Best Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place Podcasts (2024)

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National Pollinator Week with the Pollinator Posse, Tora Rocha 1:13:42

14h ago1:13:42

1:13:42

It’s full summer - for us and for the fauna of the Northern Hemisphere. That means many of our most charismatic, sun-loving pollinators are at the peak of their seasonal cycles – and we are celebrating National Pollinator Week with Tora Rocha of the Pollinator Posse based in Oakland, CA – sharing all things love of pollinators. Tora is a gardener a…

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National Pollinator Week with the Pollinator Posse, Tora Rocha 1:13:42

14h ago1:13:42

1:13:42

It’s full summer - for us and for the fauna of the Northern Hemisphere. That means many of our most charismatic, sun-loving pollinators are at the peak of their seasonal cycles – and we are celebrating National Pollinator Week with Tora Rocha of the Pollinator Posse based in Oakland, CA – sharing all things love of pollinators. Tora is a gardener a…

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SOLSTICE SPECIAL: Being Still, with Mary Jo Hoffman 1:19:45

8d ago1:19:45

1:19:45

Happy (almost) Summer Solstice! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, taking place on June 20th, we get Still.We hold a moment of stillness to notice and honor our places, our selves, and our many companions in time and space.We’re in conversation with Artist/Photogr…

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SOLSTICE SPECIAL: Being Still, with Mary Jo Hoffman 1:19:45

8d ago1:19:45

1:19:45

Happy (almost) Summer Solstice! In celebration of the planetary moment of the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, taking place on June 20th, we get Still.We hold a moment of stillness to notice and honor our places, our selves, and our many companions in time and space.We’re in conversation with Artist/Photogr…

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In Honor of Juneteenth: The Anne Spencer House & Garden, with Shaun Spencer Hester 1:19:28

15d ago1:19:28

1:19:28

In honor of Juneteenth celebrations coming up, we check in on the Anne Spencer House & Garden in Lynchburg, VA. The home and garden of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer and her husband Edward, this garden remains the only known fully restored historic garden of an African American in the U.S.We’re in conversation with Anne and Edward’s granddaug…

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In Honor of Juneteenth: The Anne Spencer House & Garden, with Shaun Spencer Hester 1:19:28

15d ago1:19:28

1:19:28

In honor of Juneteenth celebrations coming up, we check in on the Anne Spencer House & Garden in Lynchburg, VA. The home and garden of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer and her husband Edward, this garden remains the only known fully restored historic garden of an African American in the U.S.We’re in conversation with Anne and Edward’s granddaug…

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A Garden's Purpose, with Félix de Rosen 53:05

22d ago53:05

53:05

Cultivating our places with attention, intention, thought and care is certainly an ethos I hold dear and advocate for with some measure of ferocity. When student and gardener Félix de Rosen reached out to me in 2021 seeking advice on a new book project. His thinking and design resonated with me, and we have communicated back and forth ever since. N…

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A Garden's Purpose, with Félix de Rosen 53:05

22d ago53:05

53:05

Cultivating our places with attention, intention, thought and care is certainly an ethos I hold dear and advocate for with some measure of ferocity. When student and gardener Félix de Rosen reached out to me in 2021 seeking advice on a new book project. His thinking and design resonated with me, and we have communicated back and forth ever since. N…

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Design Futurist Awards, with Sarah Beck of Pacific Horticulture 52:38

29d ago52:38

52:38

With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and recognition - along with the garden world’s trends, concerns and priorities - top of mind. Such display and attention – and recognition well beyond the garden world – has the potential to move hearts and minds and, more …

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Design Futurist Awards, with Sarah Beck of Pacific Horticulture 52:38

29d ago52:38

52:38

With the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK just completed, the gardening world as a whole has the concept of Garden Design awards and recognition - along with the garden world’s trends, concerns and priorities - top of mind. Such display and attention – and recognition well beyond the garden world – has the potential to move hearts and minds and, more …

