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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

Kathy Jentz, Washington Gardener Magazine

GardenDC is the award-winning podcast all about gardening in the greater Washington, DC, and Mid-Atlantic area. Hosted by Kathy Jentz, editor of Washington Gardener Magazine (www. WashingtonGardener.com).
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Native Plant Fallacies

Native Plant Fallacies

GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

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11/11/23 • 62 min

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we chat with Carol Reese, retired Extension Horticulture Specialist, about native plant fallacies. The plant profile is on Sweetgum and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Cooking with Pumpkins by Christy Page at the Food Gardening Network.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

Show Notes are posted at https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/11/gardendc-podcast-episode-173-native.html

~ GardenDC Episode 141: Nature's Best Hope

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/03/gardendc-podcast-episode-141-natures.html

~ GardenDC Episode 69: Garden Phlox

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-69-garden-phlox.html

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support. We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:

Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Interview Edit and Show Notes: Christine Folivi

Recorded on 11-11-2023.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - New Plants and Products for 2025

New Plants and Products for 2025

GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

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01/11/25 • 88 min

In this special episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Debby Ward of Prior Unity Garden about all the new plants and products we saw at MANTS 2025. (We skipped the Plant Profile, What's New, and Last Word segments this time to devote more time to talking about all that cool new stuff.)

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 177: New Plants and Products for 2024

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-177-new-plants.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 133: New Plants and Products for 2023

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-133-new-plants.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 209: Seed Catalogs

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-86-2022-garden.html

Visit https://shop.kathyjentz.com/ to browse our new online store!

Show Notes wil be posted after 1/14/2025. We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message

Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany Recorded on 1-11-2025.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Gifts for Gardeners

Gifts for Gardeners

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11/30/24 • 48 min

In this special holiday episode, we share our favorite gardening tools and products* perfect for gifting the gardeners in your life -- and yourself!

*Disclosure: Some of these items were sent to us free to trial, but many we have repurchased on our own as well as for gifts for other gardeners. The gift ideas here are linked to an Amazon affiliate account, so if you click on them and order any, Washington Gardener Magazine gets a few pennies added to the account for the referral.

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 177: New Plants and Products 2024

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-177-new-plants.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 133: New Plants and Products 2023

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-133-new-plants.html

Show Notes are posted at: https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/11/holiday-gifts-for-gardeners-top.html We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Interview Edit and Show Notes: Zachary Intrater

Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany Recorded on 11-30-2024.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Almanac Garden Planning

Almanac Garden Planning

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11/09/24 • 57 min

In this episode, we talk with Carol Connare, The Old Farmer's Almanac editor-in-chief, about using the almanac in garden planning. The plant profile is on Stokes Aster and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events and this week's garden tasks in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on the Cranberry Debate from Christy Page of Green Prints.

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 165: Gardening and the Weather

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/09/gardendc-podcast-episode-165-gardening.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 155: Planting by the Signs

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/07/gardendc-podcast-episode-155-planting.html

Show Notes are posted at https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/11/gardendc-podcast-episode-218-almanac.html We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.\

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Interview Edit and Show Notes: Zachary Intrater

Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

Order your almanac at: https://amzn.to/3ACScQ7 (Note this is a Affiliate Link and we may earn some pennies when you make a purchase after clicking on it.) Recorded on 11-9-2024.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Cutting Gardens, Monarda, and Adventures in Garden Speaking

Cutting Gardens, Monarda, and Adventures in Garden Speaking

GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

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07/25/20 • 69 min

This episode, we talk with Drew Asbury of Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens about cutting gardens. The plant profile is on Monarda and I share my Adventures in Garden Speaking.

Episode 21 - Recorded on July 25, 2020.

YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Preserving Your Harvest -- Canning, Freezing, and Drying

Preserving Your Harvest -- Canning, Freezing, and Drying

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09/12/20 • 65 min

This episode we talk with Wendy Brister of Cavano's Perennials about Preserving -- Canning, Freezing, and Drying. The plant profile is Great Blue Lobelia and I share about the Toadlily blooming in my garden.

