Best Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place Podcasts (2025)

1
Midsummer's Night Magic, with Leigh Ann Henion 1:04:41

5d ago1:04:41

1:04:41

Have you ever heard of a Moth-er? Yes, it is the moth equivalent of a birder – someone who loves and follows and studies the incredible diversity of moths. Creatures whose lives benefit ours and yet take place primarily under the cover of the dark of night.In this week of the Summer Solstice, in our seasonal period of longest days and shortest nigh…

1
Midsummer's Night Magic, with Leigh Ann Henion 1:04:41

5d ago1:04:41

1:04:41

Have you ever heard of a Moth-er? Yes, it is the moth equivalent of a birder – someone who loves and follows and studies the incredible diversity of moths. Creatures whose lives benefit ours and yet take place primarily under the cover of the dark of night.In this week of the Summer Solstice, in our seasonal period of longest days and shortest nigh…

1
Getting to know our neighbors: Preparing for National Pollinator Week with Colorado's PPAN 1:17:05

12d ago1:17:05

1:17:05

Every year since 2007, when the US Senate passed sanctions declaring it, the third week of June is celebrated as National Pollinator Week. It is no accident that this is the same week as the Summer Solstice, when many pollinators reach their peak. Since 2017, however, the state of Colorado has celebrated June as National Pollinator Month, and this …

1
Getting to know our neighbors: Preparing for National Pollinator Week with Colorado's PPAN 1:17:05

12d ago1:17:05

1:17:05

Every year since 2007, when the US Senate passed sanctions declaring it, the third week of June is celebrated as National Pollinator Week. It is no accident that this is the same week as the Summer Solstice, when many pollinators reach their peak. Since 2017, however, the state of Colorado has celebrated June as National Pollinator Month, and this …

1
Transformative Beauty: Ben Futa in conversation with Montreal-based floral designer Marc Sardi 55:47

19d ago55:47

55:47

To welcome the fullness of June, this week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is back and in conversation with Marc Sardi, a Montreal-based scientist turned floral artist who has reinvented his relationship with the natural world, and himself, along with changing careers. It’s an authentic conversation exploring how rediscovering our most au…

1
Transformative Beauty: Ben Futa in conversation with Montreal-based floral designer Marc Sardi 55:47

19d ago55:47

55:47

To welcome the fullness of June, this week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is back and in conversation with Marc Sardi, a Montreal-based scientist turned floral artist who has reinvented his relationship with the natural world, and himself, along with changing careers. It’s an authentic conversation exploring how rediscovering our most au…

1
Nutritious Movement & The Gardener, with Katy Bowman 1:07:11

26d ago1:07:11

1:07:11

Summer makes it easy to move your body – to get out for a walk, to work in the garden, to hike, bike, stroll, boat, climb, swim, dance under the stars. Whatever calls you. But as we know, many of us – most of us?Do not move enough, and even if we do, we don’t get a balanced diet of movement. Which Gardening can help with, and which physical movemen…

1
Nutritious Movement & The Gardener, with Katy Bowman 1:07:11

26d ago1:07:11

1:07:11

Summer makes it easy to move your body – to get out for a walk, to work in the garden, to hike, bike, stroll, boat, climb, swim, dance under the stars. Whatever calls you. But as we know, many of us – most of us?Do not move enough, and even if we do, we don’t get a balanced diet of movement. Which Gardening can help with, and which physical movemen…

1
Raised Beds, Raised Voices: Guest Host Abra Lee in Conversation with Philly's Guina Hammond 58:50

1M ago58:50

58:50

Guina Hammond is the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's program manager of sustainable communities. She is also deeply involved in her hometown of Philadelphia as a certified organic landcare professional, PHS Tree Tender, Penn State Master Gardener, and planning team member for the Mid-Atlantic Woody & Perennial Plant Conference. In addition to …

1
Raised Beds, Raised Voices: Guest Host Abra Lee in Conversation with Philly's Guina Hammond 58:50

1M ago58:50

58:50

Guina Hammond is the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's program manager of sustainable communities. She is also deeply involved in her hometown of Philadelphia as a certified organic landcare professional, PHS Tree Tender, Penn State Master Gardener, and planning team member for the Mid-Atlantic Woody & Perennial Plant Conference. In addition to …

