In the introduction to her latest book “A Forest Language,” Hannah Fries acknowledges a fascination with the words we use to talk about trees – organisms she calls the backdrop of her life. From our human vocabulary of forest ecology… Read More ›
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Bill Braun on Seed Saving – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 21, 2026
I look around the garden and I see it happening everywhere, on so many different plants: seed is forming. Seed is the start of most everything we grow, yet most of the seed we gardeners and even more important the… Read More ›
Exceptional Woody Plants from ‘Arnold Selects’ – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 14, 2026
What makes a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your garden? There are many pathways a plant can travel to get there, including one unique one… Read More ›
JM Fortier on Vegetable Garden Wisdom – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 7, 2026
When I heard that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners … I was thrilled. I’d been following JM Fortier since his first handbook on biointensive organic market… Read More ›
Leslie Halleck on Home Greenhouses – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 31, 2026
Is a greenhouse in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter into spring, or grow more tropicals and other “houseplants” than fit in… Read More ›
Timothy Pakron on What’s Fresh From the Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 24, 2026
The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed by a double-page spread of silvery mountain mint, or Pycnanthemum, gleaming against a moody dark background…. Read More ›
Marc Hachadourian on Water Lilies – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 17, 2026
Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you’ve probably seen how the giant tropical Victoria water lilies, with their massive… Read More ›
Lane Selman on Radicchio – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 10, 2026
When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know of anyone who speaks out more passionately or… Read More ›
JJ Apodaca on Welcoming Amphibians – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 3, 2026
I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime listeners or readers of A Way to Garden… Read More ›
Adam Wheeler on Pick of the Hydrangeas – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 27, 2026
Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest is Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery, a retail and mail-order destination for exceptional plants in… Read More ›