Cultivating Place

Series produced by North State Public Radio

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Essential connections exist between nature, our gardens, and our places in both. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program and podcast that explores what we mean when we garden.

You know that physical response you get when you go outside after a refreshing rain? That scent of green – calming and energizing at the same time? Research from around the world shows that looking at or thinking about the beauty of nature, in our gardens or in the larger natural world, soothes our tensions, stimulates our productive energies and even makes us more thoughtful, generous people.

But that's just part of why we garden. And why we garden, and how we express ourselves through our gardens and our interactions with the natural world, is at the heart of this award-winning program and podcast from North State Public Radio.

Thousands of gardeners and natural history enthusiasts listen weekly to Cultivating Place and find this exploration fascinating – and I’m sure many of your listeners will too, as some 38 percent of American households garden, and an even greater percentage (42 percent) of NPR listeners garden!

Cultivating Place would be a perfect pairing in your weekend lineup, or anytime.

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For the standard rate on Public Radio Exchange (PRX), Cultivating Place has weekly episodes ready for upload that are formatted to fit NPR’s standard-operational clock.

- 59-minute show
- Option for a five minute news breakaway between 01:00 - 06:00
- Two one-minute (floating) local break availabilities
- Break availabilities for specific episodes are given in each individual episode's timing and cues section
- Show is uploaded by 12 AM EST/9 PM PST every Monday
- Promo for following week's show also uploaded by 12 AM EST/9 PM PST every Monday

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Here's what one listener wrote:

“Inspiring, thoughtful and moving (On Being for Gardeners): Jennifer Jewell has a warm and very thoughtful interview style. Her guests range from revered landscape designers and gardeners with newly published books, to passionate home gardeners … often I’m moved as Jennifer and her guest put words to the magic and nourishment found in gardening and being in nature.”

Contact us prior to air, or to get more information about individual episodes, upcoming specials or the series.

Contact: Sarah Bohannon, producer, Cultivating Place
Email: nsprsocial@gmail.com
Phone: 530-898-3959 Hide full description

You know that physical response you get when you go outside after a refreshing rain? That scent of green – calming and energizing at the same time? Research from around the world shows that looking at or thinking about the beauty of nature, in our gardens or in the larger natural world, soothes our tensions, stimulates our productive energies and even makes us more thoughtful, generous people.But that's just part of why we garden. And why we garden, and how we express ourselves through our gardens and our interactions with the natural world, is at the heart of this award-winning program and podcast from North State Public Radio.Thousands of gardeners and natural history enthusiasts listen weekly to Cultivating Place and find this exploration fascinating – and I’m sure many of your... Show full description


278 Pieces

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If you ask me, the independent nurseries and growers of our world – especially those focused on helping us as gardeners not only create beautiful g...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Pam Penick is the gardener behind the well-known long-time garden blog known as Diggi ng. Based in Austin, Texas, Pam is an avid and audacious gard...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Still in the Dog Days of Summer - the heat it hot, the days are long, and garden maintenance in the form of watering, weeding, and perhaps mowing a...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In our ongoing exploration of where gardeners are and what they are doing in our world right now, we head pretty far north on Cultivating Place thi...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Jenny Jones & Jen Toy at a Test Plot
This week on Cultivating Place we’re in conversation with Jenny Jones and Jen Toy. They are gardeners, landscape architects, and caring humans who ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: The Terremoto Team, image courtesy of David Godshall
David Godshall is a landscape architect, gardener, and meta-garden philosopher making his way with his young family and his Terremoto Landscape Arc...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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It’s the height of warm season crops in our gardens here in the Northern Hemisphere, and this week Cultivating Place is joined by Jeff Quattrone – ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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It’s the height of summer farmers markets as community hubs, and this week we're in conversation with Cheetah Tchudi co-founder with his wife Sami ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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In a month where there is a lot of talk about what it means to be a citizen of this country – this world even – this week we follow last week’s urb...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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San Francisco Bay Area’s Greenhouse Project is a cultural and economic restoration garden project making use of what we have and growing on it. Thi...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Ken Greene – who goes by K - is a seed person. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which in 2004 became the first public librar...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Photo courtesy of Dr. Monika Egerer, TUM. All rights reserved.
It is really and truly summer now Happy Summer Solstice Season in the Northern Hemisphere. Are your gardens and parks full of the sound and movemen...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Teresa J Speight is a Washington DC-based gardener, garden historian, and podcaster under the name of Cottage in the Court. Teri’s new book out fr...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This week we consider the idea of mental health and our gardens from an even more poignant perspective. In the wake of the recent Uvalde and then O...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Cover art of The Well-Gardened Mind, courtesy of Sue Stuart-Smith
I think it’s nearly impossible to try and stay abreast of current events, and not simultaneously need to remind ourselves to care for our individua...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Image courtesy of Susan Hayes, all rights reserved
As summer arrives, more than 1 million US households are now engaged in gardening – a number that is double what it was before the pandemic. This w...

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  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Photo courtesy of Flora Forager, all rights reserved.
In the spirit of May, this week we’re headed out in the garden, or down the block, or up the trail for some planty wonder and magic in the company ...

  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Image courtesy of GardenFit. All rights reserved.
Any gardener and their muscles, bones, joints and ligaments know that gardening is a full contact sport (or religion), this week we’re joined by Ma...

  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Photo Courtesy of Theodora Park, David Rawle & Carol Perkins
David Rawle is the founder and force (with contribution and support from his wife, Carol Perkins, and a wide variety of community members in Charle...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Image courtesy of Lorene Edwards Forkner, all rights reserved.
In preparation for May and Mother’s Day here in the US, this week we’re in conversation with Lorene Edwards Forkner, a gardener, a writer, a cook, ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00