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Restoring the Canopy of an Olmsted Masterpiece Jan 24, 2024

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Brooklyn's Prospect Park, one of Frederick Law Olmsted's greatest masterpieces, was failing by 1989 when Joseph Doccola signed on to restore its tree canopy. Over the next decade he replanted lost trees, matching adapted native species to each site, helping to turn Prospect Park into a pioneering example for urban parks across the United States.

Bankrupting Your Garden's Weed Seed Bank Jan 17, 2024

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There are thousands, millions of weed seeds lying dormant in your garden soil – the "weed seed bank" – waiting for a chance to emerge and invade your plantings. Listen as Dr. Bryan Brown of Cornell University shares strategies for drawing down the account before those seeds become a problem.

Roots Revealed Jan 10, 2024

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Robert Kourik, a pioneering gardener in Santa Rosa, California shares a new understanding of roots and how gardeners can better foster these hidden but foundational elements of their plants

Rebecca McMackin and the Innovative Beauty of the Ecological Landscape Jan 03, 2024

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As Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Rebecca McMackin played a leading role in transforming 85 acres of abandoned piers and pavement into a series of vibrant ecosystems that are a model of what an urban park can be. We talk with her about her subsequent year of study at Harvard and her new endeavors to make ecological landscaping the mainstream.

Biocontrol – Beating Back Invasive Plants Dec 27, 2023

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Invasive plants flourish in part because in their transition to North America they leave behind the co-evolved pests that help keep them in check in their homelands. Dr. Lisa Tewksbury, Director of the University of Rhode Island Biocontrol Laboratory, describes the painstaking process of introducing to our landscape organisms that can control the invasive plants without harming our native species.

Exploring the Soil Food Web with Elaine Ingham Dec 20, 2023

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Join us for a replay of our 2020 interview with Dr. Elaine Ingham, internationally renowned expert on the soil food web about how to make your soil far more fertile and productive using only natural, scientifically proven inputs

Biodiversity and Its Importance in the Garden Dec 13, 2023

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Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture at the Native Plant Trust, discusses the role gardeners can play in maintaining biodiversity without sacrificing their favorite, non-native plants.

Innovative Education Programs from a Regenerative Landscape Designer Dec 06, 2023

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Trevor Smith has won awards with his expert design that brings damaged landscapes back to a fuller function. He's applied that experience to his second passion: educating young people, home gardeners and professionals about how they too can heal the landscape.

Botany Made Fun Nov 29, 2023

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Jacob Suissa and Ben Goulet-Scott, two young PhD botanists, have launched an educational non-profit. "Let's Botanize," that demonstrates online and for free how accessible and fun plant science can be.

The International Reach of Rewilding Magazine Nov 22, 2023

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Kat Tancock and Domini Clark, founders and editors of Rewilding Magazine (available for free online) explore the restoration of local habitats and ecosystems worldwide, with reports from Asia, Africa, and Australia as well as Europe, Canada, and the United States. A rare, truly international perspective.

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