Growing Greener

Dr. Eric Watkins of the University of Minnesota discusses the university's program to create more sustainable lawns that support native bees and other pollinators

Gardener and writer Ginny Stibolt discusses " Climate-Wise Landscaping ," the book she co-authored with landscape architect Sue Reed, and how it can make your personal landscape more resilient and a force for positive environmental change

Innovative farmer Jesse Frost describes his focus on stewardship of the earth in his outstanding and useful new book,  " The Living Soil Handbook "

Los Angeles landscape Architect Greg Kochanowski discusses his study of landscape management in fire-adapted landscapes

Internationally renowned rosarian Stephen Scanniello teaches gardeners how to grow roses without all the chemical pesticides

Ecological landscape designer and consultant Marie Chieppo discusses the report on plastic nursery pots she compiled for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, and the greener alternatives that she is promoting

Artist Robert Adzema talks about his unique sun sculptures and how sundials can fix us in time while serving as a bridge to connect the garden with the heavens

Ecologist Tom Wessels details how he reads the history of forested landscapes from visual clues – "Forest Forensics" – and describes his new book,  New England's Roadside Ecology

Paul Tukey, author of the classic guide,  The Organic Lawn Care Manual , shares his prescription for listening to, and learning from, the weeds in your lawn

Award-winning environmental journalist Fred Pearce discusses his book,  The New Wild , and the positive role he believes that invasive species can play in our changing ecosystems

Nancy Dubrule-Clemente, founder of the pioneering, all-organic garden center and garden service, Natureworks, describes the. chemical-free methods she has developed for coping with weeds

Mary Philips of the National Wildlife Federation details her organization's new program to supply ready-to-plant wildlife gardens, customized for your climate and your garden conditions

Two experts, Dr. Thomas Mather, Director of the University of Rhode Island's Tick Encounter Resource Center, and Kathy Connolly, designer of native gardens and proprietor of Speaking of Landscapes, LLC, discuss ways to avoid tick bites and manage the landscape so it is less hospitable to these dangerous pests

Based in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, Helia Native Plant Nursery collects its stock locally, preserving and enhancing local genetic variants, while also maintaining a living seed bank to help its plants evolve in response to climate change.

Aimee Code, Pesticide Program Director for the Xerces Society, discusses the problems with many conventional mosquito control programs, and how the same goals can be achieved with less environmental impact

Mark Mandica, Executive Director of The Amphibian Foundation, discusses the threats that are causing a worldwide decline of amphibians, and what gardeners can do to make their home landscapes more hospitable to these essential creatures

Conservationist and gardener Suzanne Thompson goes viral with her organic approach to controlling invasive threat Japanese knotweed

Horticulturist and author Robert Kourik shares his research on understanding and enhancing plant roots in this program originally posted in June of 2019

"Because land doesn't come with a manual,"  you need the Ecological Landscape Alliance!  Board member Dan Jaffe Wilder takes us on a virtual tour of this organization's programs, many of them free to the general public, with others available to dues-paying members from all over the country.

Ecological landscape designer Sarah Middeleer shares her experience in identifying natives that can replace popular, but ecologically less beneficial and often invasive introduced shrubs

Jackie Algon, one of the founders in 2017 of Pollinator Pathways in Wilton, Connecticut describes the ways in which her organization is fostering pollinators and other wildlife, and how it has set off a burgeoning national movement

Author Heather Holm discusses her new book, " Wasps ," and the fascination of these maligned creatures and the many beneficial roles they play in our gardens

Greg Peterson, creator of The Urban Farm, a residential "food forest" in Phoenix, Arizona, details the techniques he uses to capture and utilize storm water and gray water on his landscape

Ecological garden consultant Kim Eierman discusses her book, The Pollinator Victory Garden , and easy ways you can turn your yard into a beautiful and hospitable habitat for these essential and threatened creatures.

Organic lawn expert Shay Lunseth details the green-up program she applies to 1,500 lawns every spring