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Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook, with Milkwood's Kirsten Bradley 54:19

1M ago54:19

54:19

This week on Cultivating Place, we’re in conversation with Kristen Bradley, Co-founder and Creative Director of the world-renowned Australian-based Milkwood Permaculture. Their new Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook is another perfect resource for our summer garden (and life) plotting, planning, and planting, with an emphasis on garden-life-base…

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Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook, with Milkwood's Kirsten Bradley 54:19

1M ago54:19

54:19

This week on Cultivating Place, we’re in conversation with Kristen Bradley, Co-founder and Creative Director of the world-renowned Australian-based Milkwood Permaculture. Their new Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook is another perfect resource for our summer garden (and life) plotting, planning, and planting, with an emphasis on garden-life-base…

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The Seed Detective, with Adam Alexander 53:05

1M ago53:05

53:05

Just in time for your continued planning, plotting, and planting in order to grow the earliest and the latest and the biggest and the longest producing and the best tasting of the summer vegetable and fruit bounty, this week Cultivating Place returns to our intermittent series on seeds in conversation with Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detecti…

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The Seed Detective, with Adam Alexander 53:05

1M ago53:05

53:05

Just in time for your continued planning, plotting, and planting in order to grow the earliest and the latest and the biggest and the longest producing and the best tasting of the summer vegetable and fruit bounty, this week Cultivating Place returns to our intermittent series on seeds in conversation with Adam Alexander, author of The Seed Detecti…

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Small House Farm Beauty & Learning, Bevin Cohen 54:45

2M ago54:45

54:45

Bevin Cohen and his wife Heather Marie co-founded Small House Farm, a homestead, garden, family, and bridge to the natural world around them.Bevin writes: “The garden is where we meditate, harvest our seeds and learn about Mother Nature’s many wonders. We are avid seed savers, and amateur plant breeders. We believe that each seed is a connection to…

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Small House Farm Beauty & Learning, Bevin Cohen 54:45

2M ago54:45

54:45

Bevin Cohen and his wife Heather Marie co-founded Small House Farm, a homestead, garden, family, and bridge to the natural world around them.Bevin writes: “The garden is where we meditate, harvest our seeds and learn about Mother Nature’s many wonders. We are avid seed savers, and amateur plant breeders. We believe that each seed is a connection to…

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A year full of flowers (in pots!), with the UK's Sarah Raven 57:26

2M ago57:26

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To kick off May, looking forward to Mother’s Day, Graduations, and the promise of Summer Gardening in general here in the US, this week we go all in for flowers in pots! with one of the world’s bright gardens and floral stars: Sarah Raven. Her newest book: A Year Full of Pots Container Flowers for All Seasons (Bloomsbury Press, 2024) notes that pot…

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A year full of flowers (in pots!), with the UK's Sarah Raven 57:26

2M ago57:26

57:26

To kick off May, looking forward to Mother’s Day, Graduations, and the promise of Summer Gardening in general here in the US, this week we go all in for flowers in pots! with one of the world’s bright gardens and floral stars: Sarah Raven. Her newest book: A Year Full of Pots Container Flowers for All Seasons (Bloomsbury Press, 2024) notes that pot…

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CA NAtive Plant Week & CNPS Rare Plant Program Aaron Sims 1:01:42

2M ago1:01:42

1:01:42

The third week of April is California Native Plant week, this year being celebrated by the California Native Plant Society via 8 days of action in honor and protection of our native plant diversity.Our celebratory action item here at Cultivating Place is being in conversation this week with Aaron Sims, Director of the Rare Plant Program for CNPS. 2…

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CA NAtive Plant Week & CNPS Rare Plant Program Aaron Sims 1:01:42

2M ago1:01:42

1:01:42

The third week of April is California Native Plant week, this year being celebrated by the California Native Plant Society via 8 days of action in honor and protection of our native plant diversity.Our celebratory action item here at Cultivating Place is being in conversation this week with Aaron Sims, Director of the Rare Plant Program for CNPS. 2…

