Links
I pick things up; I am a collector. And things, well things, they tend to accumulate.
— ɴɪᴎ
Good Podcasts
- Roots and All
- Cultivating Place
- Native Plants, Healthy Planet
- The Urban Farm Podcast
- In Defense of Plants
- Plant People
- This Old Tree
- My Favorite Trees
- The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast
- The Native Plant Podcast
Wildlife and Conservation
- Xerces Society
- Homegrown National Park
- Doug Tallamy, Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard [Tallamy discussed this book on episode 97 of Roots and All.]
- The Humane Gardener [The founder (who also wrote a book of the same name) was interviewed on the May 31, 2018 episode of Cultivating Place.]
- David Mizejewski and the National Wildlife Federation, Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife
- National Wildlife Federation
- We are the Ark [The founder, Mary Reynolds, discussed this rewilding project on episode 44 of the Roots and All podcast.]
- Village & Wilderness
- Native Plants, Healthy Planet, Cues to Care with Katie Fisk, Nov 21, 2025
- American Beauties, Why Natives?, May 28, 2020
- Native Plants, Healthy Planet, Meet the Xerces Society, May 26, 2020
- Cultivating Place, Bringing Nature Home - An Ongoing Entreaty with Doug Tallamy, Dec 8, 2017
- The Humane Gardener, Wildlife and Swimming Pools: Can They Coexist?, Sep 9, 2017
Mosquitos, ticks, and other pests
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Is Our Tick Anxiety Affecting Pollinators?, Aug 4, 2025 [Discussed on the Sept 19, 2025 episode of the Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast.]
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Your Backyard or Garden, Jul 17, 2025
- Bug Banter Podcast, Plastic Bands, Pesticides, and Deadly Drift: A Study on Mosquito Spray, Apr 1, 2025
- Bug Banter Podcast, Protecting Bees from Pesticides: Why EPA Regulations Need to Change, Feb 18, 2025
Gardening, including Food Forests
- Roots and All, Intro to Forest Gardening with Jake Rayson (episode 75)
- Roots and All, Food Forest in your Garden (episode 183)
- Science Direct, RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans [Who could have thought Monsanto was a bad actor? /s]
- Urban Farm Podcast, 861: Ashley Williamson on planting orchards to transform communities!, Jan 31, 2025 [Discussion about The Giving Grove, a non-profit which helps other organizations establish community orchards.]
Soil and Composting
- Growing Greener, Second Chance Composting, Sep 24, 2025
- Roots and All, The Soil Habitat (episode 306), Sep 30, 2024
- Cultivating Place, There's More to Life than Meets the Eye: 'Microbia' with Eugenia Bone, May 3, 2018
Forests and Trees
- Roots and All, Trees with Peter Thurman (episode 7)
- Roots and All, Dr Glynn Percival of Bartlett Tree Experts (episode 137)
- Penn State Extension, Forest Stewardship: Backyard Trees
- Nature & Therapy [The founder was on episode 48 of Roots and All.]
- Discover the Forest ["Make the forest part of your family's story. Find a forest or park near you to get started."]
- The Native Plant Podcast, Dendrologist Don Leopold on native trees and their use in the landscape, Jul 30, 2019
Lawns
- Roots and All, Tapestry Lawns with Dr Lionel Smith (episode 100)
- Native Plant News, Roll Back Your Turf: How to reduce your lawn and choose native plants that work [From the Spring/Summer 2024 issue. PDF here and all issues available at https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/about/our-magazine/]
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council, How to Create a Meadow in Southeastern Pennsylvania: The Basics
- Ted Steinberg, American Green [I haven't read this, but want to.]
- Native Plants, Healthy Planet, Native Lawns with Todd Bittner of Cornell Botanic Gardens, Aug 1, 2025
Foraging
- Roots and All, Wild Food with Marlow Renton (episode 155)
- Roots and All, The Forager’s Garden with Anna Locke (episode 151)
- The Forager's Harvest [Both a book and a website. The author was interviewed on the Feb 12th, 2021 episode of the Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast.]