Conservation Meets Horticulture with Lea Johnson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 6, 2026

Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we take it with us into the future?” It’s a compelling question, and one that can motivate not just scientists like Lea Johnson, Director of Conservation at Native Plant Trust in New England, but also native-plant gardeners like us. She is here to talk about where conservation and gardening intersect, and some of the challenges and the possibilities we face together. Lea Johnson joined Native Plant Trust, the nation’s... Read More ›