A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - September 20, 2021 - Heather McCargo on Natives From Seed

September 17, 2021 00:25:27
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - September 20, 2021 -  Heather McCargo on Natives From Seed
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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - September 20, 2021 - Heather McCargo on Natives From Seed

Sep 17 2021 | 00:25:27

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Show Notes

Today we’re going to get a lesson in winter sowing, sowing seeds in fall and early winter outside in a protected spot, a sort of easy DIY home nursery for making more plants. What we’ll learn to propagate that way are specifically seeds of native plants—both meadow perennials, like asters and Joe Pye weed, and also various shrubs and even trees. 

Heather McCargo

My guest is Heather McCargo, who founded the nonprofit Wild Seed Project in Maine in 2014 and has been growing natives from seed for 35 years.

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Native plants’ wild populations have shrunk alarmingly in that time. The mission of Heather’s Wild Seed Project is to inspire and teach more of us to grow natives and use them to repopulate the landscape, whether our home gardens or maybe a community project, like at a park or school or beyond.

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