最高の Natural History ポッドキャスト (2025)

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That Green Thing Inside US ALL, Jill Mays on Nurturing Nature, Gardening for Special Needs 58:41

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As the summer gardening season rolls into full-throated song, the idea of who has access to the work, joy, and benefits of this practice also comes into view—and feeds what Occupational Therapist and author Jill Mays calls that "green thing inside of us all."As an occupational therapist by career and calling, over the course of her professional lif…

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A Beautiful Journey, Plantswoman Holly Shimizu, Emeritus Director US Botanic Garden 1:01:49

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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 Gard…

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Happy May Day! Growing Home: Humble Roots & The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer 1:05:13

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This week on Cultivating Place we welcome May, with all of her floral and plant profusion, revisiting a conversation we loved with Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt of Humble Roots Nursery in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge. Acclaimed for their native plant passions, knowledge, and integrity, Kristin and Drew are the authors of the Pacific Northwest …

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For the Love of Soil, Start with Soil: Juliet Sargeant 1:01:57

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Juliet Sargeant is an award-winning English garden designer who blends beauty with purpose in every space she creates. Juliet’s unique background in medicine, science, and psychology gives her designs a whole new depth, focusing on wellbeing and connection.You might recognize her name from that time in 2016 when she made history as the first Black …

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The Holy Earth & The Nature Study Idea, John Stempien on the Legacy of Liberty Hyde Bailey 1:00:08

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In this holy season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the earth reviving herself in greenery and flowers, birds, bees, and butterflies all around us, I am so pleased to be in conversation today with a gardener who will represent another gardener -one in the here now and one from more than a century ago, whose words resonate into the presen…

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Love Letter to a Garden, Debbie Millman of Design Matters 59:20

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Debbie Millman has written love letters before. Her 20 years of creating and hosting the popular podcast Design Matters is just one of them. Her many books, several of them established reference books in the design and branding worlds, are among others. I am guessing she’s written a few to her wife the author Roxanne Gay, who contributed recipes to…

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The Vibrant New Natural Gardening of Kelly D. Norris 1:05:24

1M ago1:05:24

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You might remember Cultivating Place's first conversation with Iowa-based plantsman, Kelly D. Norris, back in 2021, in celebration of his book New Naturalism, designing and planting a resilient, ecologically vibrant home garden. And we’re so pleased to get him back this week in conversation with CP Guest Host Ben Futa to talk more about this curren…

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Transformational: From banker to trailblazing IDEA leader in public horticulture, Mae Lin Plummer 57:59

2M ago57:59

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This week on Cultivating Place, guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with a horticultural leader with big IDEAs. Mae Lin Plummer is the Director of the IDEA Center for Public Gardens in Denver Colorado.Mae Lin’s journey into gardening started in her backyard in Charlotte, NC where she simply wanted "a pretty place to throw parties." That blossome…

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Spring Equinox Special - Practicing re-enchantment: Encountering Dragonflies with Brooke Williams 1:12:48

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Happy Spring Equinox!To welcome Spring – especially this exact Spring in the US - practicing re-enchantment in our world seemed exactly the right focus. I think this is part of what Gardeners do: practice enchantment or love with the natural world we care for.We’re in conversation this week with Brooke Williams: writer, naturalist, amateur conserva…

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Life is Big: To Be A Poet Gardener, Tess Taylor 1:05:04

2M ago1:05:04

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Tess Taylor is a self-described Poet Gardener – and if there is ever a season to feel the poetry of life in the garden and with the plants in every cell of your body, it’s springtime! An award-winning poet with many collection titles to her name and editor of the life-supporting anthology Leaning Toward Light Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Te…

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Science Cafe: A Problem So Small You Can See It From Space 1:16:07

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Do we really consume a credit card’s worth of microplastics in a week? That depends largely on how you measure it. But one thing is certain: microplastics are all around us and they’re here to stay. These plastics may be small, but understanding their impact requires research at all scales. Zooming in, microplastics are not solo actors: they host a…

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The Curious Dr. Margaret Funk, Flora & Frost 57:17

2M ago57:17

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Dr. Margaret Funk is the curious Midwest gardener (and doctor) behind the online name Flora & Frost. Cultivating her Minnesota garden for years, like so many of us, she really dove in deep in 2020. She and her family have now converted most of their lawn into a vibrant garden with a small greenhouse, raised beds for veggies, ornamental plants, and …

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From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito 53:23

3M ago53:23

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Science Cafe: Disinformation, Social Media, and Elections 1:16:32

3M ago1:16:32

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Where do you get your news? How do "fake news" and social media affect your perspectives? New U-M research and scholarship can help us understand the widespread impact of disinformation and bias in our current ecosystem of social media and content sources. Please join Ariel Hasell from the Communication and Media department, and Barbara McQuade of …

