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Episode 4: Cabbage Patch
Where do new plants come from? In this episode, I talk to Dan Heims, president of Terra Nova Nurseries, and arguably one of the harbingers of Heuchera as a household name.
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Episode 3: Tannenbaum
The Christmas tree is a holiday horticultural icon, and in this episode, we give you two slightly skewed tales of the storied evergreen. Andrew Keys talks to writer Pamela Price of the blog Red, White & Grew about a particularly Texan Tannenbaum, followed by an essay from Fine Gardening blogger Amanda Thomsen of Kiss My Aster.
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Episode 2: A to Z
What plant-y things are you thankful for this year? Hear our favorites from "A to Z," this month's theme. Andrew Keys talks to the staff at Fine Gardening and Ray Rogers, editor of the American Horticultural Society's A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants.
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Episode 1: A Garden to Remember
Welcome to the very first episode of Fine Gardening's first podcast, Garden Confidential: Stories at the intersection of people and plants. This month's theme is "A Garden to Remember." Andrew Keys talks with guests about why we turn to gardens as memorials.
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About this blog
Garden Confidential is a podcast of stories at the intersection of people and plants. Host Andrew Keys brings to light the comedy and drama in how plants affect us all in a monthly show of interviews and audio essays from Fine Gardening magazine.
About your host
Andrew Keys is a writer, designer, and lifelong gardener. Descended from Mississippi cotton farmers, Andrew was raised with a reverence for the land, and first fell in love with plants among thickets of Aralia spinosa in the woods of his childhood home. He has written for Fine Gardening and other magazines, is a member of the Garden Designers
Roundtable, and has lectured for the New England Wild Flower Society. He is also a Northeast Organic Farming Association-accredited organic landcare professional.
