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Tom Christopher
August 26, 2020

Ethan Dropkin – Native Annuals

Tom Christopher
August 26, 2020

Ethan Dropkin of Larry Weaner Landscape Associates describes the invaluable role our native annuals can play in the ecological landscape

Tom Christopher
August 19, 2020

Dr. Carole Cheah – Preserving Native Hemlocks

Tom Christopher
August 19, 2020

Dr. Carole Cheah of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station describes her institution's successful program to protect eastern hemlocks, a foundational species of woodland habitats, from the hemlock woolly adelgid, an introduced pest that has too often proved fatal in other regions.

Tom Christopher
August 12, 2020

Urban Water Group – harvesting rain water for garden sustainability

Tom Christopher
August 12, 2020

Award-winning landscape designers Marilee Kuhlman and Tom Rau explain the techniques they use to harvest rain water and make their gardens more climate adapted and sustainable

Tom Christopher
August 6, 2020

Ben Pfeiffer – Firefly Conservation

Tom Christopher
August 6, 2020

Master Naturalist Ben Pfeiffer, founder of Firefly Conservation and Research, discusses the wonders of fireflies, the challenges they face, and how gardeners can foster these intriguing insects

Tom Christopher
July 29, 2020

Sam Van Aken – Living Sculpture With Heirloom Fruit Trees

Tom Christopher
July 29, 2020

Artist Sam Van Aken explains how he uses grafting to create living sculptures from heirloom fruit trees while preserving our historic fruit heritage

Tom Christopher
July 22, 2020

Paul Jenkins & Miriam Goldberger – Wildflower Farm

Tom Christopher
July 22, 2020

The co-founders of Wildflower Farm discuss this pioneering nursery's 3-decade history of innovation and its impact on environmentally based gardening.

Tom Christopher
July 15, 2020

Maggie Redfern – Planting Native Street Trees

Tom Christopher
July 15, 2020

Maggie Redfern of the Connecticut College Arboretum discusses planting native species as street trees and restoring urban habitat

Tom Christopher
July 8, 2020

Lawn to Wildflowers

Tom Christopher
July 8, 2020

Nash Turley of the University of Central Florida discusses the program he and colleague Barbara Sharanowski have developed to help homeowners nationwide convert areas of lawn to pollinator habitat painlessly and quickly with the help of their mobile phones.

Tom Christopher
July 1, 2020

Michael Gaige – Historical Ecology

Tom Christopher
July 1, 2020

Historical ecologist Michael Gaige details how he reads clues in the landscape to reveal its past and understand its present

Tom Christopher
June 24, 2020

Jennifer Jewell – The Earth in Her Hands

Tom Christopher
June 24, 2020

Award-winning broadcaster Jennifer Jewell discusses her new book, The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

Tom Christopher
June 17, 2020

Larry Weaner – The Self-Contained Garden

Tom Christopher
June 17, 2020

Leading ecological landscape designer Larry Weaner describes how to have a garden that largely plants itself, while minimizing the task of weeding

Tom Christopher
June 10, 2020

Russ Cohen – Edible Wild Plants

Tom Christopher
June 10, 2020

Russ Cohen discusses his foraging career and his current role as Johnny Appleseed of raising and restoring to the wild edible native plants

Tom Christopher
June 3, 2020

Dr. Meredith Cornett – Forest Adaptation and Climate Change

Tom Christopher
June 3, 2020

Dr. Meredith Cornett discusses the program the Nature Conservancy has undertaken to help the forest of northern Minnesota adapt to a warming climate

Tom Christopher
May 27, 2020

Christine Cook – Dragonfly Gardening

Tom Christopher
May 27, 2020

Christine Cook of Mossaics Ecological Landscape Design discusses the unique beauties of dragonflies and details how she creates gardens designed to attract and foster these insects

Tom Christopher
May 20, 2020

Heather Holm – Beyond Bees

Tom Christopher
May 20, 2020

Pollinator conservationist and award-winning author Heather Holm introduces us to the "secondary pollinators," the amazing insects other than bees that contribute to pollinating our native plants

Tom Christopher
May 13, 2020

A Songbird-Friendly Garden

Tom Christopher
May 13, 2020

Grant Sizemore of the American Bird Conservancy details how house cats can coexist with garden birds, and Matthew Shumar of the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative describes how to make your yard more bird safe

Tom Christopher
May 6, 2020

Uli Lorimer – Native Plants Provenance

Tom Christopher
May 6, 2020

Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture for the Native Plant Trust, discusses the challenges involved in sourcing and growing locally adapted native plants

Tom Christopher
April 29, 2020

Dan Jaffe – How to Make Your Life Easier With Native Plants

Tom Christopher
April 29, 2020

Dan Jaffe, a rising star of the new generation of native plants experts and co-author of Native Plants for New England Gardens discusses the many practical advantages of gardening with natives.

Tom Christopher
April 22, 2020

Shay Lunseth - No Mow Lawns

Tom Christopher
April 22, 2020

Shay Lunseth of Organic Lawns by Lunseth discusses her use of fine fescue grasses to create lawns that flourish with little or almost no mowing, less fertilizers and weed control, and far less summertime irrigation

Tom Christopher
April 15, 2020

Adrian Ayres Fisher - Carbon Gardening

Tom Christopher
April 15, 2020

Adrian Ayres Fisher, Sustainability Coordinator for Triton College in River Grove, Illinois explains how an easy change in gardening practice can remove carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and help mitigate global warming

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