086-Timeless Gardening Principles, with Barbara Damrosch
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Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
My guest this week is Barbara Damrosh. An icon in the world of gardening, Barbara began her horticultural career in the mid-1970’s and has always been driven by the desire to help others get into gardening. To that end, she published her first of many books, The Garden Primer, in 1988; and she’s spent time […]
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.8 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.2 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lampel. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, it's Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.1 | Show. |
| 0:24.1 | Today, it's a sit back and soak it in kind of conversation with one of the countries |
| 0:28.8 | most recognized garden experts and writers. |
| 0:32.0 | In this episode, we're talking with Barbara Damrosh, author of multiple books, including |
| 0:36.5 | one of the top-selling gardening books of all times, The Garden Primer. |
| 0:40.8 | It was originally written 30 years ago with a completely revised edition, released 10 |
| 0:45.7 | years ago. |
| 0:46.7 | It's considered by many to be the indispensable one-volume reference guide to gardening |
| 0:50.9 | simply, beautifully, and well. |
| 0:53.4 | And in the newest revision, the recommendations are 100% organic, but that only makes sense. |
| 0:58.7 | Barbara has been gardening and growing professionally for well over 40 years. |
| 1:03.1 | Her background includes time as regional host on the Victory Garden and co-host of the |
| 1:08.0 | highly successful television series where she and her equally famous husband of nearly |
| 1:12.8 | 30 years, Elliot Coleman, shared incredible nuggets of gardening wisdom from their farm |
| 1:17.7 | and garden in Harbourside, Maine. |
| 1:20.2 | For those of you who have been out there for a while, their series, Gardening Naturally, |
| 1:24.6 | is and probably still is a favorite of yours. |
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