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Last week Cultivating Place looked at Gardens and history through the lens of a historic Garden Cemetery – this week they look at Garden History through the interpretive lens of how we preserve, interpret, codify and share gardens past and present.

Host Dave Schlom chats with Tim James about his new book, Astronomical: From Quasars to Quarks the Science of Space at its Strangest.

Dr. Michael Greger is the author of the international bestseller How Not to Die. Local author Lani Muelrath advocates combining mindfulness with a vegan diet.

Host Dave Schlom talks to two scientists studying the solar system but in very different ways.

Cultivating Place welcomes Gavin Van Horn and Rowen White. The team shares with us a new multi-volume collection of written voices entitled "Kinship Belonging in a World of Relations" out now from the Center for Humans and Nature, based in Chicago.

Host Dave Schlom talks to two scientists and a farmer about the incredible delta ecosystem. First The Nature Conservancy's Rodd Kelsey and Point Blue Conservation Science ecologist Kristen Dybala talk about the scientific management of water and wildlife in the delta region for the benefit of nature and human interests -- especially agriculture. Then organic farmer and Nature Conservancy Land Manager and organic farmer Dawit Zeleke talk about the incredible property run by the TNC in the heart of the delta known as Staten Island.

In his book Garbology, Edward Humes takes readers on a tour of America's biggest export and our most incredible legacy: our trash. Also, Chico entrepreneur Andy Keller, founder, and president of ChicoBag speaks with Nancy about his participation in Garbology and his ChicoBag story.

In her memoir, author Rachel Michelberg opens up about her marriage and is faced with a difficult decision. Her husband, David, survives a plane crash and is left with severe brain damage. Will she dedicate her life to caring for a man she no longer loves, or walk away?

Listen in this week as we discuss how far we’ve come in our mainstream gardening practices this past 50 years, from companion planting to cover cropping, interplanting to the joys of watching predatory robber flies help control Japanese beetles. We also cover the even greater joy of knowing that more life in your garden equals more health in your garden life.

Blue Dot delves into some familiar territory, the early space program, but with some fresh takes on the space race with author Jeff Shesol. His new book, Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War is an amazing journey back to a time when America was decidedly NOT first in space.