Garden Dilemmas, Delights & Discoveries
by Mary Stone
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Ep 251 - A Changing Gardens Teