The Gardens of Alcatraz, with Shelagh Fritz
Alcatraz is a name rich with story, myth, and drama. It is also a dramatic sight where history, gardens, and how gardens grow us better all...
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In Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden we will speak with a wide variety of people passionate about plants, gardens and natural history. We wi...
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20 of 517 episodesA New Garden Society, with Erika Rumbley and Renee Portonova
Erika Rumbley and Renee Portanova are Co-Founders and Directors of The New Garden Society. Now, you may hear that phrase and think of a gard...
We're all history in the making, life lessons from garden history
All history reminds us that we are all history in the making! Garden history reminds us that we as gardeners, our gardens, our gardening, an...
High Elevation Balancing Act, Jennifer Bousselot, Colorado State University
At the height of summer, we head to the mile-high city to think more about cultivating place at elevation: human-made and natural elevations...
Rooted in Relationships, Plantsman Allen Bush
Allen Bush is an esteemed plantsman and lifelong advocate for the joy of gardening. He joins Cultivating Place Host Abra Lee in conversation...
A Path For All, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ
What does accessibility mean in the garden? In a public garden? Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit NJ, an historic estate and garden, has been...
Slow Design, Thoughtful Places, Andrew Fisher Tomlin
Planting design is an essential skill in garden design writ large, for the health and beauty of a site– functionally, environmentally, and p...
Sunchoke Farms, Next in the Cultivating South Bend Series
Cultivating Place well so often comes down to sharing the abundance of growing from a place of love and a strong sense of community and home...
Following What Flourishes, with Amanda Hannah
Amanda Hannah is the Director of Botanical Garden Horticulture at Holden Forests & Gardens in Cleveland, Ohio. Amanda’s path into horticultu...
Summer Solstice Special–SummerHome Garden's Lisa Negri, Denver, CO
We are finally at peak daylight and the Summer Solstice–which officially takes place June 21st this year. Summer speaks of garden parties an...
Preparing for International Pollinator Week with Krystle Hickman, Author, Artist, Native Bee Adventurer
The conservation of biodiversity writ large is directly tied to the conservation of native bees, crucial pollinators in our cultivated and w...
Turning Space into PLACE: ReGen South Bend
What makes a place a place, versus just any space? Tyler Kanchazeski is a sustainability advocate and the founder and owner of ReGen South B...
Sustainability and Stewardship – A Conversation with Brent “Fig” Figlestahler
This week on Cultivating Place, public gardens as living classrooms, the quiet power of trees in city life, and how tending landscapes can c...
A Radical Plan: Village Homes in Davis, CA turns 50!
This week, we continue plumbing the potential of gardens and gardeners for growing a future we want to cultivate- for the benefit of all. In...
Tiny Gardens Everywhere, with MIT's Kate Brown
Kate Brown is an MIT Distinguished Professor in the History of Science. Across her career, her research has sometimes inadvertently document...
Flora Culture with Christin Geall of Cultivated by Christin
This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with our flower theme as we celebrate May, looking toward the most floral of celebrations, Mothe...
REALLY ROSES, with Robin Jennings of Oregon-based Heirloom (Roses)
Roses are one of those topics in the garden world: they can be polarizing or energizing. And yet, given that there are roses native to most...
Between Soil and Self - A conversation with John Sonnier
This week, Cultivating Place host Abra Lee explores diplomacy and gardens. She’s in conversation with John Sonnier, Head Gardener at the Bri...
Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank (MARSB) with Ed Toth and John Price
This week, when we think about Cultivating Place well, we get to the seed of the matter in conversation with the team at the Mid-Atlantic Re...
Gardens as Social Infrastructure, Gardeners as Public Servants, with Chris Felhaber
Chris Felhaber is a gardener, a husband, and a father. Now based in the Chicago area, Chris has worked in public horticulture in a variety o...