1
That Green Thing Inside US ALL, Jill Mays on Nurturing Nature, Gardening for Special Needs 58:41

1M ago58:41

58:41

As the summer gardening season rolls into full-throated song, the idea of who has access to the work, joy, and benefits of this practice also comes into view—and feeds what Occupational Therapist and author Jill Mays calls that "green thing inside of us all."As an occupational therapist by career and calling, over the course of her professional lif…

1
That Green Thing Inside US ALL, Jill Mays on Nurturing Nature, Gardening for Special Needs 58:41

1M ago58:41

58:41

As the summer gardening season rolls into full-throated song, the idea of who has access to the work, joy, and benefits of this practice also comes into view—and feeds what Occupational Therapist and author Jill Mays calls that "green thing inside of us all."As an occupational therapist by career and calling, over the course of her professional lif…

1
A Beautiful Journey, Plantswoman Holly Shimizu, Emeritus Director US Botanic Garden 1:01:49

2M ago1:01:49

1:01:49

This second week of May, we welcome gardener and plantswoman Holly Shimizu. Her four decades of work in some of America’s notable public gardens have tracked and traced some of the most impactful changes in public garden standards, expectations, and accountability in that same time frame.From her visionary leadership roles at the National Herb Gard…

1
A Beautiful Journey, Plantswoman Holly Shimizu, Emeritus Director US Botanic Garden 1:01:49

2M ago1:01:49

1:01:49

This second week of May, we welcome gardener and plantswoman Holly Shimizu. Her four decades of work in some of America’s notable public gardens have tracked and traced some of the most impactful changes in public garden standards, expectations, and accountability in that same time frame.From her visionary leadership roles at the National Herb Gard…

1
Happy May Day! Growing Home: Humble Roots & The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer 1:05:13

2M ago1:05:13

1:05:13

This week on Cultivating Place we welcome May, with all of her floral and plant profusion, revisiting a conversation we loved with Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt of Humble Roots Nursery in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge. Acclaimed for their native plant passions, knowledge, and integrity, Kristin and Drew are the authors of the Pacific Northwest …

1
Happy May Day! Growing Home: Humble Roots & The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer 1:05:13

2M ago1:05:13

1:05:13

This week on Cultivating Place we welcome May, with all of her floral and plant profusion, revisiting a conversation we loved with Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt of Humble Roots Nursery in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge. Acclaimed for their native plant passions, knowledge, and integrity, Kristin and Drew are the authors of the Pacific Northwest …

1
For the Love of Soil, Start with Soil: Juliet Sargeant 1:01:57

2M ago1:01:57

1:01:57

Juliet Sargeant is an award-winning English garden designer who blends beauty with purpose in every space she creates. Juliet’s unique background in medicine, science, and psychology gives her designs a whole new depth, focusing on wellbeing and connection.You might recognize her name from that time in 2016 when she made history as the first Black …

1
For the Love of Soil, Start with Soil: Juliet Sargeant 1:01:57

2M ago1:01:57

1:01:57

Juliet Sargeant is an award-winning English garden designer who blends beauty with purpose in every space she creates. Juliet’s unique background in medicine, science, and psychology gives her designs a whole new depth, focusing on wellbeing and connection.You might recognize her name from that time in 2016 when she made history as the first Black …

1
The Holy Earth & The Nature Study Idea, John Stempien on the Legacy of Liberty Hyde Bailey 1:00:08

2M ago1:00:08

1:00:08

In this holy season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the earth reviving herself in greenery and flowers, birds, bees, and butterflies all around us, I am so pleased to be in conversation today with a gardener who will represent another gardener -one in the here now and one from more than a century ago, whose words resonate into the presen…

1
The Holy Earth & The Nature Study Idea, John Stempien on the Legacy of Liberty Hyde Bailey 1:00:08

2M ago1:00:08

1:00:08

In this holy season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the earth reviving herself in greenery and flowers, birds, bees, and butterflies all around us, I am so pleased to be in conversation today with a gardener who will represent another gardener -one in the here now and one from more than a century ago, whose words resonate into the presen…

