Recorded live at Brooklyn Botanic Garden during Plant-O-Rama: Lessons in Built Ecology by Rebecca McMackin. The director of horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, offers ecological strategies and management techniques for attracting birds, bees, and beneficial wildlife to gardens we design and maintain, based on her hands-on urban park experiences. HRN...

This week on Hard Core, trek through orchards with us to deepen your knowledge of the impact that farming practices, tourism, policy, and collaboration can have on farms and cidermakers. From foraging for abandoned apples and to explore how growers work with their trees, we’re looking a many methods of...

In this episode, we’re looking at the science behind cider making and apple growing. We start with a chemistry lesson on fermentation and assess how microscopic organisms affect cider’s taste. Then we pay a visit to Cornell University to explore the cutting edge of horticulture, where scientists seeking to increase...

Bushwick is home to what may be the world's only real estate brokerage where you can simultaneously rent an apartment and...buy smokable hemp? This week, we look at the story behind The Locals Laboratory, a surprising organization trying to effect positive change in the neighborhood at the intersection of real...

[caption id="attachment_57697" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Credit: Hyland Garden Design[/caption] At the 2019 Plant-O-Rama symposium hosted by the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Roy Diblik presents “Top 40 Perennials for Urban Environments.” Roy is an expert grower and designer as well as the co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm in Burlington, WI. Roy’s speech covers...

This episode This episode of ORIGINS features three representatives from the Evermore Cannabis Company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014 and has been available to the public since December of 2017. This is a discussion of the nascent industry in the state. Our panelists...

[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2018/02/Plant-O-Rama-2018.mp3"][/audio] On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 we attended the 22nd annual Plant-O-Rama at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The event, put on by the Metro Hort Group and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an annual trade show, jobs fair symposium for horticulture professionals. We recorded Dan Pearson's keynote lecture...

On our season finale, host Carmen Devito visits Zone 1 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes Alaska, and also revisits Zone 13, which includes Puerto Rico. First, we hear from Peter Johnson and Rusty Foreaker, agronomists with Alaska's Department of Natural Resources Division of Agriculture. After the...

This month on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito visit Zone 2 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes Fairbanks, Alaska, where our first guest Cyndie Warbelow is a gardener. After the break, we're joined by Marta McDowell, author of The World of Laura...

This month on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito visit Zone 3 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes parts of Alaska. Joining them on the line is Jeff Lowenfels, the author of a trilogy of award winning books on plants and soil, and...