{"podcast":{"title":"Cultivating Place","slug":"cultivating-place-836884","podcast_index_feed_id":836884,"rss_url":"https://feedpress.me/cultivatingplace","website_url":"https://www.cultivatingplace.com/","image_url":"https://static.feedpress.com/logo/cultivatingplace-57c8653e140db.jpg","author":"Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place","episode_count":500,"summary":"Gardens are more than collections of plants. Gardens and Gardeners are intersectional spaces and agents for positive change in our world. Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden is a weekly public radio program & podcast exploring what we mean when we garden. Through thoughtful conversations with growers, gardeners, naturalists, scientists, artists and thinkers, Cultivating Place illustrates the many ways in which gardens are integral to our natural and cultural literacy. These conversations celebrate how these interconnections support the places we cultivate, how they nourish our bodies, and feed our spirits. They change the world, for the better. Take a listen.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T06:21:51.871113+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cultivating-place-836884"},"episode":{"title":"Between Soil and Self - A conversation with John Sonnier","slug":"between-soil-and-self-a-conversation-with-john-sonnier","published_at":"2026-04-23T17:42:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cultivating-place-836884/between-soil-and-self-a-conversation-with-john-sonnier","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cultivating-place-836884","url":"https://feedpress.me/link/14945/17324311/between-soil-and-self-a","audio_url":"https://feedpress.me/link/14945/17324312/2308047257-user-179107226-between-soil-and-self-a.mp3","summary":"This week, Cultivating Place host Abra Lee explores diplomacy and gardens. She’s in conversation with John Sonnier, Head Gardener at the British Ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. There since 2009, John focuses on organic and sustainable methods of care AND he has created one of the United State’s most significant historic orchid collections. Orchids are known for their extraordinary forms, relationships, and resilience and John, a distinguished horticulturalist, artist, and self-taught orchidist, brings us into that world – sharing what it means to grow them, care for them, and stay curious about them over time. We consider how the environment we cultivate – from gardens to shared community spaces – shape our thoughts and our lives. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you for listening over the years, and we hope you'll continue to support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow and engage in even more conversations like these. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.","meta_description":"This week, Cultivating Place host Abra Lee explores diplomacy and gardens. She’s in conversation with John Sonnier, Head Gardener at the British Ambassado…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3229,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cultivating-place-836884/episodes/between-soil-and-self-a-conversation-with-john-sonnier/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cultivating-place-836884/between-soil-and-self-a-conversation-with-john-sonnier.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}