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The Horticulturati is a biweekly-ish gardening talkshow cohosted by Austin-based landscape designers Leah Churner and Colleen Dieter. Join us for gossip, gripes, and fun plant facts!
Hothouse is a podcast about design, ecology, and the way we garden now. Host Leah Churner sits down with experts and enthusiasts to talk about permaculture, the urban landscape, and how plants sometimes give us the feels. A meeting of the minds for plant people and the horticulture-curious, Hothouse is a different kind of gardening show: less of the how-to and more of the who, what, where, when, and why.
Life lessons and conversations from the garden. Whether you are a beginner or life long gardener, we all have something to learn from our gardens. Conversations include topics on edible gardens, flower gardens, permaculture, urban farming, pollinators, natural history, and much more!
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Horticulturati: The Multilayered Magic of Sheet Mulch
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On this episode, we’re gettin’ down and dirty with sheet mulch. Sheet mulching is a no-till, no-dig gardening practice of removing unwanted vegetation and building fertile soil by layering organic matter and letting it compost in place. While the layers suppress weeds by blocking sunlight, subterranean soil biology goes to work to break down the la…
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The Multilayered Magic of Sheet Mulching
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On this episode, we’re gettin’ down and dirty with sheet mulch. Sheet mulching is a no-till, no-dig gardening practice of removing unwanted vegetation and building fertile soil by layering organic matter and letting it compost in place. While the layers suppress weeds by blocking sunlight, subterranean soil biology goes to work to break down the la…
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Horticulturati: Fruit Tree Care with Susan Poizner
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"Fruit trees need hands-on care." That's the motto of our guest, Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com. Susan is an urban orchardist, teacher, journalist, and filmmaker. She is the author of Growing Urban Orchards (2014), cofounder of the Ben Nobelman Park Community Orchard in Toronto and the host of the Urban Forestry Radio podcast. She also teaches …
"Fruit trees need hands-on care." That's the motto of our guest, Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com. Susan is an urban orchardist, teacher, journalist, and filmmaker. She is the author of Growing Urban Orchards (2014), cofounder of the Ben Nobelman Park Community Orchard in Toronto and the host of the Urban Forestry Radio podcast. She also teaches …
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Ned Fritz’s Texas Environmental Legacy | Amy Martin
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Texas Land Conservancy (@texaslandconservancy) My guest today is Amy Martin, a writer and researcher from Dallas who is currently compiling a biography on Texas environmentalist Ned Fritz. Now, you may be asking, who the heck is Ned Fritz? And I was right there with you up […] The post Ned Fritz’s Texas …
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Get Your Prairie On: Native Plant Garden Design with Benjamin Vogt
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Monarch Gardens, Benjamin Vogt (@monarchgardensbenjaminvogt) Way back in 2018 I had today’s guest on to talk about his book, A New Garden Ethic. Today Benjamin Vogt is back on the podcast to talk about his latest book, Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design. A […] The post Get Your Prairie …
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Native Plant Gardening in Austin, Texas | Michelle Lay
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Photos courtesy and copyright of Michelle Lay Today’s guest is Michelle Lay, a native plant gardener in Austin, Texas. Michelle and I have been Instagram acquaintances and friends over the last few years and I’ve enjoyed seeing her central Texas native plant garden evolve. Michelle has the same passion for conversation and protection of the […] The…
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Herbariums, Botanizing New Jersey, and Ecosystems as Backdrops | Bonnie Semmling
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bonnie (@bonntany) Happy 2023 everyone! Spring is trying to spring here but like every year in Texas we brace ourselves for a surprise freeze in February, so I’m not getting too antsy about the growing season yet. But almost! Today’s episode is a fun one and […] The post Herbariums, Botanizing New Jersey…
I’m a voracious reader and read anything from paper books to kindle books and listen to my share of audiobooks. Rather than list the abundant garden and natural history books I read this year I summarized my two favorites in this podcast: Saving the Wild South by Georgann Eubanks and The Natural Habitat Garden by […] The post My Top 2 Garden & Natu…
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Horticulturati: The Art of Graphics with Lisa Nunamaker and Amy Fedele
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In this roundtable, we talk about drafting and drawing with Lisa Nunamaker, of Paper Garden Workshop, and Amy Fedele, of Pretty Purple Door, two fabulous garden educators who offer online courses in landscape graphics. Leah took courses from both instructors this year -- Lisa's Garden Graphics Toolkit and Amy's Great at Procreate. We discuss why th…
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The Art of Graphics with Lisa Nunamaker and Amy Fedele
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In this roundtable, we talk about drafting and drawing with Lisa Nunamaker, of Paper Garden Workshop, and Amy Fedele, of Pretty Purple Door, two fabulous garden educators who offer online courses in landscape graphics. Leah took courses from both instructors this year -- Lisa's Garden Graphics Toolkit and Amy's Great at Procreate. We discuss why th…
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Just Give Us Some Native Milkweed! Native Plants vs the Horticulture Industry
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This episode is more or less a recording of a blog post I wrote a few weeks ago regarding the stark divide in native plant media versus what is available for sale in the nursery industry. A summary of the issues… The Issues at Hand A diverse and locally native plant landscape for the home […] The post Just Give Us Some Native Milkweed! Native Plant…
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The Horticulturati | Colleen Dieter & Leah Churner
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Horticulturati (@thehorticulturati) Today’s episode is one I have been wanting to make for quite a while and I’m glad it finally happened—an interview with Leah Churner and Colleen Dieter from The Horticulturati, a garden and horticulture podcast based out of Austin, Texas. Leah and Colleen […] The p…
