Native Plants, Healthy Planet

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick connect with Ethan Tapper (Forestry Consultant and author of How to Love a Forest) to discuss his new book The Forest Year: Finding Hope in a World Worth Saving. Topics include how life has changed for Ethan over the last two years, focusing on your surroundings for ecosystem understanding, becoming one with the sense of ho...

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick are back with a brand new episode of The Buzz. Tom and Fran are eating on air again. What are they eating this time? “That’s Hot” spend some time in the prairies.  “This or That” asks some difficult questions about what is best. We are giving listener shoutouts – Lots of them!  Tom introduces a brand new segment and you can bet it's a good o...

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick reside over a panel of experts including Nathan Shampine (Natural Lands Manager, Mt. Cuba Center), Sam Hoadley (Manager of Horticultural Research, Mt. Cuba Center) and Jenna Webster (Senior Associate, LWLA) live at Mt. Cuba Center to discuss warm season grasses. Topics include the role warm season grasses play in restoration and mea...

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick are back with a brand new episode of The Buzz.  How does Jam sound on the Podcast?  Listen and find out. “That’s Hot” features some heavy lifting! “This or That” offers hope for for some species in peril. We are giving listener shoutouts - Lots of them!  A wonderful shoutout leads to some introspective thoughts. Intro music by RJ Comer, Ou...

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick connect with Willow Defebaugh (Co-Founder of Atmos, Podcast Host The Nature Of, Author The Overview: Meditations on Nature for a World in Transition) to discuss connectivity and deep ecology. Topics include allowing grace and reverence help guide our journey, connecting with nature by listening, allowing nature to teach us ...