# native plant (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover native plant. Page: Feed: --- ## [Welcoming Peter Rabbit back into the Garden](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/welcoming-peter-rabbit-back-into-the-garden) _2026-08-19 · Growing Greener_ Amy Free, rabbit-lover and anthrozoologist, awakens Tom Christopher to the beauties and ecological importance of rabbits and shares how to host them without sacrificing your garden. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Rabbits_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [Exploring – and Updating – Nature's Calendar](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/exploring-and-updating-natures-calendar) _2026-08-12 · Growing Greener_ Theresa Crimmins, Director of the USA National Phenology Network, explains why knowing the timing of natural events such as the annual bloom of different flowers and the emergences of their insect pollinators is essential to good gardening and shares how climate climate change is disrupting natural collaborations that stretch back over millennia. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Phenology_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [Did I Get Suckered Into This?](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/did-i-get-suckered-into-this) _2026-08-09 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ A native plant garden is full of surprises (and drama), but this one I was not expecting. ## [Concrete Planters: Pour, Cure, Plant](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/concrete-planters) _2026-08-08 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Instead of buying new planters, I decided to make my own using materials from the recycling bin. Now I have fun concrete planters that will add beauty to the garden for years to come. ## [Episode 38 | Hummingbirds Don't Disappear in a Storm](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/episode-38-hummingbirds-dont-disappear) _2026-08-05 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ How one stormy evening revealed the hidden rhythms of my native plant garden [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209985968/8a6062747afb1756d5e11b24efde87b3.mp3) ## [The Garden Conservancy: Your Passport to Garden Visits and Education Nationwide](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/the-garden-conservancy-your-passport-to-garden-visits-and-education-nationwide) _2026-08-05 · Growing Greener_ Horatio Joyce, the Garden Conservancy's Director of Public Programs & Education details the rich opportunities his organization provides to tour remarkable gardens in every region of the United States, and the innovative opportunities for gardening education it provides both in person and online. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Horatio_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [Why is Gardening for Wildlife So Hard?](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/why-is-gardening-for-wildlife-so) _2026-08-03 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ Because, as it turns out, challenges arise that you aren't prepared to handle ## [How I Turn a Small Bit of Compost into a Powerful Elixir for the Whole Garden](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/compost-tea) _2026-08-01 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Now is the time to tune-in to the garden and listen to what she needs. Compost tea is one of the many concoctions I make to feed the garden and protect it from mid-summer stress. ## [EPISODE 37 | The Intentional Gardener](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/episode-37-the-intentional-gardener) _2026-07-29 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ This week’s episode explores patience, observation, and the unexpected connection between Bullet Journaling and gardening. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208969719/978a5078d9c59301e810219337322361.mp3) ## [Are There Microplastics in the Compost You've been Buying?](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/are-there-microplastics-in-the-compost-youve-been-buying) _2026-07-29 · Growing Greener_ Rutger Myers of Eco-Cycle, a leader in promoting community composting programs for 50 years, discusses studies that indicate microplastics may be finding their way into the finished product and what you can do to prevent that. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Compost__Microplastics_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rlDxbKCxyzHL) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Birthdays & Butterflies](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/birthdays-and-butterflies) _2026-07-26 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ You don't plant an ecosystem. You plant the pieces. A monarch caterpillar, years in the making, and what birthdays and butterflies have in common. ## [How to Stay Safe in the Sun as a Gardener](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/its-time-that-gardeners-got-serious) _2026-07-25 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Sun safety is often one of the more overlooked health aspects, but it is super important for gardeners who spend lots of peak sun time outdoors. Reanalyze how you spend your time outside. ## [FIELD NOTE 005 | After Ten Years, My Garden is Still Surprising Me](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/field-note-005-after-ten-years-my) _2026-07-23 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ A plant label only tells you so much. The real story begins when native plants bring birds, butterflies, and unexpected visitors home. ## [Do "Designed Ecosystems" Function Like Natural Plant Communities?](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/do-designed-ecosystems-function-like-natural-plant-communities) _2026-07-22 · Growing Greener_ A school of European and English garden designers, and now American ones too, claim their "designed ecosystems" of plants gathered from all over the world provide similar benefits to natural plant communities of locally co-evolved species. Peter Adler, a plant ecologist at Utah State University, helps us explore the potential of such a practice. