Design Ideas from Madoo – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 22, 2026
The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can ma...
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20 of 168 episodesA Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 15, 2026 – Christin Geall on ‘Flora Culture’
I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – ever...
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 8, 2026 – Elise Howard on Native-Plant Adventures
When today’s guest, Elise Howard, and I talked on the show in March, her new book “Plant This, Not That” was just out. The popular book offe...
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 1, 2026 – Hummingbirds and Red Flowers
If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in re...
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 25, 2026 – Paul Bannick on Owls
Owls: They are birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low ligh...
Jeff Epping on Gravel Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 18, 2026
The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive...
The Wildr App, Guide to an Eco-Journey – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 11, 2026
Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guid...
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 4, 2026 – Stephen Orr on Using Color
How confident are you about the use of color in your garden, and where do you draw your inspiration from for creating a pleasing palette? Th...
A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – April 27, 2026 – Sam Hoadley on Native Cultivars
If we’re shopping for native plants with the most ecological impact—ones with the most pollinator appeal, for example—then simply choosing b...
Performance Plants of the High Line – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 20, 2026
Both gardeners and their plants have to be more resilient than ever these days in our changing climate, it seems. At the High Line in New Yo...
Marlene Zuk on Outsider Animals – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 13, 2026
I’m privileged to observe a fascinating diversity of animals outside where I live, but the term “Outsider Animals” was new to me—and it’s th...
Becca Rodomsky-Bish on Bird Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 6, 2026
I always say that birds taught me to garden, as I watched their behavior here at my place, and added more of the plants and features they se...
Shaun McCoshum on Creating Habitat – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 30, 2026
We talk about pollinator gardens, and seek out the plants that provide that essential nourishment to bees and butterflies and moths, for exa...
Ned Friedman on Wisdom in a Tree – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 23, 2026
I wish that when I was a college freshman, a course like Harvard’s seminar called “Tree” had been part of the curriculum, because since I le...
Elise Howard’s ‘Plant This, Not That’ – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 16, 2026
You’ve seen and heard the list of no-no plants that were showy longtime nursery and garden standards, but have proven invasive and nee...
Let’s Get Out and Botanize – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 9, 2026
When spring approaches and we get out into the garden again, it’s easy to get distracted by the to-do list, or just by the latest pretty thi...
Margaret Renkl on the Weedy Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 2, 2026
Margaret Renkl’s newest book “The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends,” is aimed at children, but it’s really for everyone, she s...
Joe Lamp’l on Seed-Starting Mixes – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 23, 2026
When growing from seed, the long list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean (or...
Sarah Kleeger on Homegrown Spices – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 16, 2026
What do you say we explore expanding our herb-gardening efforts to include some goodies to fill those jars in the spice rack, too? Most of u...
Peace Seedlings on Rainbow of Peas – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 9, 2026
“The dream has always been a rainbow of peas,” Dylana Kapuler said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion...