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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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time to feed–and count–the birds: project feederwatch, with cornell’s emma greig

bee-friendly garden cleanup, with heather holm

a snail’s tale (win ‘the sound of a wild snail eating’)

deepening our nature connections, with julie zickefoose

fall cleanup with ecology in mind, with doug tallamy

turning ‘lawns into meadows,’ with owen wormser

be a discerning shopper for native plants, with uli lorimer

the garden as refuge in a pandemic year, with adrian higgins of the washington post

seen in the garden: container-grown woodchucks, and buddhist frogs

‘what it’s like to be a bird:’ a conversation with david sibley

‘instant’ water garden: try seasonal troughs

miraculous bird nests (vs. wily nest predators), with brett degregorio

hope is the thing with cotyledons, and other spring 2020 instagram thoughts

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finding refuge in our gardens, and hope in a hoya, with ken druse

create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman

which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse

how conservation starts in your yard: doug tallamy on ‘nature’s best hope’

the miracle of migration: what i learned about birds’ movements in 2019

in a time of bird decline, counting and feeding them, with emma greig of feederwatch

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‘the way through the woods: of mushrooms and mourning,’ with long litt woon

must read: ‘late migrations,’ with margaret renkl

listen up: what tiny backyard voices have to say lately

thoughts on invasives, plant conservation–and connection, with michael piantedosi

when inner conifer needles turn yellow or brown

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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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time to feed–and count–the birds: project feederwatch, with cornell’s emma greig

bee-friendly garden cleanup, with heather holm

a snail’s tale (win ‘the sound of a wild snail eating’)

deepening our nature connections, with julie zickefoose

fall cleanup with ecology in mind, with doug tallamy

turning ‘lawns into meadows,’ with owen wormser

be a discerning shopper for native plants, with uli lorimer

the garden as refuge in a pandemic year, with adrian higgins of the washington post

seen in the garden: container-grown woodchucks, and buddhist frogs

‘what it’s like to be a bird:’ a conversation with david sibley

‘instant’ water garden: try seasonal troughs

miraculous bird nests (vs. wily nest predators), with brett degregorio

hope is the thing with cotyledons, and other spring 2020 instagram thoughts

finding refuge in our gardens, and hope in a hoya, with ken druse

create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman

which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse

how conservation starts in your yard: doug tallamy on ‘nature’s best hope’

the miracle of migration: what i learned about birds’ movements in 2019

in a time of bird decline, counting and feeding them, with emma greig of feederwatch

‘the way through the woods: of mushrooms and mourning,’ with long litt woon

must read: ‘late migrations,’ with margaret renkl

listen up: what tiny backyard voices have to say lately

thoughts on invasives, plant conservation–and connection, with michael piantedosi

when inner conifer needles turn yellow or brown

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time to feed–and count–the birds: project feederwatch, with cornell’s emma greig

bee-friendly garden cleanup, with heather holm

a snail’s tale (win ‘the sound of a wild snail eating’)

deepening our nature connections, with julie zickefoose

fall cleanup with ecology in mind, with doug tallamy

turning ‘lawns into meadows,’ with owen wormser

be a discerning shopper for native plants, with uli lorimer

the garden as refuge in a pandemic year, with adrian higgins of the washington post

seen in the garden: container-grown woodchucks, and buddhist frogs

‘what it’s like to be a bird:’ a conversation with david sibley

‘instant’ water garden: try seasonal troughs

miraculous bird nests (vs. wily nest predators), with brett degregorio

hope is the thing with cotyledons, and other spring 2020 instagram thoughts

finding refuge in our gardens, and hope in a hoya, with ken druse

create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman

which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse

how conservation starts in your yard: doug tallamy on ‘nature’s best hope’

the miracle of migration: what i learned about birds’ movements in 2019

in a time of bird decline, counting and feeding them, with emma greig of feederwatch

‘the way through the woods: of mushrooms and mourning,’ with long litt woon

must read: ‘late migrations,’ with margaret renkl

listen up: what tiny backyard voices have to say lately

thoughts on invasives, plant conservation–and connection, with michael piantedosi

when inner conifer needles turn yellow or brown

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