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but some of the common names we use for plants downright stink! In this episode, we're diving into problematic colloquial names. Some common names are geographically misleading (“Jerusalem artichoke”); others are xenophobic, racist, or antisemitic ("wandering Jew"); while still others are an unfortunat…
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but some of the common names we use for plants downright stink! In this episode, we're diving into problematic colloquial names. Some common names are geographically misleading (“Jerusalem artichoke”); others are xenophobic, racist, or antisemitic ("wandering Jew"); while still others are an unfortunat…
Today’s guest is Haeley Giambalvo from San Antonio, Texas. You may know her on Instagram as the person behind Native Backyards, the highly informative account that features native plants and native plant gardening advice focused on Texas. I have loved what Haeley has been doing since the very start of her account and have admired […] The post Nativ…
Attention plant lovers! Central Texas Seed Savers is hosting a Seed Swap at the Austin Central Library (710 W. Cesar Chavez St) on Saturday, October 29 from 11-1pm. This event is free and open to the public. Bring seeds to share! Or just come get some seeds! For more info, visit https://www.centexseedsavers.org and https://library.austintexas.libgu…
Attention plant lovers! Central Texas Seed Savers is hosting a Seed Swap at the Austin Central Library (710 W. Cesar Chavez St) on Saturday, October 29 from 11-1pm. This event is free and open to the public. Bring seeds to share! Or just come get some seeds! For more info, visit https://www.centexseedsavers.org and https://library.austintexas.libgu…
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Nature Journaling Basics for Gardeners and Budding Naturalists
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Episode Transcript (more or less) Welcome to the Garden Path Podcast, Life Lessons and Conversations from the natural world. I’m your host Misti Little. Back in the 6th grade I was introduced to the world of art via an elective in middle school. I had played the oboe in the band for my first semester […] The post Nature Journaling Basics for Garden…
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Welcome Back to a New Season of The Garden Path Podcast
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Horticulturati: Humble History of the Flowerpot
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In this episode, Colleen unearths as much as she can about the largely unwritten history of plant pots. When did humans start growing plants in containers? How did innovations in materials and technology lead to the domestication of plants, plant collecting, and the growth of the nursery industry? Why are plant pots so overlooked as a facet of indu…
In this episode, Colleen unearths as much as she can about the largely unwritten history of plant pots. When did humans start growing plants in containers? How did innovations in materials and technology lead to the domestication of plants, plant collecting, and the growth of the nursery industry? Why are plant pots so overlooked as a facet of indu…
We're back with a salute to Monty Don, beloved British gardening expert, author, and fashion icon, whose infectious passion for plants is boosting our spirits through this bummer summer. Though little known in the US, jaunty Monty is a big celebrity across the pond, as the host of the BBC's Gardener's World, Big Dreams, Small Spaces, and Around The…
We're back with a salute to Monty Don, beloved British gardening expert, author, and fashion icon, whose infectious passion for plants is boosting our spirits through this bummer summer. Though little known in the US, jaunty Monty is a big celebrity across the pond, as the host of the BBC's Gardener's World, Big Dreams, Small Spaces, and Around The…
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Horticulturati: Conservation Design
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On this episode, we dive into ecologist Douglas Tallamy's books Nature's Best Hope (2019) and The Living Landscape (2014, with Rick Darke). Tallamy's work takes native plant gardening and wildlife gardening to another level by focusing not just on species diversity, but on diversity of species interaction to promote ecological conservation. Accordi…
On this episode, we dive into ecologist Douglas Tallamy's books Nature's Best Hope (2019) and The Living Landscape (2014, with Rick Darke). Tallamy's work takes native plant gardening and wildlife gardening to another level by focusing not just on species diversity, but on diversity of species interaction to promote ecological conservation. Accordi…
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Volunteering with the Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve
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Ti-Ti, Cyrilla racemiflora, blooming in its appropriate habitat location. A treefrog found a temporary place to rest on Lisa’s leg! Calopogon tuberosus Show Notes: Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve Facebook Group The post Volunteering with the Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve appeared first on The Garden Path Podc…
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The Commercial Compost Conundrum with John Hart Asher *TEASER*
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Here's a preview of our bonus segment. To hear the full bonus epsidode, subscribe to our Patreon! Compost is a mysterious product. Gardeners prize it as “black gold,” but few of us know how it is manufactured on an industrial scale. In this bonus, John Hart Asher breaks down the difference between traditional compost (the kind we might make at home…
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Horticulturati: Pocket Prairies with John Hart Asher
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We sat down at the picnic table with John Hart Asher, host of Central Texas Gardener and Cofounder/Senior Environmental Designer at Blackland Collaborative to talk about pocket prairies. What’s a pocket prairie? It’s a very small prairie. What’s a prairie? It’s a community of native grasses and forbs wildflowers that have evolved along with microbe…
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Pocket Prairies with John Hart Asher
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We sat down at the picnic table with John Hart Asher, host of Central Texas Gardener and Cofounder/Senior Environmental Designer at Blackland Collaborative to talk about pocket prairies. What’s a pocket prairie? It’s a very small prairie. What’s a prairie? It’s a community of native grasses and forbs wildflowers that have evolved along with microbe…
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Wild Edible Botanicals of North America | Jimmy Fike
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jimmy Fike (@jimmyfike) Jimmy Fike, an Arizona based artist who recently spent more than a decade photographing North America’s Edible and Medicinal Plants, produced gorgeous photographic prints of his subjects and turned them into a beautiful coffee table book. The prints are meticulously photographed, …
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Penstemons, Bog Gardening, and Spring Unfolding | A Garden Catchup Episode!
