Ken Druse and I both love leaves, and so do the naughty furbearing herbivores who have been visiting our gardens with a vengeance this season—but that’s another story. Today’s topic is leaves to love from the gardener’s point of view,… Read More ›
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Niki Jabbour on Season Extending – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 13, 2020
Season Extending with Niki Jabbour – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 13, 2020 Longtime gardeners and first-timers went all out in this craziest of years, bringing the expression “victory garden” back into the headlines. We all… Read More ›
Uli Lorimer on Native Plants – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – July 6, 2020
As more gardeners shop for native plants each year, more plant descriptions in catalogs and on nursery labels use the blanket phrase “pollinator-friendly” to catch our attention. But is that the whole story behind each plant that’s so labeled, and… Read More ›
Reprise of Stephen Shunk on Woodpeckers (2016) – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 26, 2020
When I got my copy of the new “Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America,” I tracked down the author’s email address at once, and sent him a message: “I’m mad for woodpeckers,” I wrote, and Stephen Shunk wrote… Read More ›
Daryl Beyers on How to Water – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 29, 2020
Summer: It’s what I refer to as the season of dragging hoses, and for me at least this year, the fact that it seems to have stopped raining with any regularity or measurable impact is making it worse. This is… Read More ›
Adrian Higgins of the Washington Post – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 22, 2020
The world is shifting focus again now toward opening up this time, several months after much shutting down. But as we do, I for one hope we won’t turn too quickly away from awareness of the solace that the garden… Read More ›
Bill Noble on Garden Design – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 15, 2020
Garden designer Bill Noble starts his new book with this promise, “I’m going to tell you a story of the pleasures and challenges, both aesthetic and practical, of creating a garden that feels genuinely rooted to its place.” His book,… Read More ›
Carol Gracie on Summer Wildflowers – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 8, 2020
The beloved wildflowers of springtime—the trilliums, the mayapples, the Virginia bluebells—are probably gone till next year, but don’t despair. Here comes the next cast of players, the wildflowers of summer. The acclaimed naturalist Carol Gracie looks beyond their surface beauty… Read More ›
Ken Druse on Remembering Fallen Plants – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 1, 2020
I was crawling around weeding the other day and there it was, yet another turquoise colored plastic label I knew was from the original Heronswood Nursery near Seattle, which has been closed about 15 years. No plant, just a label…. Read More ›
David Sibley on Being a Bird – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 25, 2020
If you’re a bird person, as I am, you may feel as if you know today’s guest, because one of his field guides, illustrated with his artwork to help you figure out who’s who, is probably within reach at all… Read More ›