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Peter_Adler_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [What No One Told Me About Planting For Pollinators](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/what-no-one-told-me-about-planting) _2026-07-20 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ It sounds simple. But what does a pollinator garden REALLY mean? ## [Trade Tomatoes, Not Just Small Talk.](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/fruit-and-vegetable-exchange) _2026-07-18 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ That extra basket of cucumbers from your garden can not only get you juicy tomatoes in return, but help you get to know your neighbours and increase community food security. ## [Episode 36 | The 100-Day Challenge You Won't Even Know You're Doing](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/episode-36-the-100-day-challenge) _2026-07-17 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ I thought about doing a 100-day challenge. Then I remembered you can't schedule a host plant. Here's what I learned from a spicebush swallowtail. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207428406/c53f26bf01f344b887f7983043f3894d.mp3) ## [One Small Detail Makes a Swallowtail Stand Out](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/one-small-detail-makes-a-swallowtail) _2026-07-16 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ A 15-min Slice of Life From Flutter By Meadows ## [The Facts about Fireflies](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/the-facts-about-fireflies) _2026-07-15 · Growing Greener_ Texan Ben Pfeiffer discusses his personal crusade for fireflies and the remarkable facts about their strange and colorful life cycles in this return visit to a conversation from July 2020 [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Fireflies_replay_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [A Cooper's Hawk Close Up and other Chit Chat](https://flutterbymeadows.substack.com/p/a-coopers-hawk-close-up-and-other) _2026-07-12 · Samantha @ Flutter By Meadows · Flutter By Meadows_ And the longest summer day across 100 miles ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8R5Vd0mHYjvy) _2026-07-12 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [The 12 Must-Grow Herbs for Skin Care](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/herbs-for-skin-care) _2026-07-11 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Healing herbs and gorgeous flower petals make wonderful ingredients in natural skin care products. You may be surprised at how many of the ingredients are common garden plants. ## [New Cultural Perspectives on Ecological Gardening and How Your Lawn Can Transform Itself into a Native Meadow](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/new-cultural-perspectives-on-ecological-gardening-and-how-your-lawn-can-transform-itself-into-a-native-meadow) _2026-07-08 · Growing Greener_ Sara Weaner Cooper describes how New Directions in the American Landscape is incorporating indigenous American approaches into Ecological Gardening and how by adjusting the growing conditions in her lawn she caused it to transform itself into a meadow of native grasses and wildflowers without the use of herbicides or other unsustainable practices. A replay of a July, 2024 conversation. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Saras_Meadow_replay_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [What Canada's Desert Can Teach Us About Drought Landscaping](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/landscaping-for-drought) _2026-07-04 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Explore Osoyoos through the lens of water-wise landscaping, with beautiful photos and inspiration from Canada's only desert. ## [Tim Clymer Uses Climate Battery Greenhouses to Farm Sub-Tropical Fruits in Pennsylvania](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/tim-clymer-uses-climate-battery-greenhouses-to-farm-sub-tropical-fruits-in-pennsylvania) _2026-07-01 · Growing Greener_ By storing excess heat from sunny days in the soil below his greenhouses, Tim Clymer keeps them warm on winter nights for a fraction the cost of conventional propane heat. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Climate_Battery_Greenhouse_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [Reduce Your Grocery Bill With Help From the Garden](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/reduce-your-grocery-bill-with-help) _2026-06-27 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ The best time to start a vegetable garden was yesterday. The second-best time is today. To help reduce your grocery bill at home, try growing these vegetables. ## [An Ecological Perspective on Tick-Borne Diseases](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/an-ecological-perspective-on-tick-borne-diseases) _2026-06-24 · Growing Greener_ Dr. Rick Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies shares thirty years of research on the ecology of tick-borne diseases in North America, detailing why landscape treatments such as pesticide sprays are unproductive as well as environmentally destructive, and outlines a very different approach to this public health threat. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/Ostfeld_Ticks_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [Supporting Artists in the Age of AI](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/supporting-artists-age-of-ai) _2026-06-20 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Enjoy an excerpt from The Wild & Free Garden, as my encouragement to change the way you approach gardening all while supporting a real artist. Let me explain. ## [Citizen Scientists of iNaturalist Playing Crucial Role in Preservation of Biodiversity](https://growinggreener.libsyn.com/citizen-scientists-of-inaturalist-playing-crucial-role-in-preservation-of-biodiversity) _2026-06-17 · Growing Greener_ Arya Natarajan of iNaturalist describes how that online platform's user community is playing a central role in monitoring changes in global biodiversity and the creation of climate resilient ecosystems [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/growinggreener/iNaturalist_podcast.mp3?dest-id=1626677) ## [We Can Always Count on Native Plants for Unpredictable Times](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/propagating-native-plants) _2026-06-13 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ It’s easier said than done to find native plants at the garden centre. Learn how you can responsibly source and propagate native plants for your home garden. ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XXWnfZVhuAwD) _2026-06-13 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [I’m Garden-Maxxing. Here’s Why You Should Too.](https://gardentherapyofficial.substack.com/p/garden-maxxing) _2026-06-06 · Stephanie Rose Garden Therapy® · What's in Season_ Rather than try to make a hyperproductive garden, let’s focus on making a garden that nourishes us in all aspects: body, mind, spirit, and connection.