Students Harvest Their Garden's Bounty
Check out how students at Public School 11 in Brooklyn made pesto from basil they had grown themselves. There is a slide show at our sister blog, The Local of Fort Greene. The reporter Mitchell Trinka...
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A Garden Is Bobbing off the Banks of Brooklyn
There's something oddly soothing about watching Lower Manhattan bob in the background, beyond the newly-planted apple trees.It's a perspective unique to those who climb aboard Swale, a floating garden...
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Poisoned Gardens
A recent study by Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory revealed that many private backyards in Greenpoint are contaminated with high levels of lead. The residue in the soil from the...
View ArticleAnother Side of RBG, Elizabeth Street Garden's Future, NASA's History
Jane Sherron De Hart discusses her new biography, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life. Merve Emre talks about her new book, The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of...
View ArticleNew RBG Bio, Fighting for a Garden, Myers-Briggs History
Jane Sherron De Hart joins us to discuss her new biography, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life. In this comprehensive biography, De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg’s...
View Article[Unedited] Ross Gay with Krista Tippett
There is a question floating around the world right now: “How can we be joyful in a moment like this?” To which writer Ross Gay responds: “How can we not be joyful, especially in a moment like this?”...
View ArticleGood Things: A Snowy Garden
Inside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the snow remains an almost perfect blanket of glittering white. But underneath, something amazing is happening.
View ArticlePlant Care with Hilton Carter
Apartment Therapy's "The Plant Doctor" and interior stylist Hilton Carter returns to discuss all things houseplants, as well as his new line at Target, and takes listeners’ calls about best...
View ArticleGarden Hotline, Benjamin Franklin. July 2, 2021, Part 2
The Science Of Your Summer Vegetable GardenPlanting and tending to a vegetable garden is both an art and a science. If all goes well, you’ll be enjoying delicious homemade salads all summer long. But...
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How We Arrived At Current Standards Of Care For Trans MedicineSo far this year, 16 states have moved to restrict or completely ban transgender kids access to gender affirming care. And 17 other states...
View ArticleThe Legal Aspects of Jordan Neely's Killing; Debating Free Expression;...
On today's show:Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, offers analysis of the legal aspects of...
View ArticleBattle of the Boroughs: Wildflower Edition
For NYC Wildflower Week, a garden in each of the boroughs is backing a different flower and wants you to vote for the winner. Marielle Anzelone, urban botanist and ecologist and the founder of NYC...
View ArticleJill Lepore on the Joy of Gardening
It’s the time of year when many people feel an overpowering urge to dig—to plant their back yard or vegetable garden, or even the flowerpots on the fire escape. “I just love the whole process. I love...
View ArticleDwarf Tomatoes, Saguaro Cactus, Sonoran Desert. June 2, 2023, Part 2
Tomato Breeding Project Fueled By Over 1,000 Backyard GardenersIn 2005, gardeners Craig LeHouiller and Patrina Nuske-Small created the Dwarf Tomato Project. They wanted to preserve the flavor and...
View ArticleGood Things: Teen Gardeners at Untermyer Park and Gardens
Lots of teenagers get summer jobs as camp counselors or scooping ice cream, but WNYC’s Amy Pearl caught up with a group of teens who has spent the summer tending the ornamental vegetable garden at...
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