Episode 28 - Recorded on September 12, 2020.

YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Crapemyrtles

Crapemyrtles

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09/10/22 • 58 min

In this episode, we talk with Margaret Pooler, Supervisory Research Geneticist with the USDA-ARS, all about Crapemyrtles. The plant profile is on Coleus and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events.

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support.

The SHOW NOTES are at: https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/09/gardendc-podcast-episode-119.html

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Episode 22: Fruit Trees, Crape Myrtle, and Low-Maintenance Lawn Alternatives

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 6: Spring-Flowering Trees and Shrubs

We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/message
Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite platform so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:

Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Editing: Brandie Bland

Show Notes: Jaime Breeden

Recorded on 9-10-2022

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Seed Starting Tips

Seed Starting Tips

GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening

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02/06/21 • 66 min

This episode we talk with Barbara Melera of Harvesting-History.com about the seed industry and seed starting tips. The plant profile is on Hen-and-Chicks (Sempervivium sp.) and I share some upcoming gardening events. Summer Creek Farm is this episode's sponsor.
Episode 45 - Recorded on 2-6-2021.
YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support.

Also mentioned in this episode:

~ Thursday, February 18, 4pm

"Flowers and Plants Introductions for the New Growing Season"

Interested in how new plants evolve and make it to the garden centers each spring? Follow the path: e.g., hybridization, environmental suitability, and test gardens. Then be introduced to the “Stars for Spring 2021!” Speaker: Kathy Jentz, Editor, Washington Gardener Magazine. Fee: $10. Register at: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=L4L7AZ6RG55QQ

Hosted by the National Capital Area Garden Clubs District IV. The presentation will be via Zoom and available on demand for 10 days afterwards.

~ Friday, February 19, 9:30am

GreenScapes Symposium

Leveraging native plants to restore the environment. Keynote by Doug Tallamy.
Register at activemontgomery.org.
~ Saturday, February 20, 9:30am

17th Annual EcoSavvy Symposium – Virtual Program

Join in from the comfort of your own home or office. In this year’s symposium, “Integrating Storm Water Management in Landscape Design.” Fee: $26. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code ITG.QARB).

~ Thursday, February 25, 6:30pm

Garden Book Club Meeting

Discuss “A Gentle Plea for Chaos” with Washington Gardener Magazine’s Garden Book Club via Zoom. Order your copy now at our Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2WOdS4m, then RSVP and see the event details at: https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/12/discuss-gentle-plea-for-chaos-with.html.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Seed Saving

Seed Saving

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09/26/20 • 59 min

This episode we talk with Debby Ward of Prior Unity Garden about all aspects of Seed Saving. The plant profile is on Figs and I share about the 'Sheffield Pink' Mums blooming in my garden.

Episode 30 - Recorded on September 26, 2020.

YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support.

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GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening - Garden Transformations

Garden Transformations

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07/29/23 • 53 min

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we chat with Claudia Kousoulas author of Private Gardens of the Potomac and Chesapeake: Washington, DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia*, about garden design transformations. The plant profile is on Pickerel Weed and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out Dr. Allan Armitage**, who returns to share the Last Word on Plant Pronounciations.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 89: Working with a Landscape Designer

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-89-working.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 148: Garden Design for Plant Collectors

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/05/gardendc-podcast-episode-149-garden.html

SHOW NOTES are available at: https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/07/gardendc-podcast-episode-158-garden.html

This episode is archived at: *Amazon affiliate book link: https://amzn.to/47aUp0O. Any purchases made from the link may add a few pennies to the GardenDC account, but will not impact the prices you pay.

**Dr. Allan Armitage is offering GardenDC listeners a discount for free domestic shipping when ordering his books through June 2024 at allanarmitage.net, simply enter the code LASTWORD at checkout.

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support. We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message

Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:

Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Interview Editor and Show Notes: Marissa Yelenik

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The episode title 'Native Plant Fallacies' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening is 61 minutes.

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Episodes of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening was released on Mar 6, 2020.

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