horticulture-rising's podcast

Please join me for a conversation with Justin Kondrat, a horticulturist at the Smithsonian Gardens in Washington DC. We'll be talking about His passion for Orchidaceae the importance of inclusivity in our industry, the steps forward, and his involvement with the pansy project. 

Please join me for a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Vogt, garden designer, author, and educator in Lincoln, Nebraska. In this episode, we'll be talking about the double-edged sword that is social media, what it takes to move the needle, and have the conversation about using layered landscapes in our front gardens and why feeling guilt in garden design can be a good thing.

Please join me for a conversation with Rosenwyn Holliday as she talks about the stigma around her career choice to pursue being a gardener, her experience with the Professional Gardeners Guild, and the way art informs her interpretation of gardening and vice versa. 

Please join me for a conversation with Ben O'Brien, a landscape designer from Prince Edward County Ontario. We'll be discussing the long game of building his business, his inspirations taken from the naturalistic garden movement, and the people he is inspired by. Also, he will be discussing his work with trialing gravel substrates that inform his design work for clients. 

Please join me for a conversation with James Miller, a British Horticulturist working at the Alameda Gardens in Gibraltar. We'll be talking about what makes the gardens unique in this small overseas territory, his hopes for developing a south African plant collection there, and his plans for a future trip to Japan.

Please join me for a conversation with Kevin Zuidervliet, horticulturist, and founder of Verdure based in Christiana, PA. We will be talking about the building of this online course startup platform verdure and the careful considerations he takes to differentiate his courses, in addition, we will be talking about his plans for the future and his homes of creating a plant nursery that is a hub for the community.

Please join me for a conversation with Hafsah Hafeji as we discuss her work with Solidaritree, a UK based environment network led by women of color as part of her Roots and Shoots video series, as well as her hopes for reconnecting with her heritage in India in the future. 

Please join me for a conversation with Nick Dyner, CEO of Molaear, a company developing nanobubble technology, based in Torrance, CA. This is something of a unique episode in that Nick and I will be having a conversation on the science behind nanobubble technology. We'll be talking about the applications for the horticulture industry and what Molaear hopes to achieve.

Today I am speaking with Jared Toogood, cannabis consultant, and plant scientist based in Detroit, Michigan. We will be talking about his passion for plants and growing operations, and how that lead to an opportunity in the burgeoning cannabis industry. We'll also be talking about his hopes for the industry to outsource learning and fulfilling philanthropic causes.  

Today I am speaking with Jabari Taylor, horticulturist, artist, landscape architect based in New York City. We will be talking about his passion for film making and interpreting garden spaces, his work with the Garden Conservancy, and his use of art as a side job.