Ep. 408 - Prairie Up!
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Do you want to bring native plants into your life in ways that will inspire others? Do you want to turn whatever space you have into habitat that fosters biodiversity? Diving into the world of ecological landscaping may seem daunting at first, but books like "Prairie Up" helps turn the learning curve in an exciting on-ramp. Join me and author Benjamin Vogt as we dive into the inspiration and philosophy behind this amazing and beautiful book. This episode was produced in part by Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.4 | Indefensiveplants.com. |
| 0:05.8 | What's up? |
| 0:06.2 | This is your host, Matt. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:07.8 | How is everyone doing this week? |
| 0:09.6 | Today, we are diving into the world of prairie gardening. |
| 0:13.8 | And who better to talk to us about this than author Benjamin Vote? |
| 0:17.3 | Benjamin is the owner of Monarch Gardens LLC, a native prairie landscape design company, |
| 0:23.0 | but he is also author of this incredible book called Prairie Up, an introduction to natural |
| 0:28.3 | garden design. And within this book, you were going to find a wonderful set of ways of approaching |
| 0:33.1 | not only how to grow grassland plants in a beautiful and inspiring way, but also how to navigate |
| 0:39.0 | things like plant sourcing, garden tools, and working within city ordinances. |
| 0:44.4 | I can't recommend this book enough, especially if you live in an area where grasslands once grew |
| 0:48.8 | and no longer do today, because any little bit you can do to help this ecosystem is going to be |
| 0:53.5 | very, very beneficial. |
| 0:55.0 | And starting with Prairie Up is a great way to do just that. |
| 0:58.3 | So I don't want to keep you from it any longer without further ado. |
| 1:01.5 | Here's my conversation with Benjamin Vote. |
| 1:03.5 | I hope you do. I am a prairie garden designer, so that |
| 1:33.6 | means I'm basically using a lot of native plants, native to a prairie region where I find myself |
| 1:39.7 | here in the middle of the country. And then I do a lot of speaking around the nation, even around the |
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