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You know him as David Mizejewski, Naturalist for the National Wildlife Federation and Author of Attracting Birds, Butterflies and other backyard wildlife, but we know him as 'Dave' fellow podcasting nerd, D&D player and Elf Quest aficionado- not to mention Star Wars fan(atic).  Join us for a journey through it all including some great information about the NWF's "Gardening for Wildlife" month and...

Our good friend John Manion drops by to talk about the upcoming Birmingham Botanical Garden Native Plant Conference being held this month.  Fascinating topics, speakers and field trips await you in Birmingham!  Oh, we drop a little plant knowledge along the way as well.

John sits down with new friend to the Show Alan Branhagen and they have a conversation about some of the best natives for Midwest gardens.

Gardening author and founder of the Old Growth Forest Network Joan Maloof drops by to share some thoughts about the importance of protecting what little old growth forest we have left.

Gardening Author Thomas Christopher has written and co-authored a number of fine books about gardening.  Join us today as Preston and John sit down with him and learn a little bit more about Tom and what drives his passion.

A long time friend of the show- Dr. Dawn Sherry drops by to discuss this year's Cullowhee Native Plant Conference; the field trips, the speakers and the fun.

John goes for a walk in the woods with Capital Naturalist Alonso Abugattas to explore the activity in vernal pools created by the Arlington County Park Authority.

One thing we like to encourage at the Native Plant Podcast is supporting non-profit organizations who are making direct impacts on their local communities and today Preston sits down with the fine folks of "Trees Atlanta" to talk about how they work and what types of programs they have going on and what you might be able to do to help them, or to start your own way of helping out where you are.

Noted Horticulturist and Author Christopher Woods talks about his passion for gardening and his new book covering some of the best new gardens of the world.

Our old friend Matt Candeis of the In Defense of Plants Podcast drops in to talk about the new book from the Smithsonian Institution that he helped to write.

John & Preston have been wanting to do a show on water gardens for sometime.  This is the last episode of season 3 and will hopefully get you started on your own little water project.

One of our industry's 'up & comers' drops by for a chat with John & Preston.  Taylor Williams owns 'Will Garden' and we talk design, maintenance and having the right experience for the job.

Derrick Jensen sits down with John and chats about where we are headed with our society and if we should even have a society.

John attended the 'Poster Session' at Cullowhee this year where each recipient is required to do a poster explaining their work.

We like to highlight some emerging professionals in the Green Industry on our show to give them an opportunity to share new research and insight they are bringing to our community. Tonight Preston sits down with a friend and former student, Mr. Owen Washam to talk about his research focusing on carnivorous plants.

Preston's new friend Felder Rushing sits down with John and he for a conversation about taking the time to enjoy your garden.

John & Jesse sit down with Professor James Hitchmough, Head of Department of the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield.

Andrew Moore is here to talk about his James Beard nominated book "Paw-Paw, America's forgotten fruit.

Professor Aaron Ellison drops by (again) to talk about one of his and our favorite topics; carnivorous plants and his new book which updates Darwin's work on the subject.

John & Preston interview Stephen Bloodworth about his role as the Curator of the Bloomquist gardens at the Sarah P. Duke Botanical Gardens.

Judy Venonsky and Chris Landau of Olin Studios drop by to talk about some of the design tools they've developed to help simplify and expedite their designs.

Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe have a new book about native plants for New England gardens and they discuss the book among other things with John & Preston.

Craig Tufts was not only the Chief Naturalist at the National Wildlife Federation for many years, he was a big influence in many young naturalists lives.  On this very special show, listen in as John sits down with Craig's son Ben and NWF staff members David Mizejewski and Ellen Lambeth to reminisce about their memories of a great man.

David Buckley Borden and Aaron Ellison from the Harvard Forest drop by to chat with John about their Hemlock Hospice art project that is bringing attention to the blight of the Eastern Hemlock.

Craig Limpach of Genius Loci sits down with John to talk about a sense of place and eco design vs eco restoration.