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Professor Darrel Morrison- Beauty of the Wild

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Release Date: 03/22/2022

Dr. Tjite de Vries show art Dr. Tjite de Vries

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We're joined today by Dr. Tjite de Vries former head of Biology at La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.  A long time friend of John & Susana's and one of the first scientists to be stationed in the Galapagos Islands studying birds.  Listen in as he tells us of his history in Ecuador and biology.

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Father's Day on the NPP show art Father's Day on the NPP

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Happy Father's Day everyone!  New Dad Chris Fehlhaber sits down with Uli Lorimer and Tim Johnson of the Native Plant Trust to talk about gardening and fatherhood and lessons learned along the way.

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Maggie Stuckey's Container Victory Gardens show art Maggie Stuckey's Container Victory Gardens

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Today's episode is dedicated to John's Dad (Sam) who despite growing up during World War 2 and living in downtown Toledo, Ohio still managed to raise food for his family through always having a 'victory garden', a practice he carried on his entire life and passed on to his children teaching them the importance of being able to raise your own food. Tonight's guest; Maggie Stuckey has authored many books, but tonight, she and John will be discussing her latest; The Container Victory Garden which shows that even the smallest of gardens can be used wisely to help keep fresh foods within...

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Devin Walsh- art from the garden show art Devin Walsh- art from the garden

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Matthew sits down with fellow New Englander (can we get some Chowda?) Devin Walsh and they explore art in the garden.

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Uli Lorimer and his Northeast Native Plant Primer show art Uli Lorimer and his Northeast Native Plant Primer

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Uli Lorimer is director of Horticulture at Garden In The Woods, in Framingham, Massachussettes. Previously, he was curator of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Native Flora Garden until early 2019. The Delaware native grew up with an interest in all things green, and after receiving an honors degree from the University of Delaware in landscape horticulture, he moved to New York City to become the woodland gardener at Wave Hill. 

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Uli Lorimer and his Northeast Native Plant Primer show art Uli Lorimer and his Northeast Native Plant Primer

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Uli Lorimer is director of Horticulture at Garden In The Woods, in Framingham, Massachussettes. Previously, he was curator of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Native Flora Garden until early 2019. The Delaware native grew up with an interest in all things green, and after receiving an honors degree from the University of Delaware in landscape horticulture, he moved to New York City to become the woodland gardener at Wave Hill. 

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Anna Fialkoff of the Wild Seed Project show art Anna Fialkoff of the Wild Seed Project

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Wild Seed Project builds awareness of the vital importance of native plants and provides all people with the tools to restore biodiversity in their own communities. They equip community members, public officials and municipalities, and land-holding individuals and organizations – from farmers to land trusts – with the skills and resources they need to collectively repopulate landscapes with native plants that expand wildlife habitat, support biodiversity, and build climate resilience. 

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Piet Oudolf at Work show art Piet Oudolf at Work

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John sits down with legendary Landscape Designer Piet Oudolf and discusses his new book- 'at Work', landscape design, working with others and a few other topics.  There are even a few dog stories.

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Landscape Designer Owen Wormser on how to turn your lawn into a meadow show art Landscape Designer Owen Wormser on how to turn your lawn into a meadow

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Gardening Author and Landscape Designer Owen Wormser drops by to spread some wisdom on eliminating lawn and replacing it with habitat, just like he does in his book 'Lawns Into Meadows, Growing a Regenerative Landscape'

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Another 'lost tapes' episode as Garden Designer Donald Pell drops by show art Another 'lost tapes' episode as Garden Designer Donald Pell drops by

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OK, so we're not the most organized people in the world- we're sorry. We originally spoke to Don last year, but in an unfortunate sorting incident, we lost the file for a time.  We're very glad to have found it though as it is a wonderful piece of entertainment and education. Garden Designer Donald Pell is known for his use of native plants in the landscape and ecological approach to design, but it turns out he also enjoys a good laugh and a craft brew.  Welcome to the show Don, we're happy to have you.

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We're more than honored to have a very special guest to start off Season 7.  Professor Morrison's legendry work and contributions to our field are unparrelleled and we're thrilled to have him as our guest.