P is for Parterre
P is for Parterre
Podcast Description
Welcome to P is for Parterre, your go-to podcast for landscaping and horticulture! Based in New England, Parterre Garden Services designs, builds, and maintains beautiful outdoor spaces. Our mission is to share our expertise with you, featuring engaging discussions among our landscape professionals and horticultural experts.
Join us every other Sunday as we explore trends, tips, and techniques in gardening and landscaping. We cover sustainable practices and innovative design ideas, catering to both novice gardeners and seasoned pros. Tune in to cultivate knowledge and inspiration together!
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The podcast covers a variety of themes including sustainable gardening practices, innovative landscaping design, and ecological restoration. Specific episodes feature topics like the importance of winter wildlife habitats, managing invasive plants in New England, and the ecological benefits of meadows, aimed at both novice and experienced gardeners.
Welcome to P is for Parterre, your go-to podcast for landscaping and horticulture! Based in New England, Parterre Garden Services designs, builds, and maintains beautiful outdoor spaces. Our mission is to share our expertise with you, featuring engaging discussions among our landscape professionals and horticultural experts.
Join us every other Sunday as we explore trends, tips, and techniques in gardening and landscaping. We cover sustainable practices and innovative design ideas, catering to both novice gardeners and seasoned pros. Tune in to cultivate knowledge and inspiration together!
This episode of P is for Parterre, brought to you by Parterre Garden Services, digs into native plants that can withstand drought — timely, since the Northeast is currently facing a level three critical drought. Host Liz sits down with Katie Hutchens, Parterre's Director of Ecological Services, and Ali, one of the ecological crew leaders, to talk all things native and drought-tolerant.
In this episode:
- Why native plants play a key role in water conservation
- How native landscapes improve soil health (and why lawns fall short)
- Favorite drought-resistant trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses — including oaks, hackberry, bald cypress, bayberry, goldenrod, milkweed, yarrow, mountain mint, and Massachusetts' very own native cactus, prickly pear
- How to figure out which native plants are right for your yard (soil testing, plant finder tools, and more)
- How long it takes for a native landscape to become established
- Common misconceptions about native plant gardening — and the truth about bugs, bees, and ”messy” gardens
- A rapid-fire round with Katie and Ali's favorite native plants, most underrated species, and best success stories from the field
Our Beginner's Guide to Native New England Plants:
Trees
- Oaks (white oak, red oak, swamp white oak)
- Hackberry
- Bald cypress
- Maple (NOT Norway maple)
- Cherry
- Hickory
Shrubs
- Bayberry
- Staghorn sumac
- Spicebush
Flowering Perennials / Wildflowers
- Solidago (goldenrod), including seaside solidago and field goldenrod
- Asters (woodland aster)
- Milkweed (and swamp milkweed)
- Yarrow
- Mountain mint
- Prickly pear cactus
- Joe-Pye weed
- Jack-in-the-pulpit
- Mayapple
- Rudbeckia
- Partridge pea
- Sassafras (also a small tree)
Grasses/Groundcover
- Wild strawberry
- Wild ginger
- Fescue
- Native grasses
- Rubus (bramble species)
Other
- Asteraceae (plant family, mentioned generally as good for pollinators)
Resources mentioned:
- Mass Audubon
- Native Plant Trust (plant finder tool)
- Go Botany
- Books by Doug Tallamy and Robin Wall Kimmerer
- UMass Extension soil testing (and other university extension programs)
Plant native, plant a tree — and thanks for listening!
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