MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Exceptional Woody Plants from ‘Arnold Selects’ – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept. 14, 2026

What makes a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your garden? There are many pat

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 7, 2026 – JM Fortier on Vegetable Garden Wisdom

When I heard that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners … I was thrilled. I’d b

Leslie Halleck on Home Greenhouses – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 31, 2026

Is a greenhouse in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter i

Timothy Pakron on What’s Fresh From the Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 24, 2026

The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed by

Marc Hachadourian on Water Lilies – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 17, 2026

Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you’ve probably se

Lane Selman on Radicchio – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 10, 2026

When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know

JJ Apodaca on Welcoming Amphibians – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 3, 2026

I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime l

Adam Wheeler on Pick of the Hydrangeas – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 27, 2026

Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warne

August Laska Talks Houseplants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 20, 2026

Are you a follower of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant that’s been splashed across social

Craig LeHoullier on Tomato Troubles – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 13, 2026

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack of the hornwo

Lea Johnson on Conservation Meeting Horticulture – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 6, 2026

Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we t

Doug Muller on Successions and Cover Crops – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 29, 2026

I know, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds us that our work is never done

Design Ideas from Madoo – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 22, 2026

The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can make all the difference—ones tha

Christin Geall on ‘Flora Culture’ – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 15, 2026

I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – everything from topics like their breed

Elise Howard on Native-Plant Adventures – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 8, 2026

When today’s guest, Elise Howard, and I talked on the show in March, her new book “Plant This, Not That” was just out. The popular book offers basic guidelines for select

Hummingbirds and Red Flowers – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 1, 2026

If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today’s guest

Paul Bannick on Owls – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 25, 2026

Owls: They are birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light for an extra layer of stealt

Jeff Epping on Gravel Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 18, 2026

The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive aesthetic appeal promises to be wa

The Wildr App, Guide to an Eco-Journey – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 11, 2026

Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guide me along the way, and to sha

Stephen Orr on Using Color – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 4, 2026

How confident are you about the use of color in your garden, and where do you draw your inspiration from for creating a pleasing palette? The topic of color is just one o