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Portrait of A Black Woman in Her Garden: Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens & Black Sanctuary Gardens 1:18:27

3M ago1:18:27

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In celebration of Black History Month and looking forward to Women’s History Month - this week we’re so pleased to air another of our CP LIVE: Dialogues to Grow By conversations, recorded live in front of an audience on the home ground of the Cultivators of Place with whom we are speaking. This week’s CP LIVE recording focuses on the paradigm-shift…

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The Curiosity Driven Growing Life of Australia's Michael McCoy 59:31

3M ago59:31

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Many things motivate and drive us to love gardening, plants, and nature. Australia’s Michael McCoy, also known as The Gardenist, is a Gardener, botanist, designer, teacher, and international garden tour guide. In his garden life, motivation always comes back to curiosity. He says: "Behind any answer are 10 more questions leading me forward in the g…

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The Power of Public Green Spaces: NY's Elizabeth Street Garden with Joseph Reiver 53:39

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The Elizabeth Street Garden in New York City’s Little Italy and SoHo neighborhoods is a one-acre public garden founded in 1991 by Allan Reiver, an artist and art dealer who passed in 2021. The lot on which the garden has grown these many years is owned by the city and managed by the non-profit community group, Elizabeth Street Garden. Joseph Reiver…

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Science Café: The Future of MRNA Vaccines 1:08:14

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We have seen how mRNA vaccines have changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the occurrence of severe illness and saving lives. What is the future of this biotechnology? Join Rachel Niederer and Nils Walter of the U-M Department of Chemistry and the Center for RNA Biomedicine to learn how mRNA vaccine technology could address influenza…

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Creativity, Self-Knowledge, and Artistic Ingenuity: Passionflower Sue 1:05:16

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Creativity is one of those anchors-to-windward in unsettled and worrisome times. So is a hands-on, creative project – with bonus points for working with organic materials (natural fibers, clay, or – flowers)!Just in time for Valentine’s Day, and all the spring events cascading from there in the coming months, we’re joined this week by a woman who h…

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Got Topiary? A conversation with plantsman/artist Mike Gibson 54:02

4M ago54:02

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This week, Guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with legendary topiary artist and star of the HGTV hit show Clipped, Mike ‘Gibby-Siz’ Gibson. Mike is based out of sunny Columbia, South Carolina, where he owns and operates his own business, “Gibson Works.”Abra and Mike talk about all things Topiary arts in their lively conversation! Diving into Mi…

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The Collective & The Seed Farmer, Dan Brisebois 1:05:58

4M ago1:05:58

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This week – in the wind, rain, snow, and fires of early 2025 so far – it is good to be able to focus on SEEDs this week – seeds remind us so tangibly of our ability to get small, to slow down into a fortified dormancy of resilience, rest, and regrowth – and the possibilities inherent in all of those states.And this week, Cultivating Place does just…

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Resolution Support: The Five-Minute Gardener, Nicole Burke of Gardener 1:02:48

4M ago1:02:48

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Maybe your New Year’s resolution was to take up gardening, or to garden more, or in a new way? Well, this week’s Cultivating Place conversation is all about making time for gardening even for very busy people! Nicole Burke, the energy force behind the online forum known as Gardenary, is with us to share more about the philosophy centered in her new…

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Science Café: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 1:04:20

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What is machine learning? Is it the same as artificial intelligence? Please join Raed Al Kontar of the U-M Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering to discuss how machine learning algorithms can be applied to distributed systems such as cars, phones, and hospitals, where data comes from many sources.…

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Science Café: Politics and Power in Your Morning Coffee 1:05:38

4M ago1:05:38

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Coffee production has a history as a colonial crop, destructive to the environment. Can coffee support biodiversity and local farms? What if we teach farmers how to grow coffee sustainably? What if doing so means opposing mega-corporations, or even advocating for political independence? Learn about new research and education efforts by two U-M scie…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025: Prioritizing Rest, Balance, and JOY, with Dandy Ram Farm 55:12

5M ago55:12

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To ring in the New Year, this week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is in conversation with Bo Dennis, lead farmer and designer of Dandy Ram farm, located in rural Maine. Dandy Ram is an LGBTQ+ flower farm and floral design studio that sustainably grows and designs florals for weddings and ships evergreen and floral products nationally. Da…

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WINTER SOLSTICE SEASON SPECIAL: Being Still, with Mary Jo Hoffman (BEST OF) 1:22:47

5M ago1:22:47

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Happy Winter Solstice season! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest night and the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, which took place on December 21st, this week we revisit a conversation about getting STILL.We hold a moment of stillness to notice and honor our places, our selves, and our many companions in time an…

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Science Cafe: High Tech Bones and Buildings 1:04:20

