How to Invite More Life and Wildness into the GardenConstant Wonder • Season 12, Episode 13
Nov 5, 2025 • 56m
There’s a sea change happening . . . on land. People are rethinking what a garden is, what a yard is for, what urban green spaces can do to help life flourish. This visionary who promotes “more-wild-than-not” landscapes is a leader in redefining beauty. Rebecca McMackin grew up on a small farm in Connecticut, where her love for the natural world first took root. She spent a decade as Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, managing 85 acres of organic parkland and championing biodiversity in the heart of the city. She's now one of today's preeminent voices in the cause of life-supporting, ecologically sound gardening practices.
Guest: Rebecca McMackin, Lead Horticulturist for the American Horticultural Society, publisher of the "Grow Wild" newsletter