In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, returning guest Barbara Melera, president of Harvesting-History.com, shares the story of the Constitutional Convention and how a garden visit helped found a new nation. The plant profile is on Butterfly Weed and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with our host, Kathy Jentz, who gives the Last Word on whether gardening is only for the rich.

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Show Notes are posted at https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-153-american.html

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Episode Credits:

Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Interview Editor and Show Notes: Marissa Yelenik

Recorded on 6-24-23.