Prairies, Pragmatism, and Pollinators- Discussing Prairie Up with Benjamin Vogt
Episode Introduction
In today's episode, Prairies, Pragmatism, and Pollinators, we chat with Benjamin Vogt of Monarch Gardens about reconciliation ecology, the humble dandelion, and messy landscapes.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a freelance garden designer, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
Guest Benjamin Vogt
Benjamin Vogt is owner of the prairie-inspired design firm Monarch Gardens. He is author of the best-selling books A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future, as well as Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design. Benjamin's design work has been featured in The American Gardener, Dwell, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Midwest Living, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Through his business he offers a variety of resources such as consulting, design, online classes, webinars, garden guides, articles, and more.
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Episode Content
The new book of Benjamin's we talk about:
Benjamin Vogt- Prairie Up https://amzn.to/3EVZRHE
Follow Milk The Weed on Facebook
Make America prairie again- or at the very least feel good as that phrase floats through your brain.
Milk The Weed https://www.facebook.com/MonarchGardensLLC
Bringing the Prairie Home
Bringing Nature Home- An idea championed by Tallamy that we can make hyper-local.
Can we really bring the prairie home? No. But we can embrace the echo of what's been lost. Metal...
Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy https://amzn.to/3LGZmFg
Why did it take people so long to care about native plants?
Ben promises we won't regret reading his other book A New Garden Ethic: https://amzn.to/3PY3jIe
But mostly people suck (we see gardens as ours but they are shared spaces!)
Plant attributes
Habit, lifespan, wildlife support, bloom time, etc. etc. Think of how these qualities will work together, not just in and of themselves.
Floral fidelity
Bees have an easier go when you plant in masses and drifts. Help a...
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