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Bumble Bee Atlas Projects w/ Leif Richardson, Xerces Society BEST OF 1:12:42

2M ago1:12:42

1:12:42

Following on from native plant week, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation about some of our favorite native plant visitors: our native bumble bees. Bumble bee conservation has recently had some good news: the Xerces Society recently kicked off their newest Bumble Bee Atlas project, this time in the US Midwest. With that in mind, please enjoy…

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Bumble Bee Atlas Projects w/ Leif Richardson, Xerces Society BEST OF 1:12:42

2M ago1:12:42

1:12:42

Following on from native plant week, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation about some of our favorite native plant visitors: our native bumble bees. Bumble bee conservation has recently had some good news: the Xerces Society recently kicked off their newest Bumble Bee Atlas project, this time in the US Midwest. With that in mind, please enjoy…

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Great garden friends: The Hummingbird Monitoring Network, Dr. Susan Wethington BEST OF 53:12

3M ago53:12

53:12

Hummingbirds are a beloved and charismatic creature of the America’s, the more than 350 species of hummingbirds have coevolved with the flora of the Americas for millions of years. For this fourth week in our series of 5 episodes on our gardens as important habitat and we gardeners as important stewards of land and biodiversity, we check in on the …

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Great garden friends: The Hummingbird Monitoring Network, Dr. Susan Wethington BEST OF 53:12

3M ago53:12

53:12

Hummingbirds are a beloved and charismatic creature of the America’s, the more than 350 species of hummingbirds have coevolved with the flora of the Americas for millions of years. For this fourth week in our series of 5 episodes on our gardens as important habitat and we gardeners as important stewards of land and biodiversity, we check in on the …

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Seeding Circularity: Orta Kitchen Garden Seed Pots, Anne Fletcher 57:32

3M ago57:32

57:32

This week, with Spring and seeding season fully underway—indoors and out—we speak with gardener entrepreneur Anne Fletcher of Orta Kitchen Gardens, creators of non-toxic ceramic, self-watering Orta seed pots. These pots' material lives help eliminate plastic right from the start in your plants’ growing lives, seeding more circularity into our garde…

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Seeding Circularity: Orta Kitchen Garden Seed Pots, Anne Fletcher 57:32

3M ago57:32

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This week, with Spring and seeding season fully underway—indoors and out—we speak with gardener entrepreneur Anne Fletcher of Orta Kitchen Gardens, creators of non-toxic ceramic, self-watering Orta seed pots. These pots' material lives help eliminate plastic right from the start in your plants’ growing lives, seeding more circularity into our garde…

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Women's History Month Finale: Garden Wonderland, with Leslie Bennett 1:05:55

3M ago1:05:55

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To round out Women’s History Month in style, this week, we are back in conversation with Leslie Bennett, an Oakland, CA-based landscape designer who creates gardens that help to nourish and tell the story of who we are, individually and communally.Leslie lives out her horticultural and cultural ethos in her landscape design work with Pine House Edi…

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Women's History Month Finale: Garden Wonderland, with Leslie Bennett 1:05:55

3M ago1:05:55

1:05:55

To round out Women’s History Month in style, this week, we are back in conversation with Leslie Bennett, an Oakland, CA-based landscape designer who creates gardens that help to nourish and tell the story of who we are, individually and communally.Leslie lives out her horticultural and cultural ethos in her landscape design work with Pine House Edi…

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Spring Equinox Special with Owen Wormser of Abound Design 55:02

3M ago55:02

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The Great Unlawning of America has been underway for some time now, and as we have just crossed the threshold of the spring equinox earlier this week, I want to celebrate how far we have come and give us all a forceful nudge to help us stay the path with the many millions of acres of the progress we have to go in this work to trade lifeless monocul…

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Spring Equinox Special with Owen Wormser of Abound Design 55:02

