Thanks for Listening to the GardenDC Podcast: Check Out Our Top 10 List of 2025

Thank you to all of our GardenDC Podcast listeners, supporters, guests, and contributors! We had a great year--including being named #1 in GoodPods Top 100 Best Home & Garden Podcasts! We are looking forward to much more educational and informational fun in 2026. 

While we are on holiday break, now is a great chance to jump in and catch up on any of the 267 episodes that you may have missed or re-listen to your past favorites.

Here are our Top 10 episodes from our sixth season in order of number of listens:

1. Spring Pruning Tips
https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/04/gardendc-podcast-episode-235-spring.html

2. Got Milkweed

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-244-got.html

3. Turn off The Lights for Plants and Pollinators

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/gardendc-podcast-episode-243-turn-off.html

4. Soil Care Basics

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-251-soil-care.html

5. Perennial Secrets with Matt Matus

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/09/gardendc-podcast-episode-256-perennial.html

6. Garden Tips with Mike McGrath

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/07/gardendc-podcast-episode-246-garden.html

7. The New American Gardener

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-254.html

8. Designing Your Natural Garden

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-226-designing.html

9. A Lifetime of Gardening with Barbara Damrosch

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/gardendc-podcast-episode-242-lifetime.html

10. Innovative Approaches to Meadow Plantings

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

• You can see the Top 10 List from our first season (2020, episodes 1-40) here.
• You can see the Top 10 List from our second season (2021, episodes 41-86) here.
• You can see the Top 10 List from our third season (2022, episodes 87-131) here.
• You can see the Top 10 List from our fourth season (2023, episodes 132-176) here.
• You can see the Top 10 List from our fifth season (2024, episodes 177-222) here.

Note that the GardenDC podcast is taking a break for the holiday season and will be back later in early January. 

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Monday Thoughts: “Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.” ~ Paul Theroux

“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.” ~ Paul Theroux

Monday Thoughts: "Earth, I thank you..." ~ Anne Spencer

"Earth, I thank you..." ~ Anne Spencer

GardenDC Podcast on Holiday Break

GardenDC: The award-winning podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening and Beyond is taking a break for the holiday season and will be back in the new year with new episodes. While there is no new episode today, we recommend you re-listen to a past favorite or catch up on some that you might have missed. We also have the following suggestions of past episodes (listed below) that we think you will enjoy:

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Suggested episodes:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 267: Garden Trends for 2026

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-267-garden.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 225: Know Your Land - Historical Ecology

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-225-know-your.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 227: Ironweed (Vernonia spp.) - a Tough, Native Perennial Wildflower

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-227-ironweed.html

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Paper Plant (Fatsia) Plant Profile

Paper Plant (Fatsia) Plant Profile

Paper Plant (Fatsia japonica) has a tropical appearance with large, palmate leaves with ball-shaped blooms in fall and early winter -- followed by small black fruits or drupes in spring. It is also known as Big-leaf Paper Plant, False Castor Oil Plant, Fatsia, and Japanese Aralia. The Latin name for it was previously Aralia japonica and Aralia sieboldii.

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is native to Japan and Korea. It is hardy to USDA zones 7 to 10.

Fatsia grows best in part to full shade in moist, but well-draining, acidic soils. It is tolerant of salt spray and pollution and can survive in sandy soils, making it a good coastal plant option.

If it is planted in full sun or a windy location, the foliage will turn brown.

Fertilize it regularly during the growing season and prune it to shape it whenever you like. It can grow 4 to 6 feet wide and high.

There are variegated cultivars available with interesting and attractive foliage. Several beautiful specimens are on display at the US Botanic Garden and the Smithsonian Gardens in Washington, DC.

Paper Plant: You Can Grow That!

 

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Audio, Video. Photos, and Text by Kathy Jentz

Editing by Ellen Isaacson

 

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If you liked this video, we think you will like these other Plant Profiles:

~ Paperbush (Edgeworthia) Plant Profile

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/02/paperbush-edgworthia-chrysantha-plant.html

~ Castor Bean Plant Profile

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/09/plant-profile-castor-bean-plant.html

~ Abutilon Plant Profile

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/02/abutilon-plant-profile.html

 

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Monday Thoughts: “To dig in one’s own earth, with one’s own spade. Does life hold anything better?” ~ John Beverley Nichols

“To dig in one’s own earth, with one’s own spade. Does life hold anything better?” 

~ John Beverley Nichols

Win a copy of The Birding Dictionary in our December 2025 Washington Gardener Reader Contes

For our December 2025 Washington Gardener Reader Contest, we are giving away a copy of The Birding Dictionary from Workman Publishing (value $15 each, https://amzn.to/4pkgwKH affiliate link). 

   What’s a garden without birds? The Birding Dictionary is perfect for the birder always muttering insider jargon like “alpha code” and “zygodactyl.” With equal parts quirky humor and accessible science, it’s a delightful gift for every bird enthusiast. Acclaimed science communicator and cartoonist Rosemary Mosco offers a clever, humorous “dictionary” that’s perfect for any birder. The Birding Dictionary is filled with hilarious and informative definitions for more than 200 birding terms, plus more than 50 witty full‑color illustrations. It’s a delightful gift for every bird enthusiast.

   To enter to win The Birding Dictionary, send an email by 5:00pm on Wednesday, December 31, to WashingtonGardenerMagazine@gmail.com with “Birding Dictionary” in the Subject line and in the body of the email. Tell us what your favorite article was in the December 2025 Washington Gardener issue and why. Please include your full name and mailing address. Winners will be announced and notified on/about January 1. Replies might be published.

GardenDC Podcast Episode 267: Garden Trends for 2026

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Katie Dubow of the Garden Media Group all about 2026 gardening trends. The plant profile is on Paper Plant (Fatsia) 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 Storing Onions from Christy Page of Green Prints.

Download the full Garden Trends report at https://gardenmediagroup.com/

SHOW NOTES will be posted after 12-16-2025. This episode is archived at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4quQJJaokCxUCssFsQiCGS?si=OLkhRj1dRcKbF3lZbMSvqw

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If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 222: Garden Trends for 2025

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-222-garden.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 176: Garden Trends for 2024

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-176-garden.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 131: Garden Trends of 2023

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-131-garden.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 86: 2022 Garden Trends

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/12/gardendc-podcast-episode-86-2022-garden.html

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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Interview Edit and Show Notes: Zachary Intrater

Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany