Garden Futurist Podcast: Episode XXXVII: You’re About to Want to Grow a Fruit Tree with Rachel Spaeth

April 24, 2024 00:41:41
Garden Futurist Podcast: Episode XXXVII: You’re About to Want to Grow a Fruit Tree with Rachel Spaeth
Garden Futurist
Garden Futurist Podcast: Episode XXXVII: You’re About to Want to Grow a Fruit Tree with Rachel Spaeth

Apr 24 2024 | 00:41:41

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Show Notes

Spring 2024 

Read the companion article here.

Learning to garden with fruit trees can connect you to unimaginable flavor experiences, a romance with non-commercial cultivars, and a willingness to try grafting. 

We spoke with Dr. Rachel Spaeth, Interim Curator of the Prunus Collection for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Davis, CA about ways to support biodiversity conservation for real and the fascinating people and organizations who make it all possible.

This episode is sponsored by:

Garden Futurist Podcast: Proud Winner: 2023 GardenComm Silver Laurels Award

GARDEN FUTURIST 

A show about innovative thinkers contributing to a climate resilient future through the power of gardens.

Produced and hosted by Sarah Beck, Adriana Lopez, and Adrienne St Claire 

Edited and directed by Kelsey Skonberg 

Sarah Beck is the executive director of Pacific Horticulture.

Adriana López-Villalobos currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia where she works as Curatorial Coordinator for the UBC Botanical Garden. She is originally from Mexico, where she completed her BSC and MSc, studying plant ecology and mating systems evolution, before migrating to Canada to pursue a PhD focusing on the genetics of species across their geographic ranges.

Adrienne St. Clair is a botanist working with Metro, a regional government in Portland, Oregon where her work spans conservation to restoration. Adrienne managed a native plant nursery for almost a decade before pursuing a graduate degree. She received her Master’s in Plant Biology and Conservation from Northwestern University and Chicago Botanic Garden where she studied the effect of horticulture techniques on native-plant genetics.

Kelsey Skonberg is a Community-Centered Video and Podcast Editor and Science Journalist in Everett, WA.

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