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Welcome to Peace, Love & Pollinators â a podcast by ReEarth Solutions
This is the show for anyone who wants a more beautiful yard and a healthier planet. Whether youâve got a backyard, a balcony, or you just care about the green spaces in your neighborhood, weâll help you see whatâs possible when you work with nature instead of against it.
Each episode blends practical, feel-good advice with the bigger âwhy it matters.â Weâre talking native plants, pollinators, soil life, compost, climate-resilient gardening, and the small changes that create outsized impact â for your landscape, your community, and the living world around you.
With expert guests from across the country, we break down what actually works, bust common myths, and give you simple next steps you can use right away.
Think of us as your friendly guide from âI just want my plants to liveâ to âIâm building a thriving ecosystem.â
Welcome to Peace, Love & Pollinators. Letâs grow something better.
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Kristen Nicholson and Britt Drews are the co-founders of Blue Stem Natives, a woman owned native-only nursery based in Norwell, Massachusetts. Since launching in 2021, theyâve been helping gardeners and land stewards across New England access high-quality native plants while promoting wildlife- friendly landscapes, straight-species selections, and sustainable growing practices. Their work is rooted in a simple but...
Dan Jaffe Wilder is an ecologist, horticulturist, and botanist with over twenty yearsâ experience working with native plants and their associated ecology. His work has ranged from classrooms to nurseries to botanical gardens to wildlife refuges and specializes in native plant ecology, propagation, wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement, and native edible landscapes. Dan is the Director of Applied Ecology at The Norcross Wildlife Foundation whose mission is to protect, enhance, and expan...
Mark Highland, The Organic Mechanic As a young kid, Mark made his connection to the natural world early, digging around in his grandmotherâs vegetable garden, pulling weeds, picking caterpillars off plants, and harvesting ripe fruit. The work was hard (but fun!) and he knew he was hooked from the moment he turned over that first forkful of rich Illinois soil. Academic studies and work experiences After high school, Mark earned a BS degree in Environmental Horticulture at the University of Flo...
Edwina von Gal Founder / President A leading voice in sustainable gardening and landscape design, Edwina von Gal founded the Perfect Earth Project in 2013 to promote ecological land care for the health of people, their pets, and the planet. As principal of her eponymous landscape design firm since 1984, Edwina created landscapes with a focus on simplicity, sustainability, and beauty for private and public clients around the world. Her work has been published widely, including in The New Y...
Todays episode is all about the connection between soil health, human health and the health of the planet. Dan has been an organic farmer for more than 30 years. He grew up on Many Hands Organic Farm in central Massachusetts with his parents, Julie Rawson, NOFA-MA Executive Director, and Jack Kittredge, publisher of Natural Farmer. After working globally in the late 90s and early 2000s with farmers, NGOs, and researchers across India, Russia, and Central America, Dan returned to the U.S. an...
We discuss Meadow creation and break dow the process of meadow installation with Nick Novick. Nick Novick (Small Planet Landscaping) has been building healthier landscapes in and around Ashland, Massachusetts for more than two decades. With a degree in Environmental Conservation and a deep bench of hands-on field skills, Nick has done it all, from dry stone walls and lawn care to invasive plant control and fruit-tree care. But these days, nearly all of his work centers on one thing: mea...
What if your landscape could feed you and support pollinators at the same time? In this episode of Peace, Love & Pollinators, we explore edible landscapes, wild edible plants, and foraging with legendary New England naturalist Russ Cohen. Russ is a wild foods expert and lifelong forager from Weston, Massachusetts who has spent over 50 years teaching people how to identify, harvest, and enjoy edible native plants (and yes, mushrooms too). Heâs the author of Wild Plants I Have Known⊠and Ea...
Peace, Love & Pollinators â Episode 4 Small Roofs, Big Impact: The Boston Green Roof Bus Shelter Initiative Episode summary What if a bus stop could do more than keep you dry? In this episode, Trev breaks down Bostonâs bus shelter green roofinitiativeâan example of how small, visible pieces of green infrastructure can deliver outsized benefits for heat resilience, stormwater management, and urban biodiversity. Boston completed the installation of green roofs on 30 bus shelters along MBTA ...
Peace, Love & Pollinators â Episode 3 Plasticâs Impact on the Horticulture Industry (with Marie Chieppo) Plastic pots are the elephant in the room in the green industry. In this episode, Trev sits down with ecological landscape designer and researcher Marie Chieppo to unpack how we got here, why ârecyclingâ isnât solving the problem, and what a realistic path forward could look like for nurseries, landscapers, municipalities, and home gardeners. Marie draws on years of on-the-ground exper...
Episode 2: Breaking Down Compost (Peace, Love & Pollinators) Compost is one of the most powerful tools we have for healthier soil, stronger plants, and more resilient landscapes, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, we break compost down into what it actually is, what âgoodâ looks like, and how to use it without accidentally creating problems like nutrient overload, weeds, or contamination. Whether youâre a homeowner trying to build living soil in your yard, or a...
Episode 1 â Karen Dooley: No Yard, No Problem (Supporting Urban Pollinators) Short episode description (podcast apps) No yard? No problem. Trev sits down with Karen Dooley to talk about practical, realistic ways to support pollinators in urban spaces. From balconies and patios to street trees and community pockets, this episode is packed with ideas to help you create habitat where you live, with what you have. What this episode is about A lot of people assume they need land to âhelp pollinato...
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