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Hortus Arboretum’s Unusual Fruits – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 1, 2024

Some of the many unusual fruits that Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano grow in their arboretum in the Hudson Valley of New York, like goji berries or maybe Schisandra, are ones you’re more likely to see on ingredient labels of… Read More ›

Rodney Eason on Auditing Your Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 24, 2024

Nobody wants to get the IRS notice in the mail that they’re being audited, heaven forbid. But when it comes to gardens, Rodney Eason believes that the occasional audit is a very positive process, and encourages us to perform one… Read More ›

Ken Druse on Garden Visiting – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 17, 2024

What’s one of the best sources of inspiration and information about gardening you can get outside of a classroom, and that is also wonderfully entertaining? By making time to go visit other people’s gardens, we can open ourselves up to… Read More ›

Hardy Kern on Neonic Dangers – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 10, 2024

I suspect every gardener has for years now, over and again, heard the warnings about the most widely used pesticides in the US, neonicotinoids – or neonics for short.  In 2013 the American Bird Conservancy issued a report, warning of… Read More ›

Neil Diboll on Prairie Plants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 3, 2024

Interest and awareness around native plants has been trending in recent years, and it makes them almost feel new. But of course natives are the original plants of an area—and even in certain specialty corners of the nursery industry they… Read More ›

Basil Camu on Supporting Trees – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 27, 2024

Most people call in an arborist when they think it’s time for a tree to be removed—a costly process both financially and environmentally, since trees are critical drivers of diversity. Today’s guest runs a tree-care company and also a tree-focused… Read More ›

Apiary Studio on Regenerative Landscaping – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 20, 2024

Landscape design may be part of the green industry, but sometimes rethinking a garden space, or creating a garden where there didn’t used to be one, can create a lot of very un-green waste material—especially true when you’re designing in… Read More ›

Peter Zale on Native Orchids – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 13, 2024

Today’s topic is orchids, but not the ones you might be growing as a flowering houseplant. Our subject is native terrestrial types that are more often than not under great pressure in the wild, their numbers dwindling.  Now, thanks to… Read More ›

Philadelphia Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 6, 2024

The area around Philadelphia is well-known for its richness of public gardens, including many historic ones, but the region is also home to an impressive roster of distinctive private landscapes—from formal 19th century European-style estates to mid-century modern residences and contemporary… Read More ›

Mary Phillips on Rethinking the Lawn – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 29, 2024

You’ve probably heard the expression No Mow May in recent years, a campaign borrowed from an effort in the UK meant to increase diversity by leaving lawns unmown for the one spring month, but is that the answer for US… Read More ›