GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

This episode, we talk with Jenny Rose Carey about Shade Gardening. The plant profile is on Clematis and I share my tips for  Logging Offline in the Garden. Episode 18 - Recorded on July 4, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we talk with Mike Whalen about Garden Photography. The plant profile is on Hardy Geranium and I share my Confessions of a Plant Hoarder. Episode 17 - Recorded on June 27, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we talk with Tony Sarmiento about all things Garlic. The plant profile is on Lavender and I share my lessons in No-stress Gardening. Episode 16 - Recorded on June 20, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we have a wide-ranging conversation with plantswoman Carol Allen about Orchids, Insects, Hummingbirds, and more. The plant profile is on Common Milkweed and I share why garden has real value. Episode 15 - Recorded on June 13, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we chat with Niraj Ray of Cultivate the City on Unusual Edibles including Papalo, Malabar Spinach, and Megberries. I share my Confessions of a Plant Killer and the Plant Profile is on Daylilies. Episode 14 - Recorded on June 6, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support...

This episode, we chat with Connie Hilker of Hartwood Roses about Heritage (aka Old or Heirloom) Roses. I share my love for Crocs and the plant profile is on Hardy Waterlily (Nymphaea). Episode 13 - Recorded on May 30, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we chat with Eva Monheim about her new book on Shrubs and Hedges. I opine about gardening in movies The plant profile is on Hakone Grass ( Hakonechloa macra ). Episode 12 - Recorded on May 23, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we chat with Kelly Billing of Water Becomes a Garden about Lotus, and I answer a listener question on harvesting Asparagus. The plant profile is on Calamintha ( Calamintha nepeta ). Episode 11 - Recorded on May 16, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

This episode, we chat with Peter Pepper about growing Peppers and I describe my visit to Rachel Carson's home a few years ago. Also, I share what is blooming in my garden and the plant profile is on fothergilla. Episode 10 - Recorded on May 9, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

An in-depth talk with Barbara Bullock about all things azalea - from planting tips to pruning to favorite selections. She is the recently retired curator of the US National Arboretum’s azalea collection. We also reminisce a bit about Behnke Nurseries and she shares what gardening in retirement is like. Episode 9 - Recorded on May 2, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little...

We talk with Heather Zindash about IPM and best practices for diagnosing and treating issues in your garden. I share why gardening is NOT canceled and the plant profile is on kale. Episode 8 - Recorded on April 25, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

We chat with garden writer Marianne Willburn again. This time about chickens in the garden, fuzzy ducklings, and hugelkultur. The plant profile is on lilacs. I vent about leaf blowers and share what is blooming in my garden. Episode 7 - Recorded at April 18, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/suppo...

This episode, we chat with David Ellis, editor of The American Gardener, the magazine of the American Horticultural Society, about favorite spring flowering trees and shrubs. The plant profile is on pansies/violas and we reflect on the late, great Henry Mitchell. Episode 6 - Recorded on April 11, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:...

This episode we talk with Abra Lee, a horticultural storyteller and Longwood Fellow. The plant profile focuses on the Pussy Willow and we add a new segment about what is growing in our community garden plot and home garden this week. Episode 5 - Recorded April 4, 2020  YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gard...

A talk with Doug Oster all about tomatoes — from the earliest varieties to ripen to combating blight issues. Doug shares his best tips and tricks. Our plant profile this episode is Heuchera. Episode 4 - Recorded March 28, 2020  YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

Kim Roman discusses Square Foot Gardening, microgreens, and what edibles you can start now the March garden. The plant profile in this episode focuses on Forsythia.  Episode 3 - Recorded on Match 21, 2020. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support .

A chat with Kit Gage, a Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, about the recent Green Matters Symposium, the novel “The Overstory,” and the “Nature’s Best Hope” by Doug Tallamy. Our Plant Profile this episode is on the cool-season annual Sweet Alyssum. Episode 2 - Recorded on March 14, 2020  YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: ...

A chat with garden writer Marianne Willburn about Philadelphia Flower Show, edgeworthia, rose pruning tips, and what to do in the garden early March. YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at:  https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support . Episode 1 - Recorded on March 7, 2020.

GardenDC is all about gardening in the greater Washington DC region (DC MD VA DE WV PA — zones 6-7). Host Kathy Jentz is the editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine. A life-long gardener, Kathy believes that growing plants should be stress-free and enjoyable. Her philosophy is inspiration over perspiration.