Gardening Ethics

In honor of the new year, fresh-faced and open-hearted in front of us, Abra Lee, Ben Futa, and Jennifer Jewell are together this week for a first-ever CP Host check-in.

In honor of the Winter Solstice this coming weekend, on December 21st at 10:03 AM Pacific, we celebrate land- and place-based cultivation grounded in cultural and spiritual care, leading the way.

This week on Cultivating Place we celebrate one woman’s long-standing and loving cultivation of place in rural New Jersey. Janet Mavec is the steward and student of Bird Haven Farm, which after many years of learning from and loving, she now celebrates in word and image in her new place-based memoir.

This week on Cultivating Place we celebrate one woman’s long-standing and loving cultivation of place in rural New Jersey. Janet Mavec is the steward and student of Bird Haven Farm, which after many years of learning from and loving, she now celebrates in word and image in her new place-based memoir.

This week on Cultivating Place, we look towards the heart of the thankful season in memory of the enormous, fierce, and grateful soul of Rabbi Arthur Waskow, who passed from this world on October 20th, fighting for the beauty of the world right up to the end.

John Hart Asher is a co-founder and senior environmental designer with the Blackland Collaborative. And he understands Cultivating Place well as a process of constantly practicing the art of becoming a cultivator.

Jared Barnes, who has been a passionate gardener since childhood, is now a Professor of Horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In addition to his academic role, Dr. Barnes is a writer who writes under the pen name Meristem and hosts the Plantastic podcast.

This week on Cultivating Place, Host Ben Futa is in conversation with Rebecca McMackin, a dedicated public servant working in the context of ecological horticulture.

This week we finish up Artober on CP, in conversation with artist, Mary Jackson, a renowned sweetgrass basket weaver known for combining traditional methods with contemporary designs.

Welcome to our next airing of a CP LIVE* conversation, this time in celebration of Artober in conversation with Sofia Laçin and Hennessy Christophel, of LA-based Studio Tutto.