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Tom Christopher
October 28, 2020

Environmental Justice and the Urban Forest

Tom Christopher
October 28, 2020

Nicholas Geron of Clark University describes his research into the effects of tree cover on urban landscapes, and how economically disadvantaged communities are, due to lack of trees, already experiencing the heat predicted elsewhere for the next generation of global warming.

Tom Christopher
October 21, 2020

Native Songbirds Need Native Plants

Tom Christopher
October 21, 2020

Dr. Desirée Narango of the University of Massachusetts Amherst describes her research that reveals the essential connection of songbird breeding success with the percentage of native plants in the surrounding landscape.

Tom Christopher
October 14, 2020

Iwigara: The Kinship of Plants and People

Tom Christopher
October 14, 2020

Dr. Enrique Salmon, a native American of the Raramuri people and professor of ethnic studies at California State University East Bay, discusses his new book, Iwigara about the ethnobotanical traditions and science of American Indians

Tom Christopher
October 7, 2020

Green Roofs – Meadows in the Sky

Tom Christopher
October 7, 2020

Laura Hansplant, Director of Design at RoofMeadow describes her firm's pioneering work with "elevated landscapes" and the habitat for wildlife and people it creates on roof tops

Tom Christopher
September 30, 2020

In Defense of Bats

Tom Christopher
September 30, 2020

Merlin Tuttle, founder of Bat Conservation International and Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, details the important roles of bats in the garden and the environment, and addresses the charge that they are the source of the Covid-19 virus.

Tom Christopher
September 25, 2020

Composting For A Healthier Garden and Environment

Tom Christopher
September 25, 2020

Rick Carr, Master Composter and Farm Director of the Rodale Institute, share tips for easy, more effective composting

Tom Christopher
September 16, 2020

Willie Crosby – Growing Mushrooms

Tom Christopher
September 16, 2020

Willie Crosby of Fungi Ally discusses the wonders of fungi and the cultivation of mushrooms for the home gardener

Tom Christopher
September 9, 2020

Success of the Pesticide Ban in Ontario, Canada

Tom Christopher
September 9, 2020

Award-winning garden blogger, Helen Battersby of Toronto, Canada details the success of the cosmetic pesticide ban in her province – with potential lessons for U.S. gardeners

Tom Christopher
September 2, 2020

Daniel Hinkley – A Plant Explorer's Garden

Tom Christopher
September 2, 2020

Plant Explorer Daniel Hinkley discusses his new book, Windcliff: A Story of People, Plants, and Gardens, and the ecology that underpins his collection of exotic plants

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

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