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Sep 12

SOMETHING IN THE WOODS LOVES YOU, JAROD K. ANDERSON

Jarod K. Anderson is a poet and nature enthusiast - his book, Something in the Woods Loves You – “the story of the darkest stretch of a...

May 30

REWARDING GREAT DESIGN: DESIGN FUTURIST AWARDS, with SARAH BECK, PACIFIC HORTICULTURE

With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and...

Dec 14, 2023

UPROOTING, with MARCHELLE FARRELL, AFROLIAGE

Caribbean-born, British-based writer and gardener Marchelle Farrell is the author of Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside,...

Oct 12, 2023

STAR-GAZING, YARD-SHARING, IMAGINATION & COMMUNITY ACTIVATING, OLLY COSTELLO DRAWS US TOGETHER

This week on Cultivating Place we return to the artistry and also the activism of our plant loving and garden growing lives in...

Sep 28, 2023

FROM JOYFUL PARTICIPATION IN A WORLD OF SORROWS TO COSMOSIS, ARTIST LIBBY ELLIS

As we move toward October, the first in what will be a few intermittent episodes across fall and winter reminding us of the artistry...

Aug 24, 2023

BACK TO SCHOOL: THE INSTITUTE FOR FOOD FARM at MIAMI UNIVERSITY of OHIO

Can you believe it is already back to school season? This week we look to what back to school means for our lifelong learning and plants....

Jun 22, 2023

SOLSTICE SEASON: MARKING & MAKING MEANING, DAY SCHILDKRET of MORNING ALTARS

It’s a big week, the week of the Solstice, and here in the US the week of Juneteenth and National Pollinator Week. In our ongoing...

Mar 23, 2023

THE W.W. SEYMOUR BOTANICAL CONSERVATORY, TACOMA, WA, with PLANTSWOMAN TYRA SHENAURLT

As we come toward the finale of Women’s history month, this week we head Northwest - to Tacoma, Washington. Horticulturist/Plantswoman...

Dec 22, 2022

TO BE A GARDENER, COMMUNITY-RESTORATION ECOLOGIST, CRIS SARABIA

This episode is dedicated to the remarkable and beloved P-22, the mountain lion who made LA his home, captured our imaginations, and...

Nov 25, 2022

THANKFUL: A THOUSAND WAYS TO PAY ATTENTION, WITH REBECCA SCHILLER

Rebecca Schiller is a gardener, a smallholding steward, an activist, and women's rights campaigner - founder and trustee of human rights...

Sep 22, 2022

REGENERATION FROM AN INTENTION OF DEEP JOY AND FUN, FARMER RISHI

Aug 18, 2022

THE PRAIRIE GARDENER GO-TO GUIDES, with CANADIAN GARDENER JANET MELROSE

In our ongoing exploration of where gardeners are and what they are doing in our world right now, I am very pleased to head pretty far...

Aug 11, 2022

TEST PLOT FOR A COMMUNITY-BASED LAND STEWARDSHIP ETHIC, with JEN TOY & JENNY JONES

This week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with Jenny Jones and Jen Toy. They are gardeners, landscape architects, and caring...

Jun 24, 2022

NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK & POLLINATION ECOLOGY with DR. MONIKA EGERER

It is really and truly summer now. Are your gardens and parks full of the sound, movements, and magic of winged life – the fluttering of...

Jun 9, 2022

LONG LIVE LOVE FOUNDATION & THEIR SERENITY HEALING GARDEN

This week we consider the idea of mental health and our gardens from an even more poignant perspective. In the wake of the recent Uvalde...

May 12, 2022

GETTING GARDENFIT FOR LIFELONG GARDENING, WITH MADELINE HOOPER & JEFF HUGHES

In the interest of maintaining my own lifelong love of gardening until the very very last moment possible, and all of you gardeners out...

Apr 21, 2022

EARTH DAY - PARKS FOR THE NATURE OF EVERYONE, OLMSTED200

In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, this week Cultivating Place is in conversation about a person who committed their career to the...

Apr 7, 2022

SAGING THE WORLD, PREPARING FOR CA NATIVE PLANT WEEK, ROSE RAMIREZ & DEBORAH SMALL

Rose Ramirez is a California native plant gardener, basketweaver, photographer, and educator of Chumash descent; Deborah Small is an...

Mar 24, 2022

A SCIENTIST'S QUEST FOR NATURE'S NEXT MEDICINES, DR. CASSANDRA QUAVE

In today’s world of synthetic pharmaceuticals, Dr. Cassandra Quave believes our connection to the natural and plant world is in fact our...

Mar 10, 2022

GARDENS BY & FOR REFUGEES: IRC's DENVER-BASE & REGENERATION NOW

This week, a timely and rich with agency conversation on gardens by and for refugee populations.Areti Athanasopoulos is a Denver,...

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