GardenDC Podcast Episode 294: Designing Plant Systems

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with landscape architect Thomas Rainer* about designing plant systems. The plant profile is on Dwarf Comfrey and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on "Secret Letters of the Garden" from Christy Page of GreenPrints.

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~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 245: Innovative Approaches to Meadow Plantings

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-245-innovative.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 173: Native Plant Fallacies

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/11/gardendc-podcast-episode-173-native.html

Show Notes will be posted after 7/21/2026.

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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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*You can order Thomas Rainer's book Planting in a Post-Wild World at https://amzn.to/4f0EoPy 

This link is to our Amazon affiliate account and we may earn a few pennies from these sales, 

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