INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS
GARDENING WITH GRAINS
In the second half of the show, we chat with horticulturist and foodscaping expert Brie Arthur about her new book, Gardening with Grains.
Brie is an advocate of including food plants in the landscape, and a proponent of planting edibles within traditional ornamental landscapes.
Brie gives advice for growing grains from planting to harvest. Ever thought of growing barley? It gives a whole new meaning to the term “beer garden!”
Brie previously joined us on the show to talk about her book The Foodscape Revolution.
The Good Life
My guest this week is Brie Arthur with her book The Foodscape Revolution – Finding a Better Way to Make space for Food and Beauty in Your Garden. www.briegrows.com
Foodscaping visionary Brie Arthur looks at under-utilized garden spaces around homes or in the landscaped common spaces of planned communities – and she sees places where food can be grown…lots and lots of it. And not in isolated patches, but inter-planted with non-food ornamental plants for year-round beauty. This is a new way of looking at public and private spaces, where aesthetics and function operate together to benefit individuals and entire communities. In The Foodscape Revolution, Arthur presents her status-quo-shaking plan to reinvent the common landscape – in a way that even HOA’s would approve. Follow Brie on FaceBook
Brie Arthur is one of the featured presenters at the The Kansas City Garden Symposium March 6 & 7.
The Kansas City Garden Symposium’s full day of of regionally focused lectures by nationally recognized garden experts that are sure to inspire, inform and get you thinking about growing your own way.
Friday March 6, 2020. 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Doors Open 6:00 p.m.
Banquet dinner at Lidia’s Kansas City including a program
by Brie Arthur entitled Fragrance in the Air.
Saturday March 7, 2020. 8:15 a.m. – 4:10 p.m. Doors Open 7:30 a.m.
A full day of programs by four acclaimed garden presenters including lunch.
http://goodlifeguy.com/
Cultivating Place
Horticulturist Brie Arthur wants us to plant more food – everywhere – from around the base of our foundation planting shrubs, to the far reaches of whatever our property might be. Brie joins us today from her home and foodscaped garden in North Carolina to share more, including her incredible enthusiasm.
Brie is all about the creed of the 4H – heart, head, hands and health and she puts it to work in her evangelizing for the idea of a foodscape revolution – in your landscape – no matter how scary your HOA might be.
"I would love for every child to have exposure to the joy of growing food at least one time – so they aren’t afraid, so they can become better stewards and appreciate where their food comes from and value what farmers provide, so they can look through the same rose tinted glasses that I wear when I see landscapes and all I see is potential, 'Oh my gosh, we could feed this whole neighborhood if we just planted something of meaning in some of this open lawn area.”
Brie Arthur, Horticulturist
Author of "The Foodscape Revolution" (St. Lynn's Press, 2017)
Brie Arthur’s first book, The Foodscape Revolution (St. Lynn's Press, 2017) has one mission – to get everyone seeing potential in their landscape for more food – for yourself, your family, the neighborhood kids and the neighborhood birds. Her second book, Gardening with Grains (St. Lynn's Press, 2019) takes the lessons further into the specifics of grains - barley, wheat, rice and more.
In our conversation, Brie discusses how she structured the book building off of concepts she first learned from the legendary Rosalind Creasy as well and the longtime principals of permaculture. These concept at the heart of The Foodscape Revolution might just alter how you see the landscapes of your house and Brie walks us through some ideas of which crops you might want to try for best success in the different zones around your home.
All of Brie's work - from books to in person speaking and workshops - shares garden advice about growing with ecological, economic and nutritional sensibilities. She’s a passionate leader in the foodscape movement - a model of community development that incorporates sustainable, local food production. She speaks on a variety of horticulture topics around the US, and has served as a correspondent on PBS's television show, hosted by Joe Lamp'l and featuring Chef Nathan Lyon and Theresa Loe - Growing A Greener World.
Follow along with Brie Arthur online at: BrieGrows.com, and on Instagram: @brietheplantlady
https://www.cultivatingplace.com/post/2019/11/21/talking-bout-a-revolution-foodscape-revolution-with-brie-arthur
