Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak shares gardening lessons from Voltaire's "Candide" (1759).
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“When we sow a seed, we plant a narrative of future possibility. It is an action of hope. Not all the seeds we sow will germinate, but there is a sense of s...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak discusses the importance of balancing our consideration of gardening successes and failures, insights from "The Well-Gardene...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak shares some of her favorite passages from October's featured book "The Well-Gardened Mind" (2020).
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“The single most essential element in any garden is not some particular object, plant or tool. What’s vital is a gardener who loves it.”
— Scott Ogden...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak talks with local nursery owner, landscape designer/consultant and school/community garden advocate Christie Mackison. This e...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak talks with Mary Foster, community garden advocate, designer and educator. This episode is the first in a series that focuses...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak discusses the best face masks to protect gardeners from fine particles in wildfire smoke while working in the garden, and wh...
“Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of education.”
— Alice Waters, founder of the Edible Sc...
“I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia,...
“I want to explore the ways this field is a more viable and creative career path for women than ever before and how the plant-work world is demonstrating gr...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak discusses Jennifer Jewel's 2020 book "The Earth in Her Hands," a celebration of important, innovative work that contemporary...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak tells the story of how the Blue Heron Community Garden in Phoenix is recovering after the 2020 Almeda fire — with a lot of h...
Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak shares lore and science of two majestic Oregon conifers: Douglas-firs and western redcedars.
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Literary Gardener host Rhonda Nowak encourages gardeners to celebrate the squash bee's arrival in Oregon, and shares her "Ode to Squash Bees in Oregon Gardens."...