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Introduction to Florida’s Carnivorous Plants | Kenny Coogan
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kenny Coogan (@crittercompanionsbykennycoogan) We’re back in Florida today with my guest Kenny Coogan. Kenny is the author of the soon to be released book FLORIDA’S CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: UNDERSTANDING, IDENTIFYING, AND CULTIVATING THE STATE’S NATIVE SPECIES, Education Director of the International Carnivor…
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Getting to Know the Florida Native Plant Society | Valerie Anderson
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Tropical milkweed...Monarchs' friend or foe? We dip a toe into contested territory with a look at Asclepias curassavica, the most controversial milkweed of all. Up first: we chat about the spring rush and a secondhand ringtail cat sighting. Want more? Join our Patreon for bonus content, early access to episodes, and fun classes. Mentioned in this e…
We're back at Colleen's picnic table to reflect on what we've learned (horticulturally and emotionally) in the year since Uri, the crippling 2021 snow-and-ice storm that plunged Texas into single-digit temperatures and left 40% of Austin residents without power and/or water for days. Last year we recorded a few episodes about the immediate aftermat…
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Sara Dykman embarked on her Butterbike Tour, leaving Mexico and following the monarch migration to Canada and back to Mexico in 2017. She published Bicycling with Butterflies in 2021 which chronicles her encounters with monarchs, humans, and nature along the way. Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Beyond A Book The post Bicycling with B…
This podcast is two years old! To celebrate, Colleen announces the release of her new BOOK and Leah brings you to the dark side of the plant kingdom with sinister tales of the horticultural uncanny. Journey with us to “Flytrap Gulch,” the Alnwick Poison Garden, and a greenhouse full of googly eyes. In the words of Michael Pollan: “A garden should c…
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Mini Fruit Gardening & Fiction Garden Writing | Christy Wilhelmi
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Here's a preview of our Patreon bonus segment, "In The Weeds." To hear the full episode and get other exclusive content, join The Horticulturati for $5 a month at patreon.com/horticulturati. Once you sign up, mark your calendars and join us for a live ASK US ANYTHING session on Friday, February 18 at 7pm CST! A link to this Google Hangout event wil…
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Tracking Novel Invasive Species: Green Cliff Brake Fern & the Jorō spider
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Plant Communities & Vertical Layers
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Wintry mix and Stage 5 Restrictions have us turning once again to the bookshelf. In this episode, we’re diving into Thomas Rainer and Claudia West’s instant classic Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes (Timber Press, 2015). Rainer and West write that the “vast wild spaces” that once covered North Ameri…
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Horticulturati: Designing for Maintenance & "The Soul of a Farmer"
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Happy New Year! We’re back from vacation with a discussion of a book that is very much in the Horticulturati wheelhouse, The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden. Author Roy Diblik, a Wisconsin-based designer and plantsman, argues that anyone can build a “design-magazine-worthy garden at home” by thoughtfully combining perennials to form functional pl…
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Happy New Year! We’re back from vacation with a discussion of a book that is very much in the Horticulturati wheelhouse, The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden. Author Roy Diblik, a Wisconsin-based designer and plantsman, argues that anyone can build a “design-magazine-worthy garden at home” by thoughtfully combining perennials to form functional pl…
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Horticulturati: Growing a Vision with Barton Springs Nursery
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If you have a passion for plants, you probably love plant shopping. Our local garden centers are more than just a place to source nursery stock; they’re a designer’s trove of botanical information and inspiration. After untold hours spent perusing the grounds of Barton Springs Nursery, we finally sat down for a chat with two of the new owners, desi…
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Growing a Vision with Amy Hovis and Willy Glenn of Barton Springs Nursery
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If you have a passion for plants, you probably love plant shopping. Our local garden centers are more than just a place to source nursery stock; they’re a designer’s trove of botanical information and inspiration. After untold hours spent perusing the grounds of Barton Springs Nursery, we finally sat down for a chat with two of the new owners, desi…
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