Wisdom in a Tree with Ned Friedman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 23, 2026

March 20, 2026 00:27:17
Wisdom in a Tree with Ned Friedman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 23, 2026
MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN
Wisdom in a Tree with Ned Friedman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 23, 2026

Mar 20 2026 | 00:27:17

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Show Notes

I wish that when I was a college freshman, a course like Harvard’s seminar called “Tree” had been part of the curriculum, because since I learned about the class last year, I’ve never looked at a tree quite the same way again. It’s not a botany course, nor one for aspiring arborists – despite its name.  A sentence from the syllabus for “Tree” hints at its core intention: “Imagine a semester devoted to connecting two organisms,” it reads, “a person (you) and a tree (not you).”  And then it adds this: “The goal of this freshman seminar will be to... Read More ›

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