Friends of the Podcast
We’re grateful to these guests, partners, collaborators, and colleagues.
Podcast Guests
C.L. Fornari
C.L. “The Garden Lady” Fornari is a radio host and podcaster and the author of Hydrangea Happiness.
Delaina Arnold
One of Delaina’s projects as Community Programs Manager for the Georgian Bay Biosphere is teaching about home composting.
Dr. Vikram Baliga
Vikram is a professor of horticulture at Texas Tech University, hosts the Planthropology and Deep Roots podcasts and makes short videos as The Plant Prof.
Michelle Bruhn
Michelle is a suburban homesteading author, speaker, and educator who manages the online information hub Forks in the Dirt.
Gabrielle Cerberville
Gabrielle is a foraging educator, community mycologist, climate advocate, and author of the foraging book Gathered.
Bugs Need Heroes
Bugs Need Heroes is a podcast in which entomologist Kelly Zimmerman and illustrator Amanda Niday create bug-themed superheroes.
Dr. Dana Green
Dr. Dana Green is an applied animal behaviourist and bat expert who is known online as The Eyepatch Biologist.
Jennifer Holston
Jennifer Holston is a smart hydroponics pioneer who grows a living pantry in her home through all seasons.
Cole Imperi
Cole is a Master Gardenr, thanatologist, award-winning author, chaplain, deathworker, and founder of the School of American Thanatology.
Kathy Jentz
washingtongardener.blogspot.com
Kathy is the editor of Washington Gardener Magazine, the host of the GardenDC podcast, and the author of Groundcover Revolution.
Lorraine Johnson
Lorraine is an Ontario-based author and “cultivation activist” with decades of expertise in native plants and pollinators.
Jessica Letteer
facebook.com/groups/wilkesbarreacg
Jessica is a community organizer who founded the Wilkes-Barre Area Community Gardens in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley.
Lauren MacLean
Lauren is a teacher, the host of the Teach Outdoors podcast, and an author of outdoor education books for kids and teachers alike.
Alex Meinders
Alex is a wildlife biologist and videogame enthusiast whose passion project is the YouTube and TikTok channel Geek Ecology.
Carol Michel
Carol is a co-host of the Gardenangelists podcast and the pen behind the Lost Ladies of Garden Writing substack
Chris Paul Rainbows
Chris is a speaker, strategist, and content creator whose home garden celebrates children’s TV. Their debut book is Guinea Pigs Don’t Wear Pants.
Lauren Saville
engagemuskoka.ca/climate-heroes
Lauren Saville is the Community Climate Initiatives Coordinator in Muskoka, making life better for people and the planet.
Ontario One Call
Ontario One Call is the public safety administrative authority behind “Click Before You Dig” in Ontario.
Stoned Affection
Susie of Stoned Affection creates ethical taxidermy insect art from moths and butterflies she raises herself.
Debby Ward
Debby offers courses, coaching, blog posts, and resources related to permaculture, biodynamics, and organic gardening.
Paul Zammit
Paul is a garden communicator on CBC’s Ontario Today program and a and professor of horticulture and environmental studies.
Misc.
Sophia Alladin
Sophia designed and illustrated our website. Check our her art and her design portfolio!