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Eat Your Flowers with Loria...

06.01.2023

This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we dive into edible flowers with Loria Stern. She's the author of Eat Your Flowers, a book bearing the name of her garden-to-table catering and private chef business.

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06.01.2023 Eat Your Flowers with Loria Stern This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we dive into edible flowers with Loria Stern. She's the author of Eat Your Flowers, a book bearing the name of her garden-to-table catering and private chef business.
05.18.2023 Journeying with Maria Rodale This week's guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, Maria Rodale, has a family lineage tied to the foundation of organic gardening research.
05.04.2023 Good Gardening with Chris McLaughlin Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Chris McLaughlin. We chat about her newest book, The Good Garden, & how to create a garden that is good for both us & the planet.
04.20.2023 Kids Gardening with Em Shipman Em Shipman is the executive director of KidsGardening.org. She helps guide parents, caregivers, and teachers with ideas for gardening with kids.
04.06.2023 Compost Tea with Nicky Schauder Our guest this week is Nicky Schauder from Permaculture Gardens. We talk about her grant-funded study of the effectiveness of compost tea
03.23.2023 Cottage Foods with Lisa Kivirist Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Lisa Kivirist. She's an author of 6 books, an advocate for entrepreneurs, and is co-owner of Inn Seredipity Farm.
03.09.2023 Dry-Climate Gardening with Noelle Johnson Noelle Johnson (the AZ Plant Lady) is our guest this week. She shares her tips for growing a beautiful, lush garden in dry climates, which can be found in her new book, Dry Climate Gardening.
02.23.2023 Market Farming with Jill Ragan This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we chat with Jill Ragan, author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm.
02.09.2023 Spring Tips with Christy Aaaaand we're back with spring tips with Christy! Our first podcast of 2023 gives you an update on what's growin' on and helpful To-Dos for your winter/early spring garden.
12.15.2022 Food Forward with Rick Nahmias Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Rick Nahmias, the founder and CEO of Food Forward.
12.01.2022 Beekeeping Tips with Charlotte Ekker Wiggins Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Charlotte Ekker Wiggins, a fellow beekeeper and writer. We chat about her ingenious beekeeping tips, as well as her tricks for gardening on a limestone hillside.
11.17.2022 Gardening Inspiration with Ashlie Thomas Our guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week is Ashlie Thomas, author of How to Become A Gardener. Her popular Instagram feed, @The.Mocha.Gardener, is filled with gardening inspiration and tips for newbies.
11.03.2022 Powerful Endophytic Bacteria with Jeff Lowenfels We go full-nerd this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, with Jeff Lowenfels and his new book about endophytic bacteria. Learn what they are and why they are important.
10.20.2022 Bees and Monarchs with Robin Jones Today Robin Jones of Honey Girl Grows returns to the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. We chat about bees and monarchs and stuff you might not know yet.
10.06.2022 Vegetable Gardening with Joe Lamp'l This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we're chatting with Joe Lamp'l about his new book and his garden in Atlanta, Georgia.
09.22.2022 Black Flora with Teri Speight Teri Speight is back on the podcast this week. She spoke with us a few months ago about her book, The Urban Garden, which she co-authored with Kathy Jentz. Today we’re chatting about her other book, Black Flora.
09.08.2022 Home Fruit Orcharding with Jose Ramirez Our guest this week on the Podcast, Jose Ramirez, was featured recently in the LA Times for his home orchard. He transformed a weedy patch of land into a low-water, fruit-filled paradise.
08.25.2022 The Garden Sabbatical with Devorah Brous This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we address the need for a garden sabbatical with Devorah Brous.
08.11.2022 Community Greening with Adina Oosterwijk On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week, we travel to Australia to chat with Adina Oosterwijk about community greening.
07.28.2022 Why Trees Matter with Dan Lambe On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week we chat with Dan Lambe, the CEO of The Arbor Day Foundation. Dan shares his knowledge of how important trees are for the continuation of life on earth.
07.14.2022 Rebuilding Soil with David King Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week is David King of The Learning Garden. He's been on the podcast before, but we brought him back to talk about a major construction project that destroyed the Learning ...
06.30.2022 Summer Tips with Christy This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, it's change of pace day. Just you and me, gardenerds. In this episode I address a few topics that keep coming up with clients and curious minds alike.
06.16.2022 Raised Bed Design with Catherine McLaughlin On this week's Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we talk shop with Catherine McLaughlin, the Design Studio Principal from Farmscape about the rookie mistakes even professional landscape designers make when it comes to raised bed vegetable garden design.
06.02.2022 Growing Our Gardens and Ourselves with Marcus Bridgewater This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we're chatting with Marcus Bridgewater. He's the author of the new book How To Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself.
05.19.2022 Urban Gardening Ideas with Kathy Jentz & Teri Speight This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we cover urban gardening ideas with Kathy Jentz and Teri Speight.
