Cultivating Place

Sweet Peas & Sweet Homes: Where Flowers Become Memories

To welcome October, this week on Cultivating Place, host Ben Futa welcomes Colleen Raney of Washington State’s Songbird Seed Company and Diadem Flower Company.  Colleen

The Gospel of Asa Sims, a Garden History Love Story

Happy Autumn! Cultivating Place is proud to launch an occasional series from Host Abra Lee, delving into our Garden past to better understand and illuminate our Garden pr

To Leave the Land Better Than We Found It, Bryce & Brita Lundberg–Lundberg Family Farms

To “leave the land better than we found it” should be the ethic of all Gardeners. It is the North Star ethic of regenerative and organic farming leaders: Lundberg Family

Pre-Autumnal Equinox Celebration with Erin Benzakein of Floret & Floret Originals

Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm needs little introduction to most garden-minded listeners. She has been so instrumental in cultivating a flower-farming economy in ou

A place for healing, safety, comfort, joy, and belonging, with David Jacques

As the season begins to show signs of turning its next page, Cultivating Place host Ben Futa heads to Vermont! This week he's in conversation with David Jacques, also k

The Art of Black Southern Agrarian Magic, Whitney Jaye

Whitney Jaye is a florist, flower farmer, and the creative force behind Sunbird Flowers, based in Decatur, Georgia, and providing sustainably grown, beautifully curated f

The Gardens of Alcatraz, with Shelagh Fritz

Alcatraz is a name rich with story, myth, and drama. It is also a dramatic sight where history, gardens, and how gardens grow us better all come together. This week we

A New Garden Society, with Erika Rumbley and Renee Portonova

Erika Rumbley and Renee Portanova are Co-Founders and Directors of The New Garden Society. Now, you may hear that phrase and think of a garden club or a plant society. Bu

We're all history in the making, life lessons from garden history

All history reminds us that we are all history in the making! Garden history reminds us that we as gardeners, our gardens, our gardening, and how our culture tends to and

High Elevation Balancing Act, Jennifer Bousselot, Colorado State University

At the height of summer, we head to the mile-high city to think more about cultivating place at elevation: human-made and natural elevations, in the service of people and

Rooted in Relationships, Plantsman Allen Bush

Allen Bush is an esteemed plantsman and lifelong advocate for the joy of gardening. He joins Cultivating Place Host Abra Lee in conversation this week to share more. From

A Path For All, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ

What does accessibility mean in the garden? In a public garden? Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit NJ, an historic estate and garden, has been considering these questions i

Slow Design, Thoughtful Places, Andrew Fisher Tomlin

Planting design is an essential skill in garden design writ large, for the health and beauty of a site– functionally, environmentally, and psychologically. Andrew Fisher

Sunchoke Farms, Next in the Cultivating South Bend Series

Cultivating Place well so often comes down to sharing the abundance of growing from a place of love and a strong sense of community and home. Susan Greutman is the founde

Following What Flourishes, with Amanda Hannah

Amanda Hannah is the Director of Botanical Garden Horticulture at Holden Forests & Gardens in Cleveland, Ohio. Amanda’s path into horticulture has taken her from the agr

Summer Solstice Special–SummerHome Garden's Lisa Negri, Denver, CO

We are finally at peak daylight and the Summer Solstice–which officially takes place June 21st this year. Summer speaks of garden parties and holidays at the beach, or l

Preparing for International Pollinator Week with Krystle Hickman, Author, Artist, Native Bee Adventurer

The conservation of biodiversity writ large is directly tied to the conservation of native bees, crucial pollinators in our cultivated and wildland ecosystems across most

Turning Space into PLACE: ReGen South Bend

What makes a place a place, versus just any space? Tyler Kanchazeski is a sustainability advocate and the founder and owner of ReGen South Bend, an incremental developme

Sustainability and Stewardship – A Conversation with Brent “Fig” Figlestahler

This week on Cultivating Place, public gardens as living classrooms, the quiet power of trees in city life, and how tending landscapes can cultivate resilience, curiosity

A Radical Plan: Village Homes in Davis, CA turns 50!

This week, we continue plumbing the potential of gardens and gardeners for growing a future we want to cultivate- for the benefit of all. In order to look forward, we loo