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Maybe the best part of having become a gardener is the irresistible invitation it provided me to connect with nature.

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Culex quinquefasciatus E A Goeldi 1905 image

best practices around mosquitoes, with nancy lawson

powerhouse native shrubs to enliven the garden, with dan wilder

fragrant trilliums, mossy patches & more, with uli lorimer

Acer rubrum EllenGDenny flower open female 04 image

look closer: become an ‘everyday phenologist,’ with theresa crimmins

Looking like a jewel, a sweat bee gathers pollen on Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight' in the Parking Lot Photo courtesy of Chanticleer, taken by Lisa Roper. image

beauty meets biodiversity in the gardens of chanticleer

the frog garden: amphibian-friendly practices, with jim sirch

welcoming bluebirds, with julie zickefoose

drought: the challenge for gardeners, plants and wildlife, with julie zickefoose

an ecological horticulture action guide, with sarah jayne

nature-gazing with margaret renkl (win her latest book!)

poetry and nature combine in ‘the wildstory’ podcast

Dark eyed Junco The Courage of Birds David Allen Sibley image

‘the courage of birds:’ how birds face winter, with david sibley

going down gardening’s rabbit holes for answers, with flora & frost

‘the slow birding journal,’ with joan strassmann

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opuntia and other intriguing native-plant stories, with jared rosenbaum

site preparations for meadow-making, with benjamin vogt

Indigo Bunting by Jordan E. Rutter image

neonic dangers, with the american bird conservancy’s hardy kern

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

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

719530 Cypripedium kentuckiense Erdmann Duane Longwood Volunteer Photographer image

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

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

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

is your landscape ‘undergrown’? with nancy lawson

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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.

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best practices around mosquitoes, with nancy lawson

powerhouse native shrubs to enliven the garden, with dan wilder

fragrant trilliums, mossy patches & more, with uli lorimer

look closer: become an ‘everyday phenologist,’ with theresa crimmins

beauty meets biodiversity in the gardens of chanticleer

the frog garden: amphibian-friendly practices, with jim sirch

welcoming bluebirds, with julie zickefoose

drought: the challenge for gardeners, plants and wildlife, with julie zickefoose

an ecological horticulture action guide, with sarah jayne

nature-gazing with margaret renkl (win her latest book!)

poetry and nature combine in ‘the wildstory’ podcast

‘the courage of birds:’ how birds face winter, with david sibley

going down gardening’s rabbit holes for answers, with flora & frost

‘the slow birding journal,’ with joan strassmann

opuntia and other intriguing native-plant stories, with jared rosenbaum

site preparations for meadow-making, with benjamin vogt

neonic dangers, with the american bird conservancy’s hardy kern

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

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

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

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

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

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

is your landscape ‘undergrown’? with nancy lawson

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best practices around mosquitoes, with nancy lawson

powerhouse native shrubs to enliven the garden, with dan wilder

fragrant trilliums, mossy patches & more, with uli lorimer

look closer: become an ‘everyday phenologist,’ with theresa crimmins

beauty meets biodiversity in the gardens of chanticleer

the frog garden: amphibian-friendly practices, with jim sirch

welcoming bluebirds, with julie zickefoose

drought: the challenge for gardeners, plants and wildlife, with julie zickefoose

an ecological horticulture action guide, with sarah jayne

nature-gazing with margaret renkl (win her latest book!)

poetry and nature combine in ‘the wildstory’ podcast

‘the courage of birds:’ how birds face winter, with david sibley

going down gardening’s rabbit holes for answers, with flora & frost

‘the slow birding journal,’ with joan strassmann

opuntia and other intriguing native-plant stories, with jared rosenbaum

site preparations for meadow-making, with benjamin vogt

neonic dangers, with the american bird conservancy’s hardy kern

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

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

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

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

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

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

is your landscape ‘undergrown’? with nancy lawson

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