We journey to a plant person’s garden between the Great Lakes and the Appalachian Mountains, an apartment amid the Palos Borrachos of Buenos Aires and an oak-topped bluff above the Minnesota River Valley. 

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Episode links:

The trees of Buenos Aires: https://landingpadba.com/buenos-aires-tree-guide/

Tsubo-niwa (pocket gardens): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubo-niwa

The Bluet Houstonia caerulea: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-caerulea/

 A Pattern Language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language

For copies of Ben’s book, The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens go here: https://linktr.ee/deargardener

The dear gardeners on Instagram:

Alicia: https://www.instagram.com/kalijardin

Julie: https://www.instagram.com/juliewitmergardens

Michael: https://www.instagram.com/sneaky.productions/