Increasingly in recent years, my garden “weeds” include more and more tenacious opponents – and the landscape along the roadsides nearby and pretty much everywhere I drive is one of hedgerows formed of a tangle of non-native shrubs and vines. I’m talking about invasive species, of course, and they are our topic today with Daniel Weitoish of Cornell Botanic Gardens.  We’ll hear how to identify which plants to target as we try to manage our landscapes, and how to tackle them most strategically. 

Daniel is the Arboriculture Supervisor at Cornell Botanic Gardens in Ithaca, New York, where he and his colleagues care for the woody plants at the 30-acre botanic garden, plus a 100-acre arboretum and about 3,600 acres of natural areas. You may recall a conversation Daniel and I had on the show not long ago, about the increasing challenges of gardening in a changing climate, and today’s topic – about managing invasives – is likewise one made more complex by our warming world.  

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