Dan Wilder on Rethinking Lawn – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 27, 2022

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Margaret Roach

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🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The lecture that he’s been giving for a number of years is not so subtly called “Kill our Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone.... Read More ›

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0:00.0	From AwayToGarden.com and RobinhoodRadio.com, this is AwayToGarden with Margaret Roach.
0:11.3	You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.
0:14.2	Though a lecture that he's been giving for a number of years is not so subtly called,
0:18.7	kill your lawn.
0:20.3	Ecological, horticulturist Dan Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn't for everyone.
0:28.5	But Dan just wants to grab our attention and get us to start to make some changes at least in the way we care for the turf grass we do want in our landscapes
0:37.0	and maybe give up a little square footage of it to some other kind of planting. Alternative, more eco-focused styles of lawn care, along with some lawn alternatives, is
0:47.1	our topic today.
0:48.4	More in a minute, but first these messages.
0:50.5	Underwriting support from Colorblends, supplying top quality spring blooming Dutch flower
0:55.0	bulbs to landscape professionals and ambitious home gardeners.
0:58.8	More information on the web colorblends.com.
1:02.4	Programming and underwriting support from Royal Botanic Gardens, publishers of cute pocket
1:05.7	books, small gift books illustrated from Cue's vast collection of Botanic Alert.
1:09.9	The most recent book, Fun Guy, about the strange and singular world of mushrooms, toad
1:14.3	stools and their kin.
1:15.7	In bookstores now.
1:16.7	Dan Jaffee Wilder is director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation in Wales,
1:22.5	Massachusetts, and it's 8,000 acre sanctuary.
1:26.0	He's also co-author with Mark Richardson of the book Native Plants for New England Gardens.
1:31.5	Welcome, Dan. I'm so glad to talk about this topic with you today.
1:35.8	Well, thanks, Margaret. It's a pleasure to be here today.
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