1
Love Letter to a Garden, Debbie Millman of Design Matters 59:20

3M ago59:20

59:20

Debbie Millman has written love letters before. Her 20 years of creating and hosting the popular podcast Design Matters is just one of them. Her many books, several of them established reference books in the design and branding worlds, are among others. I am guessing she’s written a few to her wife the author Roxanne Gay, who contributed recipes to…

1
Love Letter to a Garden, Debbie Millman of Design Matters 59:20

3M ago59:20

59:20

Debbie Millman has written love letters before. Her 20 years of creating and hosting the popular podcast Design Matters is just one of them. Her many books, several of them established reference books in the design and branding worlds, are among others. I am guessing she’s written a few to her wife the author Roxanne Gay, who contributed recipes to…

1
The Vibrant New Natural Gardening of Kelly D. Norris 1:05:24

3M ago1:05:24

1:05:24

You might remember Cultivating Place's first conversation with Iowa-based plantsman, Kelly D. Norris, back in 2021, in celebration of his book New Naturalism, designing and planting a resilient, ecologically vibrant home garden. And we’re so pleased to get him back this week in conversation with CP Guest Host Ben Futa to talk more about this curren…

1
The Vibrant New Natural Gardening of Kelly D. Norris 1:05:24

3M ago1:05:24

1:05:24

You might remember Cultivating Place's first conversation with Iowa-based plantsman, Kelly D. Norris, back in 2021, in celebration of his book New Naturalism, designing and planting a resilient, ecologically vibrant home garden. And we’re so pleased to get him back this week in conversation with CP Guest Host Ben Futa to talk more about this curren…

1
Transformational: From banker to trailblazing IDEA leader in public horticulture, Mae Lin Plummer 57:59

3M ago57:59

57:59

This week on Cultivating Place, guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with a horticultural leader with big IDEAs. Mae Lin Plummer is the Director of the IDEA Center for Public Gardens in Denver Colorado.Mae Lin’s journey into gardening started in her backyard in Charlotte, NC where she simply wanted "a pretty place to throw parties." That blossome…

1
Transformational: From banker to trailblazing IDEA leader in public horticulture, Mae Lin Plummer 57:59

3M ago57:59

57:59

This week on Cultivating Place, guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with a horticultural leader with big IDEAs. Mae Lin Plummer is the Director of the IDEA Center for Public Gardens in Denver Colorado.Mae Lin’s journey into gardening started in her backyard in Charlotte, NC where she simply wanted "a pretty place to throw parties." That blossome…

1
Spring Equinox Special - Practicing re-enchantment: Encountering Dragonflies with Brooke Williams 1:12:48

3M ago1:12:48

1:12:48

Happy Spring Equinox!To welcome Spring – especially this exact Spring in the US - practicing re-enchantment in our world seemed exactly the right focus. I think this is part of what Gardeners do: practice enchantment or love with the natural world we care for.We’re in conversation this week with Brooke Williams: writer, naturalist, amateur conserva…

1
Spring Equinox Special - Practicing re-enchantment: Encountering Dragonflies with Brooke Williams 1:12:48

3M ago1:12:48

1:12:48

Happy Spring Equinox!To welcome Spring – especially this exact Spring in the US - practicing re-enchantment in our world seemed exactly the right focus. I think this is part of what Gardeners do: practice enchantment or love with the natural world we care for.We’re in conversation this week with Brooke Williams: writer, naturalist, amateur conserva…

1
Life is Big: To Be A Poet Gardener, Tess Taylor 1:05:04

3M ago1:05:04

1:05:04

Tess Taylor is a self-described Poet Gardener – and if there is ever a season to feel the poetry of life in the garden and with the plants in every cell of your body, it’s springtime! An award-winning poet with many collection titles to her name and editor of the life-supporting anthology Leaning Toward Light Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Te…

1
Life is Big: To Be A Poet Gardener, Tess Taylor 1:05:04

3M ago1:05:04

1:05:04

Tess Taylor is a self-described Poet Gardener – and if there is ever a season to feel the poetry of life in the garden and with the plants in every cell of your body, it’s springtime! An award-winning poet with many collection titles to her name and editor of the life-supporting anthology Leaning Toward Light Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Te…

