Giving a Neater, more Domesticated Look to the Native Plant Garden
Many homeowners who admire the beauty and environmental benefits of native plants don’t care for the wilderness look of the typical naturalized native...
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Your weekly half-hour program about environmentally informed gardening. Each week we bring you a different expert, a leading voice on gardening in partnership with Nature. Our goal is to make your landscape healthier, more beautiful, more sustainable, and more fun.
Will Nature Heal Itself?
Skeptics say that invasive species are not a serious threat to biodiversity, that “Nature will heal itself” despite the looming, man-made mass extinc...
Blending Native and Non-Native Plants to Benefit Pollinators – and Gardeners
Karen Bussolini of historic nursery White Flower Farm makes the case for how a mix of native and non-native flowers can feed pollinators better throug...
Making Lawns Non-toxic and Environmental Contributors
Environmentalists say the traditional lawn must go, but homeowners commonly love their turf. Organic lawn specialist Shay Lunseth outlines how we can...
Back to the Future
Amanda Douridas of the Ohio State University Extension Service describes cover cropping, an ancient practice that can move your vegetable garden towar...
A Natural Gardening Leader Speaks Out
In a conversation recorded in February, 2020, Benjamin Vogt discusses his pioneering book, A New Garden Ethic, and the need for gardeners to become ac...
Rethinking Lawns
Dr. Rebecca Barak describes the collaboration between the Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago Park District, Northwestern University, and the University o...
For Peat’s Sake
Alex Critchley and Sarah Johnson of The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside describe the growing movement in Britain to ban t...
A Founder of the American Conservation Movement Evolves to Address Contemporary Challenges
Established in 1875, American Forests is a non-profit that was an enormously influential pioneer in addressing the over-exploitation and destruction o...
The Coevolution Arms Race
Dr. Anurag Agrawal of Cornell University describes the many ways that plants defend themselves against locally indigenous insects, and how the insects...