TODAY’S GUEST and I were sitting having a cup of tea together recently and talking about guess what? Plants. What came up pretty fast was how lately we both sometimes cringe at the results to our online searches about one garden topic or another, which only seemed to be getting worse in the age of AI, or at the misinformation we see on some viral social-media posts. Ecologically focused garden designer Rebecca McMackin and I wanted to talk out loud here with all of you about what trusted sources we go to again and again, and about how we filter out some of the unhelpful noise when seeking answers to our garden questions. Rebecca is the creator of the monthly newsletter “Grow like Wild,” which now has a companion podcast version. In the opening of a “TED Talk” she gave, which has more than 1.3 million views, she says of herself, “Full disclosure: I am the nerdiest gardener you’re ever going to meet.” Rebecca spent a decade as director of horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, where she managed 85 acres of diverse parkland organically and with an eye toward diversity. And she more recently served arboretum curator at Woodlawn Cemetery […]

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