A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 19, 2022 – Mark Richardson on Historic Apples

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Margaret Roach

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🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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A collection of historic apples that was threatened by disease is having a second act at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Mass., where a three-year-long restoration of their orchard of 119 antique varieties has just... Read More ›

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0:00.0	From away to garden.com and Robinhood Radio.com, this is Away to Garden with Margaret
0:10.3	Roach.
0:11.3	You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.
0:14.4	A collection of historic apples that was threatened by diseases having a second act at the
0:19.7	New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boyleston, Massachusetts, where a three-year-long restoration of their orchard of 119 antique varieties has just been completed.
0:30.6	It's a story of going the distance to see those old varieties into the future in the
0:35.0	age of climate change, and of what goes into making a successful, forward-looking orchard
0:40.4	from smart watering methods to native underplantings and more.
0:44.1	So more in a moment but first this message.
0:46.0	Underwriting support from Colorblends,
0:48.0	supplying top quality spring blooming Dutch flower bulbs
0:51.0	to landscape professionals and ambitious home gardeners.
0:54.0	More information on the web colorblends.com.
0:58.0	Mark Richardson, New England Botanic Gardens Director of Horticulture,
1:02.0	oversaw the recent Apple-Orchard Restoration project there.
1:06.4	And he's here today to tell us more
1:08.1	about what imperiled the collection of 119 antique varieties,
1:12.5	what it took to save them, and lessons learned
1:15.1	that can help gardeners who want to successfully grow fruit.
1:18.1	Hi, Mark, and thanks for taking time out today to be with me.
1:21.5	Hi, Margaret.
1:22.0	It's my pleasure.
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