Gardening

This week on CP we dive deeper into ArtTober in conversation with one of our favorite creatives, artists, gardeners, writers, teachers, and flower lovers.

This week on CP, we kick off ARTOBER. Host Ben Futa is talking all things Wild By Design, the Art of Planting. He’s in conversation with Ben O’Brien of Wild By Design, who creates "artfully crafted, richly planted, lovingly tended gardens".

In conversation with Rose Vincent, Resource Sharing Librarian at the New York Botanical Garden’s renowned Mertz Library. Vincent helps make one of the world’s greatest collections of botanical knowledge accessible to people everywhere.

We’re in conversation with the deeply placed, curiosity, and art-based duo of Margaux and Walter Kent – visionaries behind the artful life resource known as Peg & Awl.

The Green Cincinnati Plan (GCP) is a now- 17 year running community vision updated every regularly to address climate change and build a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient future for its citizens.

Cultivating Place celebrates late summer and fall on the horizon in conversation about one of fall’s stars in the garden: past, present, and future.

This week on Cultivating Place, host Abra Lee dives into the world of pathways to plant professions with Jazmin Albarran, executive Director of Seed Your Future, a non-profit whose vision is a world where Everyone understands the power of plants and is aware of the promising careers in the art, science, technology, and business of horticulture.

Cultivating Place is in conversation with the Giving Grove’s Co-Executive Director, Ashley Vernon, and Ryan Watson, the National Orchard Operations and Education Manager, who share more about their work nurturing communal orchardists across the country in 16 sites and 650 little orchards with big impact.

As summer warms and mellows into its Augustness, we’re in conversation this week with two humans who are cultivating their place with the specific purpose of keeping native extant prairie alive and thriving. Stephen Packard and Eriko Kojima of the Somme Prairie Grove Nature Preserve in Illinois.

The Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, WI, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its annual GLEAM light show. This year's exhibit will focus on the concept of reflection, with illuminated art installations from artists across the country brightening the gardens at night. CP host Ben Futa will be in conversation with Show Curator Benjamin Smith and Public Programs Manager Missy Jeanne to discuss the upcoming GLEAM season.