
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 24, 2026 – Fresh From the Garden with Timothy Pakron
The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – s...
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The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – s...

Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on so...

When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or may...

I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. T...

Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible...

Are you a follower of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant...

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And...

Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is he...

I know, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds...

The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can ma...

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...

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...

If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in re...

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...

The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive...

Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guid...

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...

If we’re shopping for native plants with the most ecological impact—ones with the most pollinator appeal, for example—then simply choosing b...

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...

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...