{"podcast":{"title":"The Plantastic Podcast","slug":"the-plantastic-podcast-4937946","podcast_index_feed_id":4937946,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/r_gLkL1Z","website_url":"theplantasticpodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/24958a39-bc96-4162-a43b-fd4769e86932/6c65b1db-82fe-4043-b449-4298afb589bc/3000x3000/tpp-show-artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jared Barnes","episode_count":54,"summary":"Plants can’t talk, but we can! The Plantastic Podcast is a show for plant killers, green thumbs, and everyone in between. Listen along as Dr. Jared deconstructs the practices of the best plantspeople of our time so that you can better cultivate your plants and yourself.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T02:21:14.981116+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plantastic-podcast-4937946"},"episode":{"title":"Tim Boland on Lessons from Polly Hill Arboretum (#52)","slug":"tim-boland-on-lessons-from-polly-hill-arboretum-52","published_at":"2026-04-05T20:29:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plantastic-podcast-4937946/tim-boland-on-lessons-from-polly-hill-arboretum-52","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plantastic-podcast-4937946","url":"theplantasticpodcast.com","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/ecdaec16-0bd9-4c31-b151-895b5611412b/c1ca3217-2d57-485f-af64-3944f4d10e94/episodes/audio/group/fab054a5-9187-4315-8c97-44b04219ac69/group-item/dbb3871d-6387-49e8-b2ef-cc47bc42ada7/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=r_gLkL1Z","summary":"For this month's episode of The Plantastic Podcast, I welcomed my dear friend Tim Boland on to talk about lessons from Polly Hill Arboretum. Tim shares the remarkable story of Polly Hill, who started her arboretum at age 50. We dig into the importance of record keeping, provenance, and plant propagation. Tim also talks about always having a paper bag in your back pocket for seed collecting, trying multiple approaches when a seed won't germinate, taking ecological notes whenever you encounter plants in the wild, and underutilized natives. And, as a Querciphile, Tim makes a compelling case for why there truly is an oak (and a native plant!) for everyone.","meta_description":"For this month's episode of The Plantastic Podcast, I welcomed my dear friend Tim Boland on to talk about lessons from Polly Hill Arboretum. Tim shares th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4924,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-plantastic-podcast-4937946/episodes/tim-boland-on-lessons-from-polly-hill-arboretum-52/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plantastic-podcast-4937946/tim-boland-on-lessons-from-polly-hill-arboretum-52.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}