The Garden Mixer
Marianne Willburn, garden author & columnist, and Leslie Harris, host of the podcast Into the Garden with Leslie, team up to bring you The Garden Mixer. This bi-weekly conversation provides guidance for beginner gardeners, encouragement for experienced gardeners, and amusement for all. Marianne and Leslie mix up opinions, strategies, the occasional guest, and cocktails as they discuss all things gardening.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 160
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Garden Ranters Marianne Willburn and Scott Beuerlein, 99
Garden Writers, Ranters, Speakers and friends, Marianne and Scott join me to talk about garden travel (past AND future) and the correspondence that they treat us with on the blog Garden Rant.
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Gardening Gays, 98
I chat with Kevin Graham and Dragan Kurbalija about their farm in King George's County, Virginia. More news on my move-- we have found a place and it is tiny! How do you curate a ton of plants and co…
Nick McCullough, 97
I interview Nick McCullough, horticulturist, nurseryman, designer, speaker and author, about his new book, written with his wife Allison and Teresa Woodard. Titled American Roots, the book explores s…
Special Announcement Episode 96
In this very short episode (laryngitis!) I have a special announcement about my garden.
On Garden Wedding Planning with Robin Stafford, 95
Binx and Andrew announced their engagement in March of 2022, and the great day is June 10, 2023. If you had over a year to make your garden look amazing for a wedding, how would you do it? Listen to …
Doug Tallamy on "Nature's Best Hope" for young readers; Zizia aurea, 94
"Nature's Best Hope" was the first Doug Tallamy book I read, and although it points out some dire facts such as mass extinction, it does give hope to the situation of each property owner all over the…
Garden Marcus, the Clover, 93
Marcus Bridgewater, known as Garden Marcus, author of "How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself" talks about his book and how positivity and balance can help us to be better people and gard…
Brie the Plant Lady and Her New Native Garden, the Chokeberry, 92
Brie Arthur is a horticulturist, author, speaker and now an Air BNB hostess! She has created the Carolina Garden House in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, outside of Raleigh. I talk to her about her ne…
Kate Daly of the Monarch Messengers and Forget Me Not, 91
Probably everybody's favorite butterfly is the Monarch, and Kate Daly has formed a group of Instagrammers who are teaching us what we all can do to help this wonder of nature. She and I discuss how …
Jenny Williams of the Laundry Garden, Special Historic Garden Week Addendum, 90
I chat with Jenny Williams, who gardens in northern Wales (@thelaundrygarden). Jenny and I chat about the origins and development of her garden, and the challenges and joys of having it open to the p…
Matt Berry of Dos Amigos Landscaping and Electric Equipment, 89
Besides the soul sucking noise of mowers and blowers in your neighborhood, are you aware that the internal combustion engines that make these machines run contribute more than their fair share of pol…
Seth Pearsoll of the Philadelphia Flower Show, the Crocus 88
The Philadelphia Flower Show and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society pre-date the Chelsea Flower show and the Royal Horticultural Society. If that weren't impressive enough, the money raised becau…
Amanda the Ever Hopeful Gardener on Compost Tea, etc, 87
We all garden a little bit differently and I love to check in on Amanda the Ever Hopeful Gardener on Instagram to see what she's up to because she's always trying something new. In this episode we di…
Richard Hawke and Perennial Trials at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 86
This is a long one, but worth it in terms of information gleaned about some of the best perennials you can choose. Richard Hawke runs the famous evaluations at the Chicago Botanic Garden and in this …
Sustainability Tips from 8 Different Gardeners, 85
I asked some of my favorite gardeners to share sustainable practices that they employ in their gardens. We get contributions from Linda Vater, Erin Schanen, Julie Hart (Nanny Noo), Amanda the Everhop…
Susan Nock of Thistle Containers all about Christmas 84
Looking for last minute Christmas decoration ideas for your containers and front door? Susan Nock of Thistle Containers gives us those goods plus ideas for inside, and maybe grander ideas for future …
Ben Raskin on Woodchips, Illicium, 83
What if all mulch were free? What if the trees and branches that are chewed up every time an arborist works in your neighborhood could be distributed on your garden beds (you have to do that part) or…
Bill Quade of the Biltmore, Hedychium coronarium, 82
I get to talk to a guy who's been gardening at America's largest home, the Biltmore, for decades and he is now the Head Horticulturist there. Bill Quade gives us the ins and outs of what it's like to…
Joseph Tychonievich, the Sugar Maple, 81
Author and Speaker Joseph Tychonievich gives us a glimpse into the many presentations that he gives nationally, including topics such as Plant Breeding, Plant Pollinators and Why They Matter, and Dea…
Botanic Garden of the Piedmont and Six Great Fall Plants, 80
Besides an interesting conversation with Consi Palmer and Carol Carter, who explain what it's like to start up a botanic garden, and besides talking about six great fall plants because I simply was n…