horticulture-rising's podcast

Please join me for a conversation with Michael Gordan, he is an Optometrist, passionate horticulturist, and garden tour guide from Peterborough, NH. We'll be talking about the best gardening advice he's been given, balancing horticulture as a passion when it's not your profession, and enjoying natural spaces in the current era of social distancing. 

Nels Olson is a farmer, gardener, and horticultural therapist, and we will be talking about the Hugelkultur method, the power of always staying challenged, and the power of paying it forward in our industry. 

Join me for a conversation with Ellie Pay and Sophie Cook. They are horticulturists, propagators, and the founders of the zine, The Young Propagators Society. We will be talking about how zine came to be, the knowledge they are hoping to preserve, and the hope for a YPS conference in the future.

Today I am speaking with Przemyslaw "Shem" Rusczcyk, he is the fruit and vegetable gardener at Hagley House & Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. We will be discussing the opportunities we have all as horticulturists to engage our peers and communities alike, and how Shem hopes to be part of Hagley's future and restoration. 

Today I am speaking with Alistair Baldwin, landscape architect and horticulturist in Newby Hall in North Yorkshire, England. We will be talking about the increasing influence of China on the world horticulture stage, using Lonicera nitida as a boxwood alternative, and the art of incorporating shadows in design.

Today I am speaking with Logan Fisher, he is a horticulturist and photographer living in New York City and will be speaking to me about his reflections and horticultural takeaways from spending four months in Japan. Learn more about wabi-sabi, tobi-ishi, and Logan's intrepretation of the human connectedness to nature in the concept of Ma. 

Today I am speaking with Mark Brownlee, the Principal Ecologist at Wildlawn in Quakertown, PA. We will be speaking about how Wildlawn is different from other lawn alternative companies, the importance of using locally sourced seeds of native plants, and why he is optimistic that the supply will meet the demand of the growing native plant movement. 

Today we are speaking with James Brayton Hall, who is the Executive Director of the Garden Conservancy. We will be talking about the future of the conservancy, the third golden age of garden conservation we are currently experiencing, and the unique abilities of both professional and amateur gardeners alike having the ability to be leaders in their own right. 

Today we are speaking with Rizanino 'Riz' Reyes, he is a horticulturist, florist, and garden designer based in Seattle, WA. We will be talking about expressing interesting in gardening from a young age and what it means to empower those who work for us amongst other topics in this episode. 

Today we are speaking with Ann Amato. She is a horticulturist, propagator, and seedstress from Portland, Oregon. On this episode, we will be talking about inspiring seed collecting, the unique horticulture scene of Portland, and what exactly a seedstress is.