05.05.2022 Hand to Mouth with Alexia Allen Alexia Allen lives on Hawthorn Farm in Washington state, where she and her husband spent the entire year of 2017 eating only hand-harvested food.
04.21.2022 Common Sense Natural Beekeeping with Kim Flottum Our podcast guest this week is Kim Flottum, long time beekeeper and author of more than 6 books. His latest book, is all about common sense natural beekeeping.
04.07.2022 Therapeutic Herbalism with Kay'aleya Bonnette Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Kay'aleya Hunnybee Bonnette of The Herbal Womb. She's a clinical herbalist and integrative health educator.
03.24.2022 Healthy Gardens with Mary-Kate Mackey This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we explore what makes a healthy garden with Mary-Kate Mackey.
03.10.2022 Regenerative Gardening with Stephanie Rose This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we chat with Stephanie Rose about regenerative garden projects that create change in your garden.
02.24.2022 The Importance of Woodchip with Ben Raskin Nerd alert! This week's guest is all about the "woodchip" as they say in Great Britain ("wood chips" for Americans). Ben Raskin joins us this week.
02.10.2022 Landrace Gardening with Joseph Lofthouse This week on the Podcast, we journey down an unconventional rabbit hole with Joseph Lofthouse into landrace gardening.
01.27.2022 Myths and Solutions with Robert Kourik This week we chat with a long-time colleague and fellow gardenerd, Robert Kourik.
01.13.2022 Gardening and Nature with Rishi Kumar We welcome back Rishi Kumar of Sarvodaya Institute to the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week. Rishi has been a guest once before, but things have shifted since our last c
12.30.2021 Year-End Thoughts with Christy We've had great guests on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this year. In our last episode of 2021, Christy shares her year-end thoughts from the year.
12.16.2021 Thriving with Justin West Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Justin West, co-founder of Thrive Lot. Justin developed Thrive Lot after a decade in a successful career in marketing.
12.02.2021 Gardenary with Nicole Burke This week we're talking with Nicole Burke of Gardenary. She created a successful gardening business built on efficient edible gardening techniques. She shares some of her knowledge and expertise in this episode of the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podc
11.18.2021 Adaptive Gardening with Toni Gattone Toni Gattone is our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Toni is a garden speaker, educator, and the author of The Lifelong Gardener: Gardening with Ease and Joy at Any Age. She shares her tricks ...
11.04.2021 Health and Gardening with Jeff Pierce This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we’re chatting with Jeff Pierce, an urban homesteader in Sonoma County, California. Jeff and his wife raise bees, veggies, fruits, and mushrooms.
10.21.2021 Small-Holdings with Liz Zorab This week our guest is Liz Zorab, author of Grounded: A Gardenerd's Journey to Abundance & Self Sufficiency. She and her husband bought a barren stretch of land in the middle of agricultural territory and turned it into a Permaculture ...
10.07.2021 Garden with Kids with Sonya Harris Sonya Harris learned how to garden with kids as she learned to garden herself. She went from finding dirt "icky" to growing food for her community at the Bullock Garden Project. We chat about her journey from newbie to expert ...
09.23.2021 Bulbs & Ornamentals with Leslie Harris This week we’re chatting with Leslie Harris of LH Gardens in Charlottesville, Virginia. Leslie has over 30-years of experience as an educator, coach, and passionate home gardener. She also has her own podcast called Into the Garden with Leslie.
09.09.2021 Fruit Trees in the Desert with Greg Peterson Our guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week is Greg Peterson of The Urban Farm in Phoenix, Arizona. Greg is a permaculturist and green living innovator specializing in urban sustainability and growing food on dry lands.
08.26.2021 Composting with Naomi Wentworth This week's guest, Naomi Wentworth, goes beyond basic composting with her company, The Compost Group. She started a local compost hub in San Diego, CA, a
08.12.2021 Mini Meadows with Mike Lizotte Our guest this week is Mike Lizotte of American Meadows. He’s better known as “the Seed Man” because of his passion for planting wildflower gardens.
07.29.2021 Biodynamics with Steven Wynbrandt Our guest this week is the ever-enthusiastic evangelist about biodynamics, Steven Wynbrandt. He's the founder of Wynbrandt Farms and Wynbrant Farms Biodynamic Compost. Steven teaches biodynamics around the world and puts his training into practice in his own garden in ...
07.15.2021 Asian Vegetables (and Cicadas) with Wendy Kiang-Spray Back in April we spoke with a fellow Great Grow Along speaker, Wendy Kiang-Spray about growing and cooking with Asian vegetables. Wendy is the author of The Chinese Kitchen Garden: Growing Techniques and Family Recipes for a Classic Cuisine. She's ...
07.01.2021 Heirloom Seeds with Ira Wallace This week we're delighted and honored to have Ira Wallace as a guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Ira is co-owner of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and is a well-known seed saver and educator.
06.17.2021 The Ecological Gardener with Matt Rees-Warren Our guest this week is Matt Rees-Warren, author of The Ecological Gardener: How to Create Beauty & Biodiversity from the Soil Up. He chats with Christy from his home in England about how we can reduce plastic, conserve resources, and ...
06.03.2021 Appetite for Change with Tasha Powell This week's guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is an inspiration in every way. Tasha Powell took her own journey toward growing food, and turned it into the community-led non-profit organization now called Appetite for Change, in ...

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