1
The Curious Dr. Margaret Funk, Flora & Frost 57:17

4M ago57:17

57:17

Dr. Margaret Funk is the curious Midwest gardener (and doctor) behind the online name Flora & Frost. Cultivating her Minnesota garden for years, like so many of us, she really dove in deep in 2020. She and her family have now converted most of their lawn into a vibrant garden with a small greenhouse, raised beds for veggies, ornamental plants, and …

1
The Curious Dr. Margaret Funk, Flora & Frost 57:17

4M ago57:17

57:17

Dr. Margaret Funk is the curious Midwest gardener (and doctor) behind the online name Flora & Frost. Cultivating her Minnesota garden for years, like so many of us, she really dove in deep in 2020. She and her family have now converted most of their lawn into a vibrant garden with a small greenhouse, raised beds for veggies, ornamental plants, and …

1
From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito 53:23

4M ago53:23

53:23

From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito by Jennifer JewellBy Jennifer Jewell

1
From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito 53:23

4M ago53:23

53:23

From East Africa to the World, landscape design's Wambui Ippolito by Jennifer JewellBy Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place

1
Portrait of A Black Woman in Her Garden: Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens & Black Sanctuary Gardens 1:18:27

4M ago1:18:27

1:18:27

In celebration of Black History Month and looking forward to Women’s History Month - this week we’re so pleased to air another of our CP LIVE: Dialogues to Grow By conversations, recorded live in front of an audience on the home ground of the Cultivators of Place with whom we are speaking. This week’s CP LIVE recording focuses on the paradigm-shift…

1
Portrait of A Black Woman in Her Garden: Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens & Black Sanctuary Gardens 1:18:27

4M ago1:18:27

1:18:27

In celebration of Black History Month and looking forward to Women’s History Month - this week we’re so pleased to air another of our CP LIVE: Dialogues to Grow By conversations, recorded live in front of an audience on the home ground of the Cultivators of Place with whom we are speaking. This week’s CP LIVE recording focuses on the paradigm-shift…

1
The Curiosity Driven Growing Life of Australia's Michael McCoy 59:31

4M ago59:31

59:31

Many things motivate and drive us to love gardening, plants, and nature. Australia’s Michael McCoy, also known as The Gardenist, is a Gardener, botanist, designer, teacher, and international garden tour guide. In his garden life, motivation always comes back to curiosity. He says: "Behind any answer are 10 more questions leading me forward in the g…

1
The Curiosity Driven Growing Life of Australia's Michael McCoy 59:31

4M ago59:31

59:31

Many things motivate and drive us to love gardening, plants, and nature. Australia’s Michael McCoy, also known as The Gardenist, is a Gardener, botanist, designer, teacher, and international garden tour guide. In his garden life, motivation always comes back to curiosity. He says: "Behind any answer are 10 more questions leading me forward in the g…

1
The Power of Public Green Spaces: NY's Elizabeth Street Garden with Joseph Reiver 53:39

5M ago53:39

53:39

The Elizabeth Street Garden in New York City’s Little Italy and SoHo neighborhoods is a one-acre public garden founded in 1991 by Allan Reiver, an artist and art dealer who passed in 2021. The lot on which the garden has grown these many years is owned by the city and managed by the non-profit community group, Elizabeth Street Garden. Joseph Reiver…

1
The Power of Public Green Spaces: NY's Elizabeth Street Garden with Joseph Reiver 53:39

5M ago53:39

53:39

The Elizabeth Street Garden in New York City’s Little Italy and SoHo neighborhoods is a one-acre public garden founded in 1991 by Allan Reiver, an artist and art dealer who passed in 2021. The lot on which the garden has grown these many years is owned by the city and managed by the non-profit community group, Elizabeth Street Garden. Joseph Reiver…

