What We Sow in Cultivated Places

BSLA is proud to be a longtime partner of Grow Native Massachusetts and their “Evenings with Experts” series.

1.5 LA CES HSW

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FEATURING

Jennifer Jewell, Creator & Host of Cultivating Place

(Recorded April 2025)

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Gardeners are powerful agents of change, and the landscapes we steward have a role to play in tackling a wide range of challenges— climate change, habitat loss, cultural polarization, communal wellbeing. Jennifer Jewell will explore the power of gardens through the lens of seeds: how they grow, where they grow, who grows them, and who sells (and controls) them. Drawing from her daily life, research, and decades of interviews with seed keepers, Jennifer will share how seeds can be both cautionary tales and guiding lights as we seek to effect positive change. You’ll be inspired to make bolder, braver, and more biodiverse choices in your garden. 

Jennifer Jewell is the host of the national award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden, and the author of What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds. Her greatest passion is elevating the way we think and talk about gardening, the empowerment of gardeners, and the beautiful way gardens bring together places, environments, cultures, and individuals–for the better of all the lives on this generous planet.