At our Spring Fling, someone asked me about stints on The River radio and the resulting podcasts. You can find them over here, at The River Interactive website. Just scroll through the list and click on it to listen. Yours truly.
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| Tinsley house (15/06) |
| (04/06) |
Hi and welcome to Idaho Gardener. My name is Mary Ann Newcomer. I also have several nicknames – the printable ones are M. A. , Auntie Mame , Dirt Diva, Princess Dew Sparkle and Duchess of Dirt.
A native daughter of Idaho, I have been gardening since I was a small child. My grandmother and grandfather were avid gardeners and I was given a 3′x3′ plot for starters. I was encouraged to grow radishes, I believe because they came up in just a couple of days (instant gratification for a 5 year old) and because the first sets of leaves were heart shaped (a message from my grandmother).
I served on the Board of Directors for the Idaho Botanical Garden for over a decade and still work with the Lewis and Clark Native Plant Garden committee and the Garden’s committee for Design Review. I have spent a good part of the last 20 years fund raising for, and promoting the programs at the garden. I chaired the committee that built the Contemporary English Garden in 1997.
Largely self taught, I have an insatiable curiousity and thirst for knowledge, especially relating to horticulture and garden design. I make every effort to attend as many educational seminars/workshops/programs/speakers series as time and money will allow.
I find myself focusing a lot on the concept of ‘genus loci’. It is about honoring the spirit of place. In my case, that means understanding the lay of the land, the weather that comes with it, how to garden and live in harmony with my surroundings.
I am a scout-in-training with Meredith Corporation (publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and 128 other titles). I do garden design in the Boise Valley, teach classes on garden design, and aspire to write a book on the gardens of the Intermountain West.
All content is copyrighted by me. Your comments and suggestions are welcomed.
Listened to three of those suckers. I knew you wuz cool, but I didn’t know you wuz THAT cool!
Nice work!
that IS cool,
You and the radio guys have a nice vibe going there, MA – it was fun to listen to a couple of these podcasts. Now I know that more plants are killed in Idaho by overwatering, something that can happen here, too.
It was good to hear your voice again ;-]
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Hey, MA,
I love your radio work. You make me lust after plants that I have no business lusting after down here. Very nice.