5M ago1:04:20

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High-resolution 3D scans, prints, and renderings are changing the way scientists work! Please join Adam Rountrey of the U-M Museum of Paleontology and Nic Terrenato of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology for a look at the research and educational opportunities made possible by 3D imaging and printing. With accurate digital "copies" available, are the …

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The King of Camellias, Sidney Frazier of Middleton Place, Charleston, SC 53:28

5M ago53:28

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This week, CP Guest Host Abra Lee celebrates the season in conversation with the King of Camellias, Sidney Frazier. Sidney is based out of sunny Charleston, South Carolina, where he sits as Vice President of Horticulture at Middleton Place - a historic home and garden there is believed to be the oldest landscaped garden in America. Camellias were f…

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Science Cafe: Policy from the Pulpit? Influences on Climate Change Skepticism 59:59

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Climate change action is one of the most urgent questions we face. What influences public opinion on this issue? Recent research has shown that religious affiliation is not a consistent predictor for climate change skepticism. The exception to this rule is evangelical protestants who consistently poll as more skeptical than the general population. …

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Arboreal Obsession and Growing the World: The Tree Collectors, with Amy Stewart 1:01:37

5M ago1:01:37

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Many gardeners are also collectors. Collectors of things like pots, books, seeds, and - of course - plants. Some plant collecting gardeners collect flowers, shrubs, herbs or seeds. Others collect trees – and when writer, artist and curious human Amy Stewart, award winning author of Flower Confidential, Wicked Plants, and The Drunken Botanist, ran i…

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The Garden of Words with Katie Elzer-Peters 54:56

5M ago54:56

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This week, Cultivating Place’s guest host, Ben Futa, is in conversation with Katie Elzer-Peters, owner and founder of The Garden of Words, a digital marketing agency for the green industry. Katie is a lifelong plant lover, storyteller, communicator, and artist. An early love for museums and public gardens led Katie to discover what has today become…

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Longwood Reimagined with Horticultural Leader, Paul Redman 53:52

6M ago53:52

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This week, when many in the US have time off with family and friends, we note our gratitude for Public Gardens and green spaces around our country and in our lives. Guest-Host Abra Lee is in conversation with one of North America’s public garden leaders, Paul Redman. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Longwood Gardens for the last 16 years…

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All flourishing is mutual, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Best Of) 56:33

6M ago56:33

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In honor of the season of gratitude, festivities, long nights, rest, and reflection upon us, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous scholar, professor, land and culture tender, MacArthur Genius Grant award winner, mother, and all around wonderful human.She is also a gardener. Her book, Braiding Sweetgrass (…

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Exploring the frontiers of garden design with The New Perennialist, Tony Spencer of Ontario, CA 1:00:56

6M ago1:00:56

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In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, and all that they are growing in this world, this week in particular I am delighted to be in conversation with a longtime and inspiring plants person.Tony Spencer is the plantsman cultivator behind the Canadian-based endeavor, which for the last decade has been known as The New P…

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Somewhere That's Green, with plantsman John Kish 55:07

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This week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa of Botany in South Bend, Indiana, is back, this time in conversation with John Kish in the desert town of Bend, Oregon.John is the founder and owner of Somewhere That’s Green, an indoor plant shop and home of the Greenhouse Cabaret Theatre. Per John’s vision, his work and life are a combination pl…

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All Hallows Eve/Samhain & our wildest dreams, with Jen Williams of Wild Dreams Farm & Seed 1:02:40

7M ago1:02:40

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Sometimes our dreams didn’t start out as our dreams. Sometimes, our current dreams were once just seeds germinating in the crucible of time and experience leading up to what is now. For seed farmer Jen Williams, being a seed farmer situated within a small island community was not always the dream.The dream to effect meaningful change in the world a…

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The Poetic Garden Legacy of the Harlem Renaissance's Effie Lee Newsome 1:03:52

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Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and W. EB Dubois are some of the many recognizable names of an intellectual cultural and artistic period in American history known as the Harlem Renaissance. This week, CP Guest Host Abra Lee is in conversation with Reverend Jerri Mitchell-Lee. They enjoy a deep dive into the history of Effie Lee Newsome, anothe…

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All the wild rhythms: Wild Plant Culture with Jared Rosenbaum 1:13:50

7M ago1:13:50

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The wilds of New Jersey might sound like a humorous oxymoron to many – many who don’t live in New Jersey. Humor is one of our guests' great traits this week, along with his deep love of the plants and places making up New Jersey and its wilds—whether scrappy and unlikely roadside verges or extant majestic old-growth forests. Jared Rosenbaum and his…

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LIVE with Golden State Linen (formerly known as Chico Flax) 1:04:36

