'The Tree Collectors,' With Amy Stewart - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - July 22, 2024

July 19, 2024 • 00:28:20
'The Tree Collectors,' With Amy Stewart - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - July 22, 2024
MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN
'The Tree Collectors,' With Amy Stewart - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - July 22, 2024

Jul 19 2024 | 00:28:20

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Show Notes

We’re going to talk about collectibles today, but not the kind you score at a flea market or from an online auction. We’re going to talk about collectible trees. Yes, trees. A new book by Amy Stewart called “The Tree Collectors” introduces us to 50 people whose lives have been transformed by what she calls their “arboreal obsessions.”  Amy, who’s based in Portland, Ore., is a “New York Times” bestselling author whose previous nonfiction books about the natural world also include “The Drunken Botanist,” and “Wicked Plants.” Her newest, “The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession,” is out this month,... Read More ›

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