horticulture-rising's podcast

Today I am speaking with Tyler Bozzuto, Horticulturist, and Head Gardener at a private estate. We will be speaking about what it means to take public garden guest experience and apply that to managing a private estate. In addition, we will be talking about volunteering at the early stages of a career and his three tips for success in our industry. 

In this episode I am talking with Dean Bolton-Grant, Horticulturist and Director of Grant Horticulture in North Yorkshire, England. We will be discussing people as the takeaways from horticulture experiences, his insights into Malta and some of the positives he hopes to see in the post-covid era.

Today I am speaking with Sid Hill, permaculturist, educator, and autodidact from Redruth, UK. We will be talking about the considerations that go into designing an ecological and edible meadow, the research for his trial gardens, and insights into his self learning approach.

Please join me for a conversation with Jeanine Beare from Punta del Este, Uruguay. She is an environmentalist, horticulturist, seed collector, and educator who is filling a niche market to make available the seed of the native flora of Uruguay. Fundamentally, she hopes to create a renewed sense of appreciation for these plants amongst her people.

Today I am speaking with Kim and Kevin Raftery from Palo Alto, CA. They are garden designers, arborists, educators, and the authors of KidsGardening, the first book about gardening that I read as a kid. We'll be speaking about their passions and involvement in their local community, what considerations go into creating a kids gardening book, and the ways they encourage the next generation of gardeners. 

Please join me for a conversation with Laszlo Mate Talas, a third-generation horticulturist from Tiszakurt, Hungary. We'll be talking about his quest to learn as much as he can from the best in the industry before he takes over as header gardener from his father at the Tiszakurt Arboretum, in addition to his hopes for bridging the connections he's made in western Europe to strengthen those in eastern Europe, along with his aspirations for creating something of a school of horticulture in Hungary.  

Today I am speaking with Joel Karsten, founder of the straw bale gardening movement. He's an author, public speaker, and horticulturist. We'll be discussing the history of the method, the adaptability of using alternative carbon sources in place of strawbales, and his hopes for helping solve the global hunger crisis. 

Join me for a conversation with Freddie Strickland, he is a horticulturist and garden designer based in Bristol, England. In this episode, we will be talking about some of our favorite garden spaces in London, engaging youth in the industry, and his appreciation for fostering mentor relationships in the early stages of his budding career.

Please join me for a conversation with Shoeib Ahmer, from Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is a young horticulturist anxious to discover his role in the future of the industry. We'll be discussing value-added crops as an intersection point between agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture in India, and the increased challenges we face with climate change and the role technology is playing to help solve this issue.

Today I am speaking with Philip Tallon, owner of Lacystown Garden and Nursery from Stamullen, in County Mead, Ireland. He's a horticulturist, avid experimenter, and has high ambitions. We will be talking about his current project building a garden from scratch on his family's land, the learning curves that have given him a positive outlook, and the hope that one day, perhaps, he will have the longest herbaceous border in Ireland.