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MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Margaret Roach

A WAY TO GARDEN is the horticultural incarnation of Margaret Roach

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00:25:46

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 6,...

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2021/09/06

Today’s guest answers even more Urgent Garden Questions each year than I do, in her role as plant clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois—including lots each summer and fall about caterpillars galore, from bagworms to gypsy moths and... Read More ›

00:25:35

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 23,...

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2021/08/20

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 ›

00:25:47

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 16, 2021...

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2021/08/12

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 ›

00:26:57

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 9, 2021 –...

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2021/08/09

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 ›

00:26:00

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Uli Lorimer on...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/08/02

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 ›

00:26:26

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 26, 2021 –...

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2021/07/26

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 ›

00:26:39

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 19, 2021 –...

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2021/07/19

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 ›

00:26:59

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 12, 2021 –...

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2021/07/12

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 ›

00:27:11

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 5, 2021 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/07/05

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 ›

00:26:18

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nate Kleinman...

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2021/06/28

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 ›

00:26:14

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 21, 2021 –...

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2021/06/21

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 ›

00:27:20

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 14, 2021 –...

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2021/06/14

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 ›

00:26:44

Bruce Crawford on Small Trees – A Way to Garden with...

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2021/06/07

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 ›

00:26:55

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 31, 2021 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/05/28

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 ›

00:26:41

Ken Druse on Outdoor Treasure Hunting – A Way to...

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2021/05/24

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 ›

00:26:19

Ali Stafford on Asparagus – A Way to Garden with...

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2021/05/17

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 ›

00:27:05

Eric Eaton on Wasps – A Way to Garden with Margaret...

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2021/05/10

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 ›

00:27:47

Uli Lorimer on Trilliums – A Way to Garden with...

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2021/05/03

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 ›

00:26:10

Rebecca McMackin Ecological Landscaping – A Way to...

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2021/04/26

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 ›

00:25:32

Carol Gracie on Florapedia – A Way to Garden with...

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2021/04/19

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 ›

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