Here’s how my head, which is always lost in the garden, I guess, works: The first thing I thought about when the pandemic started—when we got news of a new pathogen in the world—was how many plant pathogens I’ve written… Read More ›
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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 23, 2021 – Toshi Yano on Editing and Dividing Perennials
Maybe you, like I do, have certain perennial beds that could use editing and some particular plants that need dividing in the process. That’s just one focus of today’s guest, Toshi Yano, in his role as director of horticulture at… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 16, 2021 – Ken Druse on Texture and Variegation
Texture and Variegation With Ken Druse – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – August 16, 2021 Ken Druse called the other day to say that he and his garden have the August lulls. The sort of annual… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 9, 2021 – Noelle Orloff on Horticultural Vinegar –
In a recent industry newsletter, I saw a link to a story about the herbicide called horticultural vinegar, and clicked on it. And then, realizing how little I knew about this product that I see prominently displayed in every garden… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Uli Lorimer on Propagating Ferns – August 2, 2021
By the time we hit August, some plants in the garden are a little beat up—or have at least needed deadheading, or even wholesale cutting back, perhaps. As delicate as they might look texturally from the moment of their first… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 26, 2021 – Ken Druse on Mint Relatives
Don’t answer this question too quickly; take your time and think it over. How many mints are you growing in your garden? When Ken Druse suggested the other day to me that we talk about mints on the show. I… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 19, 2021 – Marianne Willburn on Tropicals
I was at the local garden center the other day, when a truck full of tropical plants was being unloaded. And in the heat of a summer day, they looked like just the right choice to bring home to liven… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 12, 2021 – Chris Leahy on Birdpedia
How many bird species are there in the world and how many individual birds? And how do you even try to count? Do bird sweat, and how is their eyesight or sense of smell? What makes some eggs solid blue… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 5, 2021 – Patrick McMillan on Natural Communities
I’ve been looking forward to connecting with Patrick McMillan, who last October took over as director of the exceptional plant collection and astonishing landscape that is Heronswood Garden in Kingston, Washington. Besides wanting to know what’s next there at… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nate Kleinman on Monkey Puzzle Trees – June 28, 2021
I have a fascination for seeds of unusual edibles from around the world, and the other day on Instagram, I saw maybe the oddest one of all: What about growing a monkey puzzle tree from Chile from seed? And… Read More ›