July 24, 2026
TRIGGER WARNING: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest...
July 17, 2026
ARE YOU A FOLLOWER of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant that’s been splashed across...
July 10, 2026
I CALL THE phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the...
July 3, 2026
LEA JOHNSON is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth...
June 26, 2026
I KNOW, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly...
June 19, 2026
THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can make...
June 12, 2026
I’VE BEEN DIGGING into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of flowers—everything from topics...
June 5, 2026
WHEN ELISE HOWARD and I talked on the show in March, her new book, “Plant This, Not That,” was just out. The popular book...
May 30, 2026
IF YOU’VE EVER posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research… well,...
May 23, 2026
OWLS: THEY ARE birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light...
May 15, 2026
THE MORE THAT I SEE photographs of gravel gardens and the more that I learn about this gardening style, which besides its distinctive aesthetic...
May 8, 2026
FINDING OUR WAY toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guide me...
