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First Aired - 01/10/2010 03:30PM
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On the debut episode of We Dig Plats, Carmen Devito & Alice Marcus Krieg introduce themselves and give brief histories of the thistle & the fig.
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We Dig Plants Introduction (10:40)
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Carmen Devito, Alice Marcus Krie, We Dig Plants, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, Hearst Ranch, gardening, http://www.groundworksgardens.com, Groundworks Inc., horticulture, The New York Botanical Garden, art history, Piet Oudolf, The Large Meadow, Italian heritage, Brooklyn gardening, Merchant Ivory Productions,The Story Of The Fig (10:11)
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fig, exotic, strangely wrapped sculptures, plastic, fig trees, mulberry, ficus, injecting eggs into the flowers, wasps feed on developing fruit, pollination, the fig tree easily reproduces from cuttings, Romulus and Remus, Garden Of Eden, Buddhism, the fig tree comes from western Asia, Mesopotamia, Athens, how did the Fig end up in the New World, market protection, each family in Cuba was allowed one fig tree, New York City area is in zone 7, you can take a cutting of a friends fig tree, you can have fruit in two years, they don't keep long in the refrigerator,The Story Of The Thistle (10:10)
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thistle, cultivation, Scotland, vikings, Butterfly & Thistle, the thistle is misunderstood, the search of honey amidst thorns, it protects itself yet offers nourishment and sweetness, the thistle is stereotyped, the stems grow two feet high, long and narrow leaves, irregular teeth, yellow white or pinkish purple flowers, the entire plant is covered with a thing soft silky down, the thistle was first found in Europe and in Asia, biblical connotations, thorny nastiness found where good soil exists, the thistle was Gods wrath to Adam for eating the apple, weed control, you cannot control the thistle, http://www.supercompuglobal.com/, theme song by Paul Andrew Watling,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/05/2012 02:00PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Carmen & Alice explore the history of parks in New York City with John Krawchuk, Director of Historic Preservation of New York Parks & Recreation. Learn about the story of Fort Greene Park (then known as Washington Park), Brooklyn's first park! Find out what renovation plans are in store for this beautiful historic park. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market.
"So many of the great landscape architects worked on Fort Greene Park. It was Brooklyn's first park."
--John Krawchuk, Director of Historic Preservation of New York Parks & Recreation on We Dig Plants
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We Dig Plants: Fort Greene Park (17:32)
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Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, Groundworks Inc., Director of Historic Preservation, New York Parks & Recreation, John Krawchuk, pale male, hawk, Central Park, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, Prospect Park, New York Harbor, Walt Whitman, Washington Park, British Occupation,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/22/2011 02:00PM
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Ever wonder what makes horticulture unique "down under" in Australia? On the final installment of We Dig Plants in 2011, Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg talk with Rodger Elliot, author of "Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation", recipient of the Australian Institute of Horticulture's Award for Excellence, the Australian Natural History Medallion, and the Royal Horticultural Society (London) Gold Veitch Memorial Medal. Tune in to hear what drove him to create this encyclopedia and find out why there's an indigenous plant movement happening in Australia right now. This episode was sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.
"There is a strong indigenous plant movement going on in Australia right now"
--Rodger Elliot on We Dig Plants
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