The Native Plant Podcast

Addressing Fox conservation and cyber bullying with Dan Cole from SaveAFox

The death of Mikayla Raines was a shock to the conservation world and in today's show, John speaks with Dan Cole of SavAFox rescue about their work and the consequences o

Traveling with Biotropica Expeditions in Ecuador

John & his wife Susana have been traveling & visiting Ecuador for over thirty years and today they sit down with their good friends Norby & Susana Lopez of Biotropica Exp

Dr. Tjite deVries former head of Biology at La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

We're joined today by Dr. Tjite deVries former head of Biology at La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. A long time friend of John & Susana's and one of the fir

Happy Father's Day and welcome to a new season!

Happy Father's Day everyone!  New Dad Chris Fehlhaber sits down with Uli Lorimer and Tim Johnson of the Native Plant Trust to talk about gardening and fatherhood and less

Maggie Stuckey's Container Victory Gardens

Today's episode is dedicated to John's Dad (Sam) who despite growing up during World War 2 and living in downtown Toledo, Ohio still managed to raise food for his family

Devin Walsh on art in the garden.

Devin Walsh on art in the garden. The Native Plant Podcast

Uli Lorimer and his Northeast Native Plant Primer

Uli Lorimer is director of Horticulture at Garden In The Woods, in Framingham, Massachussettes. Previously, he was curator of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Native Flora Garde

Anna Fialkoff of the Wild Seed Project

Wild Seed Project builds awareness of the vital importance of native plants and provides all people with the tools to restore biodiversity in their own communities. They

Piet Oudolf 'at Work'

John sits down with legendary Landscape Designer Piet Oudolf and discusses his new book- 'at Work', landscape design, working with others and a few other topics. There ar

Landscape Designer Owen Wormser on how to turn your lawn into a meadow

Gardening Author and Landscape Designer Owen Wormser drops by to spread some wisdom on eliminating lawn and replacing it with habitat, just like he does in his book 'Lawn

Another 'lost tapes' episode as Garden Designer Donald Pell drops by

OK, so we're not the most organized people in the world- we're sorry. We originally spoke to Don last year, but in an unfortunate sorting incident, we lost the file for a

John & Susana welcome season 8

John & Susana team up to get us started this year by describing a pretty incredible trip to Ecuador over the winter where they visited Antisana and Chimborazo volcanos an

Laurie Olin- Essays on Landscape Part 2

One of the most influential landscape architects in practice today, Laurie Olin has created designs for the Washington Monument grounds and the National Gallery of Art Sc

Jeff Lorenz of Refugia Design

Jeff Lorenz is the founder of Refugia Design, an ecological landscape design/build and stewardship firm, based out of Narberth, PA. Since 2015, Refugia has been offering

James Golden- The view from Federal Twist

James Golden’s garden design has been featured in national and international magazines, in The New York Times, and in several books on garden design. He has been the reci

Shannon Currey on native grasses and sedges for the landscape

We’re all about the graminoids this week with our long-time friend and boomerang guest, Shannon Currey. Since taping the show, Shannon has transitioned from her role as m

Prof. Jared Barnes on being Plantastic

Jared Barnes, Ph.D., started gardening when he was five years old, and since then has enthusiastically pursued how to best cultivate plants and minds. He currently fulfil

Laurie Olin- Essays on Landscape

Laurie is a distinguished teacher, author, and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today. From vision to realization, he has guided many of OLIN’s si

Sean Halloran- Plant Propagator at The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts

Sean received a Bachelor's in Horticulture and a Master's degree in Plant & Environmental Science from Clemson University where he focused on nutrient media in tissue cul

Kristin McCullin- The Trustees- Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens

Before serving as Horticulturist of Haskell Public Gardens, Mc Cullin was the Senior Horticulturalist at The Native Plant Trusts Garden in the Woods. Prior to that, McCul