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MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

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A WAY TO GARDEN is the horticultural incarnation of Margaret Roach

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00:27:28

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 24,...

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2022/10/19

A new book I’m reading emphasizes the word watching in the expression bird watching. As in: Don’t be in such a hurry to merely note that you’ve seen a bird, but instead really have a close look at what it’s doing,... Read More ›

00:27:15

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 17,...

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2022/10/15

One thing that Ken Druse and I are certain about when it comes to plants: that they will often surprise you, Some grow bigger or stay smaller than the catalog promised, and some are better- or worse-behaved, or tougher or... Read More ›

00:27:43

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 10,...

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2022/10/10

If I say “English garden,” you probably conjure a mental picture of colorful mixed borders and garden rooms enclosed by hedging. But what’s the essence of an American garden? That was what a new book called “American Roots” set out... Read More ›

00:27:26

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 3, 2022...

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2022/10/03

Since I took a walk with today’s guest about 10 years ago, I’ve adopted a whole different way of looking at what I might have once seen as imperfections in plants. Now when I spy a squiggle in a columbine... Read More ›

00:26:19

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 26,...

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2022/09/26

Becoming a successful vegetable gardener involves a lot of trial and error. As the seasons pass we hopefully get better at it—harvesting not just food for the table, but food for thought too, insights gleaned along the way to guide... Read More ›

00:26:32

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 19,...

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2022/09/19

A collection of historic apples that was threatened by disease is having a second act at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Mass., where a three-year-long restoration of their orchard of 119 antique varieties has just... Read More ›

00:27:04

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 12,...

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2022/09/12

In emails received from many parts of the country, I’m hearing gardeners say the same thing: This year has been really hard. Count me in on those voicing that sentiment. Gardeners know first-hand that climate change isn’t something in the... Read More ›

00:27:05

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 5, 2022 –...

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2022/09/05

Maybe like I do, you always mean to be better at seed saving, and it gets away from you. Well, right now is the perfect time with pen and paper or your cell phone in hand for making a list... Read More ›

00:27:38

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 29, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/08/29

Ecological horticulturist Andy Brand can’t help himself. He just has to look closely at everything outdoors: every plant, every insect, every process that’s unfolding. And he has to take camera phone pictures, too—lots and lots of pictures. These up-close observations... Read More ›

00:26:47

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 22, 2022...

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2022/08/22

I’ve never had a rock garden, I confess. But a new book about a modern and extreme form of the art caught my attention recently. It’s called “The Crevice Garden: How to Make the Perfect Home for Plants from Rocky... Read More ›

00:27:28

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 15, 2022...

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2022/08/15

Hot and dry: That’s the lament of gardeners in most regions in high summer, and also of many plants in their flower gardens. The author of a new book called “The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide” is here to suggest which... Read More ›

00:27:19

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 8, 2022...

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2022/08/08

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles. You know, the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits and yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing... Read More ›

00:27:27

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 1, 2022...

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2022/08/01

I recently hosted a shade-gardening webinar featuring my friend, Ken Druse. The enthusiastic registration and the outpouring of audience questions that evening reminded me how popular a topic shade is, especially the challenge of dry shade, so I asked Ken... Read More ›

00:27:41

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 25, 2022 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/07/25

I’ve been undertaking more native-plant-focused garden transformations in recent years, as I know many of you listening have, too. Today’s guest is a naturalist with a background in landscape architecture who’s been making wildish gardens for decades, both at home... Read More ›

00:27:12

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 18, 2022...

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2022/07/18

You know how the vegetable garden goes. One day, there are just two green beans ready to pick, and then there are 62 all at once. Famine and then feast. Some of that can be moderated by growing different varieties... Read More ›

00:28:24

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 11, 2022 –...

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2022/07/11

If you think that managing invasive plants in a garden is a challenge, imagine that on a larger scale—a much larger scale, like Angela Sirois-Pitel faces in the name of supporting native habitat on Nature Conservancy land. From barberries and... Read More ›

00:27:13

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 4, 2022 –...

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2022/07/04

More than 20 years ago, artists Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano started a botanical garden in the backyard of their Hudson Valley, New York, home. Today, the Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens has grown to 11 acres of diverse collections.... Read More ›

00:27:15

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 27, 2022 –...

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2022/06/27

The lecture that he’s been giving for a number of years is not so subtly called “Kill our Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone.... Read More ›

00:27:32

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 20, 2022 –...

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2022/06/20

Today’s show is all about surprises—and the first one is my guest. He’s back: My old friend Ken Druse is here after too many months of absence, and our subject is the surprises our gardens have offered so far this... Read More ›

00:27:05

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 13, 2022 –...

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2022/06/13

While researching a story about the endangered status of native trillium in North America recently, I was happy to meet today’s guest, botanist Wesley Knapp. Our trillium conversations got me thinking about how headlines like the trillium one, highlighting reports of the... Read More ›

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