Shrubs: I think of them as the sort of human-sized plants, and they definitely are the backbone of the garden. Ken Druse and I each have a lot of different shrubs, and I asked him the other day, “If you… Read More ›
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Duncan Himmelman on Weed Control – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 2, 2020
“There’s always a weed out there, no matter when.” That’s what today’s guest, education manager Duncan Himmelman of Mt. Cuba native plant center in Delaware, said the other day to me on the phone. And that means now, even as… Read More ›
Heather Holm on Bee-Friendly Gardens -A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 26, 2020
In a recent conversation with Doug Tallamy about ecologically minded fall cleanup, he raised the name of Heather Holm, and how some of the pollinator research she’s been part of lately is informing how he shifts his approach to… Read More ›
Ken Druse on Groundcovers- A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 19, 2020
What the word “groundcover” means has really changed in the years Ken Druse and I have been gardening. And I’ll admit right here, some of the choices that I made to do the job of covering the ground under… Read More ›
Julie Zickefoose on Bird Feeding – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 12, 2020
One of the ways many of us have been getting through the last few months is by taking comfort in the outdoors, in all that nature and the garden has to offer—by slowing down, looking around, and connecting. One person… Read More ›
Dennis Schrader on Overwintering Tropicals – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 3, 2020
I think of them as investment plants, plants that might not be hardy where I garden, but that with a little extra work and the right strategy can be carried over year to year, even without a greenhouse or the… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 5, 2020 – Doug Tallamy on Ecological Fall Cleanup
When I last talked to Doug Tallamy in February around the publication date of his latest book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” I didn’t want to go on and on about the advice in it about smart fall cleanup, which is… Read More ›
Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 28, 2020 – “Uprooted,” a Book by Page Dickey
The word “downsizing” was spoken more than once when Page Dickey and her husband were making plans a few years back to leave their beloved home and big old garden, called Duck Hill, in Westchester County, New York, for a… Read More ›
Marc Hachadourian on Houseplants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 21, 2020
Who are you going to tuck in with this fall and winter, as the garden starts to rest and we are all indoors more? Do you have any hand-me-down houseplants from a relative maybe, or plants that you bought that… Read More ›
Dan Hinkley on Making Windcliff Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 14, 2020
I have a running joke with today’s podcast guest, a joke I suspect thousands of other former customers just like me email him about regularly, too. Every spring cleanup I come up with more distinctive turquoise plastic labels in my… Read More ›