The Garden Path Podcast

Since starting to produce this podcast in November 2015 all the way through May 2023, it’s been a wonderful ride to learn about gardening from so many great people. I’ve truly enjoyed interviewing and getting to know so many folks through this podcast, but all good things must end. And it is time to put […] The post Putting the Podcast Into the Compost Heap – A Heartfelt Goodbye! appeared first on...

Today’s episode features a return guest, Nancy Lawson! Nancy was first on the podcast in November of 2017 to talk about her book The Humane Gardener. Nancy’s book said so much of what I was already thinking and really pushed me to think harder when it came to looking at the garden landscape as an ecosystem. When I found out she was writing a new book I was ecstatic. That new book is Wildscape: Tri...

I am excited to bring this episode to y’all, an interview with Amy Martin, a writer and researcher from Dallas who is currently compiling a biography on Texas environmentalist Ned Fritz. Now, you may be asking, who the heck is Ned Fritz? And I was right there with you up until last spring when I read his book Realms of Beauty about the Wilderness Areas of east Texas. His writing cracked me up and...

Way back in 2018 I had today’s guest on to talk about his book, A New Garden Ethic. Today Benjamin Vogt is back on the podcast to talk about his latest book, Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design. A lot has changed in the last five years in regard to native plants in gardening and I think Benjamin has driven some of that change. Prairie Up is the garden design book that many of us h...

Today’s guest is Michelle Lay, a native plant gardener in Austin, Texas. Michelle and I have been Instagram acquaintances and friends over the last few years and I’ve enjoyed seeing her central Texas native plant garden evolve. Michelle has the same passion for conversation and protection of the environment that I do and we talk a lot about that in our conversation. We chat native plants, the Nati...

Happy 2023 everyone! Spring is trying to spring here but like every year in Texas we brace ourselves for a surprise freeze in February, so I’m not getting too antsy about the growing season yet. But almost! Today’s episode is a fun one and a little bit different than how I normally conduct a podcast. I was feeling overwhelmed from some other projects and not in the mood for my usual interview styl...

I’m a voracious reader and read anything from paper books to kindle books and listen to my share of audiobooks. Rather than list the abundant garden and natural history books I read this year I summarized my two favorites in this podcast: Saving the Wild South by Georgann Eubanks and The Natural Habitat Garden by […] The post My Top 2 Garden & Nature Books for 2022! appeared first on The Garden Pa...

This episode is more or less a recording of a blog post I wrote a few weeks ago regarding the stark divide in native plant media versus what is available for sale in the nursery industry. A summary of the issues... The Issues at Hand A diverse and locally native plant landscape for the home gardener is not easily within reach to the majority of home gardeners. Nursery stock to create a diverse hom...

Today’s episode is one I have been wanting to make for quite a while and I’m glad it finally happened, an interview with Leah Churner and Colleen Dieter from The Horticulturati, a garden and horticulture podcast based out of Austin, Texas. Leah and Colleen are both garden designers with extensive knowledge of the garden industry in and around Austin and produce what I find to be the most delightfu...

Today's guest is Haeley Giambalvo from San Antonio, Texas. You may know her on Instagram as the person behind Native Backyards, the highly informative account that features native plants and native plant gardening advice focused on Texas. I have loved what Haeley has been doing since the very start of her account and have admired the effort she has put into the outreach and advocacy for native pla...

So, what is nature journaling you ask? It sounds simple, and it is—but there are many variations, but the most important part is to make it your own. In a blog post from the International Nature Journaling Week, also created by Bethann Burton, “Nature journaling is the practice of drawing or writing in response to nature”. In other words, we sit, observe, draw, and make notes on what we experience...

Welcome back to a new season of the podcast!

A few weekends ago I trekked to the Big Thicket to volunteer with the Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. It was an excellent experience and I share some thoughts on my drive and from East Texas in this episode.

Jimmy Fike, an Arizona based artist who recently spent more than a decade photographing North America’s Edible and Medicinal Plants, produced gorgeous photographic prints of his subjects and turned them into a beautiful coffee table book. The prints are meticulously photographed, designed to allow the viewer to get an up close and personal view of the species displayed, supplemented with short nar...

A lot is going on in the spring garden: penstemons, pitcher plants, and more flower gardening! A short update on the garden is in this episode!

We're back in Florida today with my guest Kenny Coogan. Kenny is the author of the soon to be released book FLORIDA’S CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: UNDERSTANDING, IDENTIFYING, AND CULTIVATING THE STATE’S NATIVE SPECIES, Education Director of the International Carnivorous Plant Society and also sells carnivorous plants at some of Florida's various markets as well as occasionally online. Now, I have a fairly...

To get a sense of Florida and to begin that topic, today’s episode with Valerie Anderson, Director of Communications and Programming with the Florida Native Plant Society. You may have heard Valerie on a previous episode I’ve released on the podcast called Saving Split Oak Forest.

Sara Dykman embarked on her Butterbike Tour, leaving Mexico and following the monarch migration to Canada and back to Mexico in 2017.

Alright, we are finally back with some interviews for the next several episodes and I'm kicking off with a previous guest who is returning to the podcast, Christy Wilhelmi! You may know her from her Gardennerd podcast, or her Gardenerd website but if you don't, Christy is a gardener, garden coach, and author based in southern California. Over the last year she's had two new books debut, the first...

Green Cliff Brake fern, Cheilanthes viridis, is becoming a problem in the Houston area, or likely became a problem several years ago and folks are just now noticing. And the Jorō spider is a novel species to Georgia and several areas in the SE.

Join me as I sow tomato seeds for 2022 and talk about our first freeze and planting some native trees around our yard.

The 2021 Garden is winding down, despite a first freeze for my region of Texas looking to appear in January and not December this year!

Today's guest is Jen McGuinness, gardening, blogger and garden writer, who's recent book Micro Food Gardening debuted earlier this year. If you've been around the garden blogging world over the last decade you are probably already familiar with Jen who's blog known as Frau Zinnie shares wonderful garden photos and articles in and around her in Connecticut. Jen joins the podcast today to talk about...

A short autumn update on the podcast...catching up on autumn gardening, the concrete beds, and the edible gardening!

Ben and Louann Williams are Floridians with a deep connection to the land and water in North Florida. After decades in the fisheries industry on the St. Johns River, they began purchasing and conserving land in North Florida with the goal to protect the waterways they loved so much. One mile of the Florida Trail traverses their property in Putnam county, adjacent to Rice Creek Conservation Area.