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This week, we’re so excited to air the first listen to one of our CP LIVE conversations, which were recorded live in front of an audience on the home ground of the Cultivators of Place with whom we are speaking.I am so thrilled to kick the airing of this series off on my own home ground in Northern California - back in conversation with Sandy Fishe…

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KISS MY ASTER's ASTER GARDENS, with Amanda Thomsen 53:41

8M ago53:41

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Amanda Thomsen is a horticulturist, garden designer, keynote speaker, freelance writer, backyard consultant, and author living in suburban Chicago. Amanda wants to help the world live more sustainably (but without a load of effort and twice the fun!).Amanda has been a professional horticulturist, landscape designer, and project manager for the past…

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The Field Guides Among Us: Dr. Alan Weakley, Director UNC Chapel Hill Herbarium 1:02:55

8M ago1:02:55

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Dr. Alan Weakley is a career-long botanist and conservation biologist firmly rooted in the southeast region of the U.S. For a little over 23 years, Dr. Weakley has served as the director of the UNC Chapel Hill Herbarium, which since 2000 has been part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Throughout his career, from his PhD work to his professori…

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Pre Autumnal Equinox Celebration with Erin Benzakein of Floret & Floret Originals 1:05:39

8M ago1:05:39

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Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm needs little introduction to most garden-minded listeners. She has been so instrumental is cultivating a flower-farmer and flower-farming economy in our country. Her innovative and dedicated seed research and breeding work of the past almost decade, however, is whole new lens through which to appreciate her work…

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Something in The Woods Loves You, with Jarod K. Anderson 55:58

8M ago55:58

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One day in his mid-adulthood, at a particularly low point after many years of battling debilitating depression, Jarod K. Anderson witnessed the presence of a Great Blue Heron fishing in a creek in the woods near his home. In the opening pages of his new book, Something in the Woods Loves You, he describes the transformative moment of meeting this “…

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Gardens in Spaces of Incarceration, with Cultural Geographer Dr. Elizabeth Lara 1:23:04

8M ago1:23:04

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This week, in honor of Labor Day just passed, we venture into the world of garden preservation, history through the lens of spaces of incarceration, and how these can help all of us consider, with clearer eyes, the great diversity of ways in which the word Garden is used.We’re in conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Lara, a cultural geographer and Garde…

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BEST OF conversation with Gwendolyn Wallace author "Joy Takes Root" 56:35

9M ago56:35

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At this back-to-school, change-of-seasons moment, I thought we would all enjoy a good bedtime-story vibe. Enjoy this Best of CP conversation with Gwendolyn Wallace. Gwendolyn Wallace is a gardener, a student, a teacher, a historian, and the author of two new works of illustrated children’s literature. Joy Takes Root, and The Light She Feels Inside …

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Thoughtful alchemy & sustainable floristry, Shane Connolly 54:44

9M ago54:44

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This week, A BEST OF conversation. In this long, hot, fiery summer here in Northern CA and wet and windy summer in other parts of the country – I really needed some flowers – and thought our conversation with the UK’s Shane Connolly might be just the thing. ENJOY!As we tend toward summer’s end, with end of summer and fall events and celebrations pe…

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Back to school (with plants) - Sean Doherty, VP of Education, Missouri Botanical Garden 59:22

9M ago59:22

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It’s back to school time – you can tell by the ads on television and radio (yes, I was watching the Olympics!) and by the displays at the stores with notebooks, pencils, backpacks, and lunch boxes being on prominent display. As you and I know, one of the best classrooms available to us all is the outdoors – from the wildlands of fields, woods, and …

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Welcome to the Shrub Club: Shrouded in Light Kevin Philip Williams & Michael Guidi 1:24:54

9M ago1:24:54

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Late July, August, and September (the dog days of summer with the constellation Sirius high in the night sky) are perhaps the stretch of the year in most climates of the Northern Hemisphere that really show you what your garden and plants are made of (for better or worse) after months of them producing and growing under long hours of sun, high heat…

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The Botanical Journey & Lexicon of a Caring Plantsperson, with Tim Johnson, Native Plant Trust 1:09:13

10M ago1:09:13

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Tim Johnson is engaged in the native plant and garden worlds on both personal and professional levels. Having worked with Seed Savers Exchange earlier in his career, Tim last joined us on Cultivating Place a few years back as Executive Director for The Botanic Garden of Smith College.Tim is a spouse, a father, a life long learner and gardener, and …

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A Devotion to the Mysterium of Place as an Antidote to Existential Homesickness, with Janisse Ray 1:04:30

10M ago1:04:30

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Working under the online name Trackless Wild, Janisse Ray is an American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist.Just about everything she does speaks to me of the largest meaning and importance of what it means to be a capital G gardener in our world.A moving storyteller, speaker, and teacher, her book titles include Ecology of A Cracker Ch…

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