radio podcasts

Margaret’s weekly public-radio show, from Robin Hood Radio in Sharon, CT, the smallest NPR station in the nation. Listen live at 8:30 AM EDT Mondays, to the replay Saturday morning, or stream the podcast anytime.

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Browse past interviews below.

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prairie and meadow plantings, succession and more, with neil diboll

supporting our trees, all their lives long, with basil camu

VINTAGE TRUCK Patricia Kingsley Dr Don Kingsley's tailgate image

easy does it: adaptive reuse yields regenerative landscapes, with apiary studio

719530 Cypripedium kentuckiense Erdmann Duane Longwood Volunteer Photographer image

saving (and growing) native lady’s slipper orchids, with longwood’s peter zale

lessons from philadelphia gardens, with nicole juday and rob cardillo

is ‘no mow may’ the answer? some lawn thoughts, with mary phillips

POT BY PATHWAY Fertility vessel at Blithewold image

sculptural pots in the garden, with stephen procter

propagating houseplants, with hilton carter

the world of japanese maples, with the nichols brothers

staying fit while gardening: ‘gardenfit’ on pbs, with madeline hooper

inspired container design, with david mattern of chanticleer

‘bio-productive gardens,’ with tim johnson of native plant trust

collectible houseplants, with darryl cheng

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amsonias: dependable, beautiful bluestars, with mt. cuba’s sam hoadley

are you growing these herbs? you should be. with k greene of hudson valley seed

the state of the native-plant movement, with rebecca mcmackin

Pine Siskin Julie Blondeau Macaulay Library image

counting birds: be a better birder, with cornell’s rebecca rodomsky-bish

expanding the zinnia palette, with siskiyou seeds’ don tipping

is your landscape ‘undergrown’? with nancy lawson

galanthophilia! a passion for snowdrops, with david culp

getting organized for seed season, with ken druse

ecological resolutions, with uli lorimer of native plant trust

seed catalogs to love, with jennifer jewell

new usda plant hardiness zone map, with todd rounsaville

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'horticultural how-to and woo-woo'

A WAY TO GARDEN is the latest horticultural incarnation of me, Margaret Roach, birthed in March 2008 with my own words as its primary DNA, mingled with ideas shared in weekly expert interviews.

Since April 2020, I have been the garden columnist for “The New York Times,” where I began my journalism career decades ago. I host a public-radio podcast; I also teach online, plus hold tours at my 2.3-acre Hudson Valley (NY) Zone 6A garden, and always say no to chemicals and yes to great plants.

radio podcasts

prairie and meadow plantings, succession and more, with neil diboll

supporting our trees, all their lives long, with basil camu

easy does it: adaptive reuse yields regenerative landscapes, with apiary studio

saving (and growing) native lady’s slipper orchids, with longwood’s peter zale

lessons from philadelphia gardens, with nicole juday and rob cardillo

is ‘no mow may’ the answer? some lawn thoughts, with mary phillips

sculptural pots in the garden, with stephen procter

propagating houseplants, with hilton carter

the world of japanese maples, with the nichols brothers

staying fit while gardening: ‘gardenfit’ on pbs, with madeline hooper

inspired container design, with david mattern of chanticleer

‘bio-productive gardens,’ with tim johnson of native plant trust

collectible houseplants, with darryl cheng

amsonias: dependable, beautiful bluestars, with mt. cuba’s sam hoadley

are you growing these herbs? you should be. with k greene of hudson valley seed

the state of the native-plant movement, with rebecca mcmackin

counting birds: be a better birder, with cornell’s rebecca rodomsky-bish

expanding the zinnia palette, with siskiyou seeds’ don tipping

is your landscape ‘undergrown’? with nancy lawson

galanthophilia! a passion for snowdrops, with david culp

getting organized for seed season, with ken druse

ecological resolutions, with uli lorimer of native plant trust

seed catalogs to love, with jennifer jewell

new usda plant hardiness zone map, with todd rounsaville

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radio podcasts

prairie and meadow plantings, succession and more, with neil diboll

supporting our trees, all their lives long, with basil camu

easy does it: adaptive reuse yields regenerative landscapes, with apiary studio

saving (and growing) native lady’s slipper orchids, with longwood’s peter zale

lessons from philadelphia gardens, with nicole juday and rob cardillo

is ‘no mow may’ the answer? some lawn thoughts, with mary phillips

sculptural pots in the garden, with stephen procter

propagating houseplants, with hilton carter

the world of japanese maples, with the nichols brothers

staying fit while gardening: ‘gardenfit’ on pbs, with madeline hooper

inspired container design, with david mattern of chanticleer

‘bio-productive gardens,’ with tim johnson of native plant trust

collectible houseplants, with darryl cheng

amsonias: dependable, beautiful bluestars, with mt. cuba’s sam hoadley

are you growing these herbs? you should be. with k greene of hudson valley seed

the state of the native-plant movement, with rebecca mcmackin

counting birds: be a better birder, with cornell’s rebecca rodomsky-bish

expanding the zinnia palette, with siskiyou seeds’ don tipping

is your landscape ‘undergrown’? with nancy lawson

galanthophilia! a passion for snowdrops, with david culp

getting organized for seed season, with ken druse

ecological resolutions, with uli lorimer of native plant trust

seed catalogs to love, with jennifer jewell

new usda plant hardiness zone map, with todd rounsaville

Books by Margaret

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Browse

Resources

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