American Roots with Nick McCullough

Nick McCullough, his wife Allison, and Teresa Woodland have written a book that celebrates American gardens and their creators. This entertaining book explores gardens from all over the country. It’s very difficult to identify and label the quintessential American Garden, but the McCulloughs discovered that each garden was a reflection of its gardener.

Nick travelled the country and interviewed all kinds of people, including one of my FAVORITE gardeners, @TheImpatientGardener, Erin Schanen!

It’s a beautiful book, full of inspiration.


Artist Karen Blair

You heard me mention my friend Karen Blair on the pod. Karen is a local Charlottesville artist who sponsors Into the Garden with Leslie

Have a look at what Karen can do— she worked with one of my listeners, Anne Brooks Rudzki, of Capital Roots Containers, and created this beautiful commission of Anne Brook’s garden.

Follow this link to see more of her paintings.

And follow her on Instagram here.


The Play List

Here are some links to things that you heard me mention in the podcast!

I gotta tell you we had such a fun visit. :) Linda is just as real and lovely as you would think from watching her on YouTube!




Next Episode:

Kevin and Dragan



Husbands who went from gardening in the DC suburbs to farming in VA's Northern Neck. We’re going to talk about life on their 27-acre farm.