Best Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place Podcasts (2025)

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

3d ago1:05:13

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

3d ago1:05:13

1:05:13

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

10d ago1:01:57

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

10d ago1:01:57

1:01:57

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

17d ago1:00:08

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

17d ago1:00:08

1:00:08

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

24d ago59:20

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

24d ago59:20

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

1M ago1:05:24

1:05:24

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

1M 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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Transformational: From banker to trailblazing IDEA leader in public horticulture, Mae Lin Plummer 57:59

1M ago57:59

57:59

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

2M ago1:12:48

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

2M ago1:12:48

1:12:48

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

2M ago1:05:04

1:05:04

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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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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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

2M ago53:23

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From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito by Jennifer JewellBy Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place

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

2M ago53:23

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From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito by Jennifer JewellBy Jennifer Jewell

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

2M 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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Portrait of A Black Woman in Her Garden: Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens & Black Sanctuary Gardens 1:18:27

2M ago1:18:27

1:18:27

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

3M ago59:31

59:31

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

3M ago53:39

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

3M ago53:39

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

3M ago1:05:16

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

3M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

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

3M 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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Got Topiary? A conversation with plantsman/artist Mike Gibson 54:02

3M 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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The Collective & The Seed Farmer, Dan Brisebois 1:05:58

4M ago1:05:58

1:05:58

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

4M ago1:02:48

1:02:48

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

4M 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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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025: Prioritizing Rest, Balance, and JOY, with Dandy Ram Farm 55:12

4M ago55:12

55:12

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

4M 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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WINTER SOLSTICE SEASON SPECIAL: Being Still, with Mary Jo Hoffman (BEST OF) 1:22:47

4M ago1:22:47

1:22:47

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

5M ago1:01:37

1:01:37

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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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

5M 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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Longwood Reimagined with Horticultural Leader, Paul Redman 53:52

5M ago53:52

53:52

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

6M ago56:33

56:33

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

1:00:56

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

6M ago1:00:56

1:00:56

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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