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Good Podcasts

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.]