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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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00:27:36

Ross Gay on the Garden’s Delights – A Way to Garden...

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2023/09/22

The words joy and delight figure prominently in writer Ross Gay’s work – and so do moments he spends in his garden, and descriptions of his relationship to plants. Is that a coincidence — that the garden is a main character... Read More ›

00:26:42

Marianne Willburn on Overwintering Tropicals – A Way...

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2023/09/15

It’s not time quite yet for what I call the mad stash – storing those non-hardy plants for the winter that we wish to keep alive for another year of service – but it is time to make some plans... Read More ›

00:26:53

Brad Herrick on Jumping Worms – A Way to Garden with...

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2023/09/08

The question “What do I do about the Asian jumping worms that are destroying my soil?” has outpaced what was the most common thing I was asked year in and out for decades as a garden writer—the relatively simple challenge... Read More ›

00:26:56

Linda Lipsen on Pressed Plants – A Way to Garden with...

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2023/08/24

I saw news of a new book called “Pressed Plants” recently, and it got me thinking about my grandmother, and one of the many crafts she enjoyed way back when. Grandma made what she called “pressed flower pictures,” bits of... Read More ›

00:26:58

Claudia West on Immersive Landscapes – A Way to...

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2023/08/17

Maybe seven or eight years ago, in a conversation with landscape designer Claudia West, she said a sentence that has really stuck with me, as she explained her approach to selecting and combining plants. “Plants are the mulch,” Claudia said... Read More ›

00:25:44

Michael Judd on Food Forests – A Way to Garden with...

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2023/08/09

The term food forest, from the permaculture world, sounds big—like if I suggested you start one, you’d probably say, “I don’t have room for a forest of any kind.” But today’s guest bets that most of us who garden have room... Read More ›

00:27:35

K Greene on Shallots – A Way to Garden with Margaret...

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2023/08/04

I saw a video reel on social media the other day of a harvest of shallots, and it made me realize that I haven’t grown those delicious little Allium bulbs in forever—and who knows why. The harvest video was on... Read More ›

00:26:40

Craig LeHoullier on Ripe Tomatoes – A Way to Garden...

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2023/07/26

Around this time each summer I look forward to the onslaught of fresh tomatoes—while at the same time hoping against hope that what I call “tomato troubles” don’t reveal themselves and get the upper hand. I’ve been hearing from lots... Read More ›

00:27:48

Ken Druse on Lost Plants – A Way to Garden with...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/07/19

We gardeners all know the experience of loss: of plants that don’t make it, for one reason or another—from a tomato felled by disease in a too-humid summer to a venerable old tree taken out by a nasty winter storm.... Read More ›

00:27:01

Harnek Singh on Succulent Stars – A Way to Garden...

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2023/07/12

Succulents: You probably already grow some perennial ones in your garden, and perhaps others that aren’t hardy are among your favorite houseplants. But what if some of those indoor types started playing seasonal roles in the garden, too? That’s what... Read More ›

00:26:49

Ethan Kauffman on Natives at Stoneleigh – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/07/06

Can a historic formal space become the home to a forward-thinking landscape of native plants? The team at Stoneleigh, a five-year-old public garden on an old estate in Villanova, Pennsylvania, says the answer is an emphatic yes, and their horticultural... Read More ›

00:27:04

Erik Keller on the Garden as Therapy – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/06/27

No doubt all of you who are listening, all you gardeners, would agree that interacting with plants, and with nature, has a restorative benefit—that it has the undeniable power to lift us up and make us feel better. That idea—that... Read More ›

00:26:28

Ken Druse on Summer Edits – A Way to Garden with...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/06/23

Summer has just officially arrived … and with it a whole new to-do list of tasks aimed at keeping the garden going in the best possible shape all season long. We’re succession sowing vegetables, of course, as the spinach and... Read More ›

00:26:30

Noah Charney on Reading Your Land – A Way to Garden...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/06/13

How well do you really know the piece of land on which you live and garden, or the bigger landscape context it sits within—that forms your neighborhood, perhaps? A new book I’ve been reading called “These Trees Tell a Story:... Read More ›

00:27:08

Nancy Lawson on Weed-Fighting Natives – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/06/08

When I spoke to naturalist and nature writer Nancy Lawson recently about her adventures in wildscaping at her Maryland garden, there was one topic in particular that I wanted to double back to, and dig in deeper: her tactics for fighting unwanted... Read More ›

00:28:08

Ken Druse on Primula From Seed – A Way to Garden with...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/05/26

I was remarking to my friend Ken Druse earlier this spring about a garden I’d just visited, and how the stands of primulas in it made me jealous, and crave more more more. But only a few primrose varieties are... Read More ›

00:26:00

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 1, 2023 – ...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/05/14

I am crazy about pineapple lilies – bulbs in the genus Eucomis – and though in my Zone 5 garden they aren’t hardy, I can’t imagine a growing season without pots full of them. In his South Carolina garden and... Read More ›

00:27:02

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 8, 2023 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/05/04

Some of us plant a row or two of annuals for cutting, but Frances Palmer has taken the phrase “cutting garden” to the most delightful extreme. From the first spring bulbs to the final asters of fall, ceramic artist Frances... Read More ›

00:27:27

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 24, 2023...

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2023/04/19

Our human-centric way of looking at things in the garden and tasting, hearing, seeing and touching things is just one person’s opinion, and hardly represents the consensus of all the living creatures whose home it is. Today’s guest is naturalist... Read More ›

00:27:12

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 17, 2023...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/04/12

The time is approaching for my annual pass with the tractor through my little meadow on the hill above my house, the one time each year I really intervene in it, by mowing. Meadow making is an exercise in patience,... Read More ›

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