From AwayToGarden.com and RobinhoodRadio.com, this is AwayToGarden with Margaret Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

We've all heard the environmentally conscious advice.

The way we used to clean up our gardens extra tidy, but to within an inch of its life

for every unseen beneficial creature out there trying to tuck in for winter is not the best practice.

I'm learning and evolving my approaches I go the last few years, reading up about guidance

like leave the leaves and cut back strategies like chop and drop and more, and asking experts

for help including today's guest, Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture at Native Plant Trust.

So more in a moment, but first, this message.

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Uly Lorimer, author of the Northeast Native Plant Primer,

has made Native plants his career.

In 2019, he became director of horticulture

at Native Plant Trust, America's oldest plant conservation

organization.

And before that, he was longtime curator

of the Native Flora Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Hi, Uly, and welcome back.

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