1
Creativity, Self-Knowledge, and Artistic Ingenuity: Passionflower Sue 1:05:16

5M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

Creativity is one of those anchors-to-windward in unsettled and worrisome times. So is a hands-on, creative project – with bonus points for working with organic materials (natural fibers, clay, or – flowers)!Just in time for Valentine’s Day, and all the spring events cascading from there in the coming months, we’re joined this week by a woman who h…

1
Creativity, Self-Knowledge, and Artistic Ingenuity: Passionflower Sue 1:05:16

5M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

Creativity is one of those anchors-to-windward in unsettled and worrisome times. So is a hands-on, creative project – with bonus points for working with organic materials (natural fibers, clay, or – flowers)!Just in time for Valentine’s Day, and all the spring events cascading from there in the coming months, we’re joined this week by a woman who h…

1
Got Topiary? A conversation with plantsman/artist Mike Gibson 54:02

5M ago54:02

54:02

This week, Guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with legendary topiary artist and star of the HGTV hit show Clipped, Mike ‘Gibby-Siz’ Gibson. Mike is based out of sunny Columbia, South Carolina, where he owns and operates his own business, “Gibson Works.”Abra and Mike talk about all things Topiary arts in their lively conversation! Diving into Mi…

1
Got Topiary? A conversation with plantsman/artist Mike Gibson 54:02

5M ago54:02

54:02

This week, Guest host Abra Lee is in conversation with legendary topiary artist and star of the HGTV hit show Clipped, Mike ‘Gibby-Siz’ Gibson. Mike is based out of sunny Columbia, South Carolina, where he owns and operates his own business, “Gibson Works.”Abra and Mike talk about all things Topiary arts in their lively conversation! Diving into Mi…

1
The Collective & The Seed Farmer, Dan Brisebois 1:05:58

5M ago1:05:58

1:05:58

This week – in the wind, rain, snow, and fires of early 2025 so far – it is good to be able to focus on SEEDs this week – seeds remind us so tangibly of our ability to get small, to slow down into a fortified dormancy of resilience, rest, and regrowth – and the possibilities inherent in all of those states.And this week, Cultivating Place does just…

1
The Collective & The Seed Farmer, Dan Brisebois 1:05:58

5M ago1:05:58

1:05:58

This week – in the wind, rain, snow, and fires of early 2025 so far – it is good to be able to focus on SEEDs this week – seeds remind us so tangibly of our ability to get small, to slow down into a fortified dormancy of resilience, rest, and regrowth – and the possibilities inherent in all of those states.And this week, Cultivating Place does just…

1
Resolution Support: The Five-Minute Gardener, Nicole Burke of Gardener 1:02:48

6M ago1:02:48

1:02:48

Maybe your New Year’s resolution was to take up gardening, or to garden more, or in a new way? Well, this week’s Cultivating Place conversation is all about making time for gardening even for very busy people! Nicole Burke, the energy force behind the online forum known as Gardenary, is with us to share more about the philosophy centered in her new…

1
Resolution Support: The Five-Minute Gardener, Nicole Burke of Gardener 1:02:48

6M ago1:02:48

1:02:48

Maybe your New Year’s resolution was to take up gardening, or to garden more, or in a new way? Well, this week’s Cultivating Place conversation is all about making time for gardening even for very busy people! Nicole Burke, the energy force behind the online forum known as Gardenary, is with us to share more about the philosophy centered in her new…

1
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025: Prioritizing Rest, Balance, and JOY, with Dandy Ram Farm 55:12

6M ago55:12

55:12

To ring in the New Year, this week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is in conversation with Bo Dennis, lead farmer and designer of Dandy Ram farm, located in rural Maine. Dandy Ram is an LGBTQ+ flower farm and floral design studio that sustainably grows and designs florals for weddings and ships evergreen and floral products nationally. Da…

1
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025: Prioritizing Rest, Balance, and JOY, with Dandy Ram Farm 55:12

6M ago55:12

55:12

To ring in the New Year, this week on Cultivating Place, guest host Ben Futa is in conversation with Bo Dennis, lead farmer and designer of Dandy Ram farm, located in rural Maine. Dandy Ram is an LGBTQ+ flower farm and floral design studio that sustainably grows and designs florals for weddings and ships evergreen and floral products nationally. Da…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Quick Reference Guide