How Does Your Garden Grow?
Whether you've got a window box in Manhattan or a sprawling backyard in Manhasset, horticulturalist Gerard Lordahl is here to help you get things growing despite the summer heat. Visit the New York...
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New York’s gardeners often have to get creative with limited space, making the best of fire escapes, roofs, and tiny spaces that get little sun or wind. Horticulturist Gerard Lordahl of the CENYC’s...
View ArticleBut What do May, June, July and August Showers Bring?
Horticulturalist and Director of the Open Space Greening ProgramGerard Lordahl answers your questions about gardening and talks about how this wet summer is affecting plants.
View ArticleGerard Lordahl Answers Your Winter Gardening Questions
Gerard Lordahl, Director of the Open Space Greening Program of the Council on the Environment of New York City, discusses eco-friendly gardening, winter gardening, and botanical vocabulary. He also...
View ArticleGerard Lordahl Answers Your Gardening Questions
Gerard Lordahl, Greening Director of GrowNYC, discusses end-of-summer gardening, how to care for your plants when you go on vacation, and what kinds of heirloom vegetables he recommends growing. He’ll...
View ArticleGerard Lordahl on Caring for Plants
Gerard Lordahl, Greening Director of GrowNYC, discusses how to take care of plants in the winter, both outside and inside—from how to keep your Christmas trees and poinsettias healthy, to winter tips...
View ArticleSummer Stuff: Gardening with Gerard Lordahl
Gerard Lordahl, open space greening director of GrowNYC, tells us how to care for our plants—indoor and outdoor—for our final Summer Stuff segment.Do you have a question about how to keep your garden...
View ArticleGreen Thumb Gerard Lordahl
Gerard Lordahl, Greening Director of GrowNYC, gives tips and advice on planting summer gardens.If you have questions about planting, pruning, picking, or pest prevention, leave a comment or call...
View ArticleGrowing Green with Gerard Lordahl
Gerard Lordahl, Greening Director of GrowNYC, talks about late-summer gardening and answers questions about tending to your plants, planting new seeds, and keeping gardens green and growing into the...
View ArticleGerard Lordahl on Plants, Inside and Out
Gerard Lordahl, Greening Director of GrowNYC, talks about how to care for your Christmas cacti and Christmas trees. He’ll also address recovering your garden after Sandy—replacing soil that was washed...
View ArticleGerard Lordahl Gets Your Gardens Growing
Gerard Lordahl, Greening Director of GrowNYC, gives tips and advice on planting summer gardens and how to make the most of the summer growing season.If you have questions about planting, pruning,...
View ArticleGerard Lordahl Answers Your Gardening Questions
Gerard Lordahl, Director, Open Space Greening Program at GrowNYC, answers gardening questions from listeners! He’ll also tell us what’s in season now, how to keep gardens bountiful into the fall, and...
View ArticleGerard Lordahl on Winter Garden Care
Gerard Lordahl, Director, Open Space Greening Program at GrowNYC, answers questions about caring for plants and gardens over the winter!Leave a question for Gerard! Or call us during the segment at...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your Garden Green and Growing
Gerard Lordahl, Director of GrowNYC’s Open Space Greening Program, talks about summer gardening—what to plant and when to plant it—and answers questions about how to keep your gardens green and growing...
View ArticleTips on How to Keep Your Garden Growing
Gerard Lordahl, Director of GrowNYC’s Open Space Greening Program, talks about late summer gardening and how to keep things growing into the fall.GrowNYC's Resilient Community Garden Guide.Leave a...
View ArticleWinter is Coming: How to Make Sure Your Plants Survive
Greening Director of GrowNYC Gerard Lordahl teaches us about winter gardening, from how to help your plants survive the winter indoors, to which plants do well in the winter, as well as what to do with...
View ArticleA Baby Plant in a Box... With its Lunch
Today, seed plants make up about 90 percent of the world's flora. But that wasn't always the case. Today on Please Explain, Thor Hanson, author of The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels,...
View ArticleGetting Your Gardens Ready for Fall
Gerard Lordahl, Director of Open Space Greening Program at GrowNYC, answers gardening questions from listeners! He’ll also tell us what’s in season now, how to keep gardens bountiful into the fall, and...
View ArticleA Farm Grows in Brooklyn
Spring is finally here, and we're kicking off the growing season with a Please Explain that’s all about urban agriculture and city gardens! Find out the best ways to maximize your green space - whether...
View ArticleA Guide to Filling Your Garden with Native Flora and Fauna
Find out how to fill your garden with native plants like wildflowers, ferns and milkweed with Gerard Lordahl, horticulturalist and Director of Open Space Greening Program at GrowNYC, and Pete Muroski,...
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