Allen is the CEO of Water For People, a global nonprofit working in Africa, Latin America, and Asia to help develop sustainable water and sanitation services for millions of people. She's a social entrepreneur recognized by the Schwab Foundation, a TEDx speaker, a Water Environment Federation Fellow, and an influential Woman of Water. She serves on the board of Parametrix and the University of Colorado. We welcome her here today to talk with us about the Global Water Crisis.
Jun 01, 2021•59 min•Season 6Ep. 135
Author, Naturalist and all around good guy, Dr. Doug Tallamy joins John Magee and Capital Naturalist Alonso Abugattas to discuss one of the most important trees we can add to our landscapes- the Oak (Quercus spp.). Known to support some 570 species of life, nothing can be more supportive to wildlife habitat than our most essential tree- the mighty Oak.
May 15, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 135
During a career spanning more than 30 years, Professor Jeff Ollerton has established himself as one of the world’s leading experts on pollinators and pollination. The author of more than 120 articles and book chapters, his highly-cited, ground-breaking research has been used by national and international agencies to support efforts to conserve pollinators and their pollination services.
May 06, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 134
For the last 10 years, Matthew has been managing the buildings and grounds of the Danvers Historical Society. There, Matthew's mission has been to restore the historic gardens as well as implement strategies to build resiliency into the landscape. Matthew also has a strong passion for using horticulture as a vehicle to educate the community about history, nature and our place in nature.
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 139
Matt Bright has been the Conservation Manager at Earth Sangha, an organization his parents founded in 1998 since 2011. Before that, he worked as a volunteer firefighter and EMT while attending Kenyon College in Ohio. Matt now splits his time between managing the Wild Plant Nursery -- Washington DC region's largest grower of exclusively local ecotype native plants, collecting seeds, sustainably and with permission from wild plant populations, and assisting with local restoration projects.
Apr 09, 2021•Season 6Ep. 134
Celia Vuocolo manages PEC’s Sustainable Habitat Program. She works with landowners interested in managing their property for wildlife habitat, provides outreach and education on wildlife and land stewardship, works on wildlife conservation policy issues and watershed-scale restoration initiatives, and also manages PEC’s conservation lands. She's here today to talk to us about the work PEC is doing to protect trout habitat and the role native plants play in that process.
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 133
On today's show, John sits down with Michael Myers of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy to talk about how local non-profits can help educate the public and conserve areas for wildlife habitat.
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 132
Beth Ginter, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, drops by to tell us about their certification for Professional Landscapers (CBLP) to help clean storm water runoff before it reaches the Bay.
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 131
Smithsonian Botanist John Boggan drops by to talk about why plants are named as they are and why plant names change from time to time.
Mar 04, 2021
At long last season 6 has arrived and in this first episode, John previews what we'll be diving into.
Feb 26, 2021
We went down to the NPP basement and did some searching for this one. Originally recorded in 2017, this show was 'lost' after recording and so some things may be out of date. things like the fact that Bill is no longer at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and is now at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia.
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 128
Uli Lorimer drops by to talk about the work being done with the Native Plant Trust and how to find good natives in the trade.
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 126
Another visitor from the Buckeye State as Andrew Lane Gibson joins John Magee & John Manion to discuss a lot of Orchids and other school stuff from across the state and beyond.
Aug 13, 2020
Susana's long time friend and Ecotourist Guide Norby Lopez drops in to chat with John & Susana about his industry and the changes that are happening due to the Coronavirus.
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 125
Join John & John as they interview Dr. Joyce Klaus and her husband Nathan Klaus about controlled burns.
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 125
Anna Maria León and her Husband Roy Diblik stop by to talk permaculture, raising your own food and doing good things for others, also known as helping out your community.
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 124
John & Susana sit down with Dr. Daniel Medina to talk about carbon sequestration and green infrastructure. How can we design our infrastructure to function better in a changing environment? Tune in to see.
Jun 19, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 124
Has humanity had such an influence upon the Earth that future generations will look back and see our indelible mark? Plastic? Splitting the atom? Moving invasive species from place to place? Is this the Anthropocene? Is this the age of man? Join John & Dr. Michael Osborne as they try and examine things in their own kind of way.
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 123
Jennifer Ceska coordinates all conservation activities at the State Botanical Garden, she coordinates the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance and the Georgia Native Plant Initiative, collaborating with colleagues in the Plant Conservation Program on the recovery of rare plant populations and the restoration of native habitats, she also inspires people to care about and value plants and all of the services they provide.
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 122
Janet Draper has served as Horticulturist for the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden since 1997. She earned her BS in Horticulture from Purdue University and has worked at the Ball Seed Company, Mt Cuba Center, Kurt Bluemel, Inc, the Plantage, Homestead Gardens and as a contractor for Oehme, van Sweden Associates. She has international horticultural experience through the Beth Chatto Gardens in England and the Staudengartnerei Grafin von Stein-Zeppelin in Germany. She was the President of the Perenni...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 121
Dr. Fernando Rodriguez is a life long friend of Mother of Chewy Susana Struve's. He joins us today to talk about his research into the study of Pollen, also known as Palynology. Learn how scientists are studying historic pollen deposits to determine and predict climate trends and especially how our climate has been in the past.
May 19, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 120
Future Dr. Katie Horton drops by to bring John & John up to date on her favorite Genus; Calycanthus Join us as we explore all the reasons everyone should have one of these plants.
May 05, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 119
Amy is the Director of Collections at Mt. Cuba Center and oversees both living and non-living collections. Currently she is engaged in expanding the genetic diversity of the gardens, developing standards for organizational learning, and coordinating the center's conservation efforts.
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 119
Join Western North Carolina (WNC)-based consulting botanist/plant ecologist Owen Carson as he delves into bogs of the southeast to explore their bio-geography, floral rarity and morphological specialization, and how they ultimately operate as a refuge for future sources of biodiversity within the greater landscape.
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 119
John & Susana met Evodia many moons ago at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA. They've remained friends ever since and in this episode, you'll get to meet the Dr. side of Evodia as we talk about the benefits of small, local markets and how this helps with sustainable agriculture and promoting native plants that might be edible.
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 118
Past guest John Manion joins the show as a co-host and invites his good friend Dr. Tom Diggs of the University of North Georgia to talk about Glade habitats and what it is to inspire others through teaching.
Mar 31, 2020•56 min•Season 5Ep. 118
