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Science Oct 16

Pandemic pauses the growing season for this Arctic gardening guru

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media

Arts Jun 10

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Landscape designer Piet Oudolf on finding solace in the garden

As the weather warms, gardening is providing a dose of sanity and fresh air for people who have been cooped up amid the coronavirus pandemic. Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s foremost landscape designers, is deeply familiar with the restorative…

By Jeffrey Brown, Lorna Baldwin

Science Jul 27

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This common herb will keep bee pollinators buzzing in your garden

There is a common assumption that those plants which delight human eyes will also be the most attractive for bees. Two scientists at the University of Sussex can offer a more empirical take.

By Karin Alton and Francis L. W. Ratnieks, The Conversation

Poetry Jun 06

How gardening makes this poet more observant

Ross Gay is passionate about poetry, gardening and basketball. “I guess you could say that I think all three things alter our notion of time," he said.

By Mary Jo Brooks

Nation Mar 20

Here’s the dirt on low-cost, less-water gardening in a drought

It's the first day of spring, and our thoughts have turned to gardening, despite the snow, rain and bitter cold we haven't quite escaped here in the mid-Atlantic.

By Colleen Shalby

Aug 13

Cultivating the land to turn over a new leaf

By Larisa Epatko

Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project -- a farm-based education program for ex-offenders and at-risk youth -- says she isn’t teaching gardening so much as teaching people how to work.

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Garden Roots of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry

Paul Solman reports on a new show in New York that attempts to recreate the green spaces that inspired the writings of famously-reclusive poet Emily Dickinson.

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Nov 30

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Poet Marie Ponsot Celebrating Life at 88

A profile of 88-year-old poet Marie Ponsot, who published her sixth collection of poems last month called "Easy."…

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