3M ago55:02

55:02

The Great Unlawning of America has been underway for some time now, and as we have just crossed the threshold of the spring equinox earlier this week, I want to celebrate how far we have come and give us all a forceful nudge to help us stay the path with the many millions of acres of the progress we have to go in this work to trade lifeless monocul…

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The Art of Gardens + Sculpture: Frederik Meijer Sculpture Gardens Grand Rapids, MI 55:00

4M ago55:00

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The combining of sculpture and gardens dates back centuries if not millennia, and there are few public gardens I know of that do not incorporate sculpture into their aesthetics and identity at some point. This week we are in conversation with an exemplary public garden, whose identity grows out of this pairing: the art of horticulture and the art o…

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The Art of Gardens + Sculpture: Frederik Meijer Sculpture Gardens Grand Rapids, MI 55:00

4M ago55:00

55:00

The combining of sculpture and gardens dates back centuries if not millennia, and there are few public gardens I know of that do not incorporate sculpture into their aesthetics and identity at some point. This week we are in conversation with an exemplary public garden, whose identity grows out of this pairing: the art of horticulture and the art o…

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Women's History Month: The Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar 1:01:56

4M ago1:01:56

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Happy Women’s History Month!To kick Women’s History Month off on Cultivating Place, we visit with the woman known as the Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar of Jekka’s Herb Farm in the UK this week. Her long and notable career has brought the gardened world the best the herbs of the world have to offer to our gardens, to our environments, to our kitchens…

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Women's History Month: The Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar 1:01:56

4M ago1:01:56

1:01:56

Happy Women’s History Month!To kick Women’s History Month off on Cultivating Place, we visit with the woman known as the Queen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar of Jekka’s Herb Farm in the UK this week. Her long and notable career has brought the gardened world the best the herbs of the world have to offer to our gardens, to our environments, to our kitchens…

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Leap Day Special: Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta - McDowell 1:02:28

4M ago1:02:28

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Most gardeners know the somewhat gruesome pleasure of working in the garden – with a sharp tool, or a poisonous plant, or ankle deep in a juicy scene of decomposition – and thinking to yourself, “oh, this would be a great scene for a murder mystery.” Writer and gardener Marta McDowell is with us this week for our Leap Day Special - sharing more abo…

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Leap Day Special: Gardening Can Be Murder, Marta - McDowell 1:02:28

4M ago1:02:28

1:02:28

Most gardeners know the somewhat gruesome pleasure of working in the garden – with a sharp tool, or a poisonous plant, or ankle deep in a juicy scene of decomposition – and thinking to yourself, “oh, this would be a great scene for a murder mystery.” Writer and gardener Marta McDowell is with us this week for our Leap Day Special - sharing more abo…

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Legends of the Leaf, with Jane Perrone, of On The Ledge Podcast 1:01:59

4M ago1:01:59

1:01:59

This week we lean into a particular aspect of our garden lives – but perhaps a favorite winter activity in the northerly climates in winter: tending to our houseplant and indoor garden family. We’re in conversation with Jane Perrone, host of the “On The Ledge” Podcast, and author of “Legends of the Leaf: Unearthing the secrets to help your plants t…

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Legends of the Leaf, with Jane Perrone, of On The Ledge Podcast 1:01:59

4M ago1:01:59

1:01:59

This week we lean into a particular aspect of our garden lives – but perhaps a favorite winter activity in the northerly climates in winter: tending to our houseplant and indoor garden family. We’re in conversation with Jane Perrone, host of the “On The Ledge” Podcast, and author of “Legends of the Leaf: Unearthing the secrets to help your plants t…

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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, with Brent Leggs 54:55

5M ago54:55

54:55

In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, what they are growing in this world, and why that matters to all of us, I am so excited to be joined this week by Brent Leggs, Senior Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Executive Director of the Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fu…

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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, with Brent Leggs 54:55

5M ago54:55

54:55

In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, what they are growing in this world, and why that matters to all of us, I am so excited to be joined this week by Brent Leggs, Senior Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Executive Director of the Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fu…

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Library science is (garden) life science, Staci Catron & Jennie Oldfield 1:04:03

5M ago1:04:03

1:04:03

In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, what they are growing in this world, and why that matters to all of us, we use this midwinter moment for a mid-winter retreat. We head south to the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center and their remarkable Cherokee Garden Library – named for the historic Cherokee r…

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Library science is (garden) life science, Staci Catron & Jennie Oldfield 1:04:03

5M ago1:04:03

1:04:03

In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, what they are growing in this world, and why that matters to all of us, we use this midwinter moment for a mid-winter retreat. We head south to the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center and their remarkable Cherokee Garden Library – named for the historic Cherokee r…

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In honor of BHM: Camille Dungy on "Soil, The Story of A Black Mother's Garden" BEST OF 1:22:16

5M ago1:22:16

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Camille Dungy is perhaps best known for her remarkable and award-winning, often environmentally focused poetry and editing of collections of environmentally focused poetry and writing by people of color exploring the intersections of gender, race, art, environment, and culture. In honor of Black History Month, we revisit this best-of conversation w…

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In honor of BHM: Camille Dungy on "Soil, The Story of A Black Mother's Garden" BEST OF 1:22:16

5M ago1:22:16

1:22:16

Camille Dungy is perhaps best known for her remarkable and award-winning, often environmentally focused poetry and editing of collections of environmentally focused poetry and writing by people of color exploring the intersections of gender, race, art, environment, and culture. In honor of Black History Month, we revisit this best-of conversation w…

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Seed is Life: The National Native Seed Conference Feb 7th and 8th w/ Institute for Applied Ecology 1:04:35

5M ago1:04:35

1:04:35

In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, what they are growing in this world, and why that matters to all of us, I am pleased to be joined this week by three members of the team at The Institute for Applied Ecology – literally ecology in action. Their mission is to conserve native species and their habitats through rest…

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Seed is Life: The National Native Seed Conference Feb 7th and 8th w/ Institute for Applied Ecology 1:04:35

5M ago1:04:35

1:04:35

In our ongoing exploration of who gardeners are, where gardeners are, what they are growing in this world, and why that matters to all of us, I am pleased to be joined this week by three members of the team at The Institute for Applied Ecology – literally ecology in action. Their mission is to conserve native species and their habitats through rest…

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Wormwrangling, the science-practice gap, & updating grassland restoration: Dr. Justin Luong 57:34

5M ago57:34

57:34

Did you know that grasslands account for between 20 and 40 percent of the world's land area? Generally open, fairly flat, and accessible, they exist on every continent except Antarctica. Ecologically as important as but different from other large ecoregion types such as forests or deserts, grasslands are even more vulnerable to pressure from human …

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Wormwrangling, the science-practice gap, & updating grassland restoration: Dr. Justin Luong 57:34

5M ago57:34

57:34

Did you know that grasslands account for between 20 and 40 percent of the world's land area? Generally open, fairly flat, and accessible, they exist on every continent except Antarctica. Ecologically as important as but different from other large ecoregion types such as forests or deserts, grasslands are even more vulnerable to pressure from human …

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Reimagining May Sarton's house (and garden) by the sea, w/artist Carly Glovinski 1:07:58

6M ago1:07:58

1:07:58

This week on Cultivating Place, we hear the magical story of how two gardeners, separated by time, came together to grow all of our imaginations.May Sarton was a 20th—century writer known for her poetry, novels, and personal journals illuminating the landscape of the human heart and mind. She was also a lifelong and avid gardener. She spent the las…

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Reimagining May Sarton's house (and garden) by the sea, w/artist Carly Glovinski 1:07:58

6M ago1:07:58

1:07:58

This week on Cultivating Place, we hear the magical story of how two gardeners, separated by time, came together to grow all of our imaginations.May Sarton was a 20th—century writer known for her poetry, novels, and personal journals illuminating the landscape of the human heart and mind. She was also a lifelong and avid gardener. She spent the las…

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