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Gardens are more than collections of plants. Gardens and Gardeners are intersectional spaces and agents for positive change in our world. Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program & podcast exploring what we mean when we garden. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place illustrates the many ways in which gardens are integral to our natural and cultural literacy. These conversations celebrate how these interconnections support the places we cultivate, how they nourish our bodies, and feed our spirits. They change the world, for the better. Take a listen.
Original Theme Music by Ma Muse, Engineer and Producer Matt Fidler, Executive Producer Sarah Bohannon.
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Janisse Ray joins Cultivating Place this week to explore what it means to be devoted to place - in word, action, and spirit.
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This week we revisit a favorite conversation from the archive, “The Comfort of Crows, A Backyard Year," with author and backyard tender and observer, Margaret Renkl.
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Frederick Livingston is the author of Trees are Bridges to the Sky, a collection of essays and poems exploring the human-climate connection.
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This week of the Fourth of July, we’re working from the premise that great stewardship of place (plants and people) is foundational to good citizenship. We are looking to the desert Southwest in conversation with Alexandra Zamecnik, Executive Director of Native Seed/SEARCH.
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We celebrate National Pollinator Week with Tora Rocha of the Pollinator Posse based in Oakland, CA, sharing all things about the love of pollinators. Tora is a gardener, ecosystem steward, leader, and innovator in public gardening.
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Happy (almost) Summer Solstice! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, taking place on June 20th, we get Still.
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In honor of Juneteenth celebrations coming up, we check in on the Anne Spencer House & Garden in Lynchburg, VA.
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Félix de Rosen joins Cultivating Place to share more about his garden life journey, his philosophy, and the experience of considering the idea of "a Garden’s purpose” from a multitude of perspectives.
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This week, Sarah Beck Pacific Horticulture’s Executive Director joins Cultivating Place to share more about the process and purpose of these awards – entries for which are being accepted now through July 26th, 2024. Listen in!
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This week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with Kristen Bradley, Co-founder and Creative Director of the world renowned Australian-based Milkwood Permaculture.