Tom Christopher

Growing Greener

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Your weekly half-hour program about environmentally informed gardening. Each week we bring you a different expert, a leading voice on gardening in partnership with Nature. Our goal is to make your landscape healthier, more beautiful, more sustainable, and more fun.

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Author

Tom Christopher

Episodes

Margaret Roach -- Education of an Evironmental Gardener 28.10.2019 29:01

An interview with Margaret Roach, in which the celebrated host of "A Way to Garden" discusses the tools she used to educate herself about the environmental aspects of her craft, and her latest book, " A Way To Garden ."

Jared Westbrook -- Saving Trees With Genetic Engineering 28.10.2019 29:00

An interview with Dr. Jared Westbrook of the American Chestnut Foundation, in which he describes how his organization is using genetic engineering to return the American Chestnut to our forests, and discusses the implications of this work for other endangered trees

Douglas Tallamy - Insects and Plants 23.10.2019 29:01

An interview with Douglas Tallamy, University of Delaware Professor of Entomology and award-winning author of Bringing Nature Home , talking about the need to include insects in your garden.

David Wolfe -- Gardening in a Changing Climate 19.06.2019 29:01

David Wolfe, professor of plant and soil ecology at Cornell University, details how to keep your landscape flourishing in a time of changing climate

Robert Kourik -- The Hidden Half of Your Plants 12.06.2019 29:01

Robert Kourik, author of Understanding Roots , discusses the nature and needs of plant roots and how to foster them for a lusher, healthier garden