For the Love of Rhododendron
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Faith in a seed
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Emily Ellingson, Plant Collections Curator at Polly Hill Arboretum. We learn how Emily’s own career was inspired by Arboretu...
From distraction to discovery
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Dr. Mary Jane Epps, a scientist at the Center for Urban Habitats in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Epps tells us how a moment ...
A postcard is a small thing
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Dr. Anna Asatryan, a Senior Researcher at the National Academy of Sciences in Armenia focused on the documentation and conserv...
Yogurt for your plants
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Dr. Jean Burns and PhD candidate Yu Liu to learn about their research program focused on the science of gardening, they descri...
A bit of paradise
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Tom Clarke, Head Gardener at the world-renowned Exbury Gardens, we learn how Exbury founder, the late Lionel de Rothschild, tu...
As soon as the sunrays hit
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Juliana and Ryan meet Dr. Shweta Basnett, who shares stories from her PhD work on the pollination biology of Rhododendron in Sikkim Hi...
We named the trees
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Christina and Connor tell the story of Leslie Hancock, a pioneer in Canadian Rhododendron breeding and horticulture and founder of the...
Expect blooms anytime
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Don Graham, a retired emergency medicine doctor, a long-time member of the Portland Chapter of the American Rhododendron Socie...
What keeps me up at night
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet our intrepid podcast narrator, that’s right you get to meet me, Dr. Juliana Medeiros. I got together with my fellow podcast ...
Shake the world gently
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Mike Stewart, President of the Van Veen Heritage Garden in Portland Oregon. We learn how this newly formed non-profit organiza...
Finding new mountains
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Steve Hootman, Executive Director and Curator of the Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden, located in Federal ...
The pitch of their wingbeats
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we meet Dr. Robbie Hart, a researcher at the William L. Brown Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden. We learn how hillsides fil...
You can add your own twist
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet Rhododendron hybridizer and college professor, Paul Chafe, we learn how a memorable brush with giant Rhododendrons led him to ...
Where kindred spirits convene
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we meet some of the organizers and speakers from the upcoming American Rhododendron Society Fall Convention, they share their fascinat...
A treasure-trove of experiences
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we learn about Ryan Fuller’s research on Rhododendron evolution in the Hengduan Mountains of China, how this magical place spawned R...
The genome was the puzzle
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan and Juliana meet with Dr. Valerie Soza to learn about the Rhododendron williamsianum genome sequencing project, how a visionary ...
There wasn't a map
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we learn about the podcast production team, how random twists and turns in the road of life led them to discover their love of Rhodod...