Episode 1: A Garden to Remember

Welcome to the very first sequence ofFine Gardening‘s first podcast , Garden Confidential : story at the crossing of people and industrial plant . I ’m Andrew Keys , and I ’ll be your host here each month .

Last calendar month marked the 10th anniversary of the events of September 11 , 2001 . When I show about the dedication this twelvemonth of the first phase of theFlight 93 National Memorialnear Shanksville , Pennsylvania , I wondered : When horticulture is purportedly less popular now than in the past , why is it that , all across America , we still work to gardens as memorials ?

In this instalment , I speak with Beth Farrell , death chair of the citizens committee that construct theSeptember 11 Memorial Gardenin the township of Sudbury , Massachusetts ( visualise ) .

“ We want a lieu for the family to be able to occur to , ” she say . “ But what we ’ve found over the nine years of remembrance [ was ] the whole townspeople involve to heal . ”

Naomi Sachs , founding father of theTherapeutic Landscapes internet , offer a scientific perspective . “ When a little community can establish a orchard of trees or a community garden and have that be also a way of life to remember people and events , it can be sinewy , ” she says . Sachs discusses Maya Lin’sVietnam Veterans Memorialin Washington , D.C. ; cemeteries as the original garden memorial ; and our metaphysical connector to planted space .

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

“ Memorials are place of healing . They ’re catalysts for mass not just to remember- but also often to sorrow , ” she explains . “ Sometimes that ’s a solitary act , sometimes it ’s for a family , visit a gravesite , and sometimes it ’s for a whole community or a whole country . ”

“ A garden is symbolic of a whole life cycle , ” Farrell says . “ plant give-up the ghost , but … [they ] add up back again … What make this garden so particular is that it really was a confinement of beloved from all walk of biography across Sudbury … It ’s an amazing garden that way . It belongs to everyone in Ithiel Town . ”

For more information on September 11 memorials , including those in your area , chitchat the USDA Forest Service’sLiving Memorials ProjectandVoices of September 11th .

Music from this podcast byccMixterusersmactoniteandGurdonark . Sound burden byfreesound projectusers3bagbrewanddobroide .

Fine Gardening Recommended Products

A.M. Leonard Deluxe Soil Knife & Leather Sheath Combo

Fine horticulture receives a commission for point purchase through links on this internet site , including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising platform .

Get our late tips , how - to article , and instructional video sent to your inbox .

Episode 13: Sense of Place

Episode 9: The Secret Life of Cacti

Episode 7: Return to Sender

Episode 4: Cabbage Patch

Join ok Gardening for a destitute engage alive webinar featuring Dr. Janna Beckerman , a noted works pathologist as well as prof emerita at Purdue University and the ornamentals technical manager …

When I spotted a especial George Sand buck cactus ( Astrophytum asterias ) at the Philadelphia Flower Show a few months ago , I knew I was in bother . With a delightful colour rule …

When we only prioritize plants we need over plant our landscape painting want , each season is occupy with a never - ending leaning of chore : pruning , abstract , watering , treating , amending , and fertilizing , with …

Video

Touring an Eco-friendly, Shady Backyard Retreat

You must be measured when you put down the backyard of garden designer Jeff Epping — not because you ’re likely to trip on something , but because you might be dive - bombed by a pair …