A story I wrote recently for my “New York Times” column took me on a fascinating, deep dive into the world of radicchio and put me back in touch with today’s guest, organic seed farmer Brian Campbell of Uprising Seeds. … Read More ›
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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 14, 2021 – Ken Druse on Shrub Propagation
Today we’re going to do some multiplication, as in: make more shrubs, thanks to a lesson in propagating favorites like Hydrangea or elderberry or Physocarpus and more, courtesy of our friend and regular guest, Ken Druse. Ready to learn the… Read More ›
Bruce Crawford on Small Trees – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 7, 2021
Looking around the garden as some of spring’s show off shrubs and perennials fade, I realized how glad I am that I made room for some garden-sized trees too. Not too big and not too small, and the best… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 31, 2021 – Jon Drori on ‘Around the World in 80 Plants’
Environmentalist and best-selling author, Jonathan Drori, says that for him, plant science is fascinating, but it’s truly enlivened when it’s entwined with human history and culture. In his new book, “Around the World in 80 Plants,” the followup to his… Read More ›
Ken Druse on Outdoor Treasure Hunting – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 24, 2021
Ken Druse and I are putting a new spin on weeding by giving it a new name: treasure hunting. Maybe the incessant, relentless nature of all those naughty things that keep popping up around the garden beds will be softened… Read More ›
Ali Stafford on Asparagus – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 17, 2021
One dimension of my friendship with today’s guest is a years-long ongoing barter. She shares her cooking expertise with me and my extended family, and I give Alexandra Stafford and her husband gardening advice. It’s a pretty sweet deal,… Read More ›
Eric Eaton on Wasps – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 10, 2021
I just read a book that filled me with wonder and awe. Now, would it startle you to hear that it was a book about wasps? Don’t cringe and turn away; listen as I talk to entomologist Eric Eaton,… Read More ›
Uli Lorimer on Trilliums – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 3, 2021
It’s Trillium Week the first week of May at Garden In The Woods, the headquarters of Native Plant Trust in Framingham, Massachusetts, the nation’s oldest plant conservation organization with more than a century of history. Well, with a little help… Read More ›
Rebecca McMackin Ecological Landscaping – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 26, 2021
I watched a Zoom lecture the other day that really put into words a lot of the ways my own deepening understanding of ecology is shaking up the way I practice horticulture—from spring cleanup, right on to the last… Read More ›
Carol Gracie on Florapedia – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 19, 2021
There’s the so-called language of flowers, as in the symbolism or sentiment attributed to a rose versus a pansy or a daisy. And then there’s the actual language of flowers in botany, as in what’s a sepal or a tepal… Read More ›