Growing Greener
by Tom ChristopherYour weekly half-hour program about environmentally informed gardening. Each week we bring you a different expert, a leading voice on gardening in partnership with Nature. Our goal is to make your landscape healthier, more beautiful, more sustainable, and more fun.
Copyright: ©2019 Thomas Christopher
Episodes
Greening the Green Industry
29m · PublishedGardening consumes an enormous amount of plastics, 1.66 billion pounds annually in the U.S. according to the most recent figures, most of it in the form of single-use, unrecyclable pots. Ecological landscape designer Marie Chieppo has made it her mission to change this. Learn about how her work is promoting recycling, changes in design to use less plastic, and a switch where possible to biodegradable and compostable substitutes.
A Personal Exploration of the Beauty of Back Yard Insects
29m · PublishedHis participation in a Bioblitz introduced Brian Stewart to the fascination of the local insect life. A dozen years later he had photographed some 400 species in his own back yard, including many strange and beautiful creatures. Brian shares his story and tips for insect identification in this program first broadcast in November of 2019
A Personal Exploration of the Beauty of Back Yard Insects
29m · PublishedHis participation in a Bioblitz introduced Brian Stewart to the fascination of the local insect life. A dozen years later he had photographed some 400 species in his own back yard, including many strange and beautiful creatures. Brian shares his story and tips for insect identification in this program first broadcast in November of 2019
Izel Native Plants, Expanding the Palette and Knowledge-Base of American Gardeners
29m · PublishedIf you are frustrated by the poor selection of native plants at local garden centers, check out Izel Native Plants. Listen as founders and owners Amanda McLean and Claudio Vasquez explain how they have made the wares of leading wholesale growers accessible to amateur gardeners, and how their company emphasizes education as much as sales.
A Youth Uprising in Montana
29m · PublishedMaya K. van Rossum shares what she observed at the recent trial in Montana, where 16 young natives of that state charged the legislature with deliberately violating the guarantee of “a clean and healthful environment…for present and future generations” in Montana’s state constitution
Back to the New Basics
29m · PublishedGardening is changing, and our understanding of the field must keep pace. Veteran horticulturist and longtime teacher Joe Seals rises to this challenge in his new book, "Back to the New Basics: A Practical Guide and New Reference Manual to the Ways, the Whys, and the New Sciences of Better, Easier Gardening." A great introduction for the novice and a quick update for experienced gardeners, this is an invaluable book.
A Sherlock Holmes of the Forest
29m · PublishedThis week, in a re-posting of a program first heard in August 2021, ecologist and author Tom Wessels discusses his “Forest Forensics,” the system of simple visual clues you can use to read the history of your woodland acreage
A Sherlock Holmes of the Forest
29m · PublishedThis week, in a re-posting of a program first heard in August 2021, ecologist and author Tom Wessels discusses his “Forest Forensics,” the system of simple visual clues you can use to read the history of your woodland acreage
Grassland Gardens for Our Era
29m · PublishedAs our climates grow warmer and frequently drier, gardeners need the drought and heat tolerance, and innate sustainability of our native grassland plants more than ever. In their new book, The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants, Neil Diboll and Hilary Cox have combined their decades of experience to produce an indispensable tool for beginners and veterans alike, with invaluable advice about how to create functioning grassland ecosystems inside and outside the prairie states.
Making Our Vegetable Gardens More Climate Resilient
29m · Published“Grow Your Own” is a cornerstone of sustainability, but our vegetable gardens are being challenged by increasingly erratic weather as the climate changes. John Traunfeld, Program Director at the University of Maryland’s Home & Garden Information Center shares his experiences in making food gardens more climate resilient, and how this can even draw our communities closer together.
Growing Greener has 277 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 132:02:41. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on March 26th 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 24th, 2024 06:37.