We Dig Plants Introduction (17:20)
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We Dig Plants, Hearst Ranch, Alice Marcus Krieg, Groundworks Inc, Heritage Radio Network, The Battery Conservancy, partners with NYC Parks & Recreation, Piet Oudolf, the scale makes the gardens amazing, online plant list, www.TheBattery.org/plants, Plant Sale!, get your orders in by March 4th, grasse never sell, how did the plants get to Battery Park?, most people think of lawns when they think of gardens, mainteneance habits,The Magic Touch of Piet Oudolf & Future Projects (16:12)
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gardeners don't want more roses!, plant theft, the public is very respectful of the gardens, the better it looks the less people mess with it, series of rebuilding projects, Gardens of Remembernace, The Bosque Gardens, grasses, Molinia, root pressure, Piet got into gardening in his 20s, went to school for plants, started his own design office in the late 70s, Bikeway gardens, bike path, irrigation, permeable stone at the plaza, urban vegetable farm, fundraisers for the conservancy, Plant Sale!,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
Greenhorn Radio: Kristin Kimball of Essex Farm (33:08)
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Greenhorn Radio, Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, Hearst Ranch, Heritage Radio Network, Essex NY, Essex Farm, Kristin Kimball, Mark Kimball, A Dirty Life, dry seasons versus wet seasons, Lake Champlain, the wind and water that comes through the lake's valley, zoning laws protect the water, Adirondack Park was designed to protect NY's water, there are a lot of young farmers in the Essex NY region, Essex Farm is an incubator of agrarian energy, Kristin and Mark's farming journey, Kristen was a city girl and Mark was a farmer, Kristen fell in love w/Mark AND farming, the original Essex Farm land has not been used for 20 years, compelling agricultural reasons, farm aesthetics, it's typical of the generation to imagine the future wildly, plant the roses and walk under it the rest of your life, from hoof to table, Adirondack Harvest,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
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