In a recent phone call, today’s guest, Tim Johnson, used the phrase “bio-productive gardens,” and it stopped me. What does he mean by that, I thought? And then he explained: 

There are ways to manage our landscapes, he said, so that everything that flows through them – from rainwater to birds – leaves healthier than when it arrived. Tell me more, I replied, and so that’s my topic today with Tim, the new leader of the longtime conservation organization called Native Plant Trust.

Tim Johnson is the new chief executive officer at Native Plant Trust, which was founded almost 125 years ago as  the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants.  Tim, with an extensive  background in environmental horticulture and biological science, recently led the Smith College Botanic Garden, and I’m so glad to get to talk to him today.

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