Growing Greener

Artist Sam Van Aken explains how he uses grafting to create living sculptures from heirloom fruit trees while preserving our historic fruit heritage

The co-founders of Wildflower Farm discuss this pioneering nursery's 3-decade history of innovation and its impact on environmentally based gardening.

Maggie Redfern of the Connecticut College Arboretum discusses planting native species as street trees and restoring urban habitat

Nash Turley of the University of Central Florida discusses the program he and colleague Barbara Sharanowski have developed to help homeowners nationwide convert areas of lawn to pollinator habitat painlessly and quickly with the help of their mobile phones.

Historical ecologist Michael Gaige details how he reads clues in the landscape to reveal its past and understand its present

Award-winning broadcaster Jennifer Jewell discusses her new book,  The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

Leading ecological landscape designer Larry Weaner describes how to have a garden that largely plants itself, while minimizing the task of weeding

Russ Cohen discusses his foraging career and his current role as Johnny Appleseed of raising and restoring to the wild edible native plants

Dr. Meredith Cornett discusses the program the Nature Conservancy has undertaken to help the forest of northern Minnesota adapt to a warming climate

Christine Cook of Mossaics Ecological Landscape Design discusses the unique beauties of dragonflies and details how she creates gardens designed to attract and foster these insects

Pollinator conservationist and award-winning author Heather Holm introduces us to the "secondary pollinators," the amazing insects other than bees that contribute to pollinating our native plants

Grant Sizemore of the American Bird Conservancy details how house cats can coexist with garden birds, and Matthew Shumar of the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative describes how to make your yard more bird safe..

Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture for the Native Plant Trust, discusses the challenges involved in sourcing and growing locally adapted native plants

Dan Jaffe, a rising star of the new generation of native plants experts and co-author of  Native Plants for New England Gardens discusses the many practical advantages of gardening with natives.

Shay Lunseth of Organic Lawns by Lunseth discusses her use of fine fescue grasses to create lawns that flourish with little or almost no mowing, less fertilizers and weed control, and far less summertime irrigation

Adrian Ayres Fisher, Sustainability Coordinator for Triton College in River Grove, Illinois explains how an easy change in gardening practice can remove carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and help mitigate global warming

Christie Higginbottom of Old Sturbridge Village, the famous museum village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, details the advantages of heirloom vegetable varieties that make them superior to modern hybrids for the contemporary victory garden.

Gardening Icon Ruth Rogers Clausen talks about gardening with her granddaughter, and Sarah Pounders of KidsGardening.org discusses her organization's free online educational resources for parents, grandparents, and children

Edwina von Gal, the internationally renowned landscape designer, discusses her personal journey to environmental activism and her current work with the Perfect Earth Project

Author William Bryant Logan discusses his most recent book, " Sprout Lands ," and the revival of pollarding, the basis of an ancient and mutually beneficial relationship between trees and people

Dr. William Welch of Texas A&M University and co-author of  The Rose Rustlers   discusses the ways in which heirloom plants, survivors from old gardens, can enhance the sustainability of your garden

Andrew Madden of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and Dr. Tracy Rittenhouse of the University of Connecticut discuss the migration of black bears into our exurbs and suburbs, with tips for co-existence

Dr. Douglas Tallamy, an insect ecologist at the University of Delaware, discusses his new, best-selling book, " Nature's Best Hope "

Internationally renowned soil microbiologist Dr. Elaine Ingham discusses her research with the soil food web that is revolutionizing gardening, and her Soil Food Web School

An interview with garden photographer and writer Karen Bussolini who discusses her work with the camera and how it informs her gardening, as well as describing her career as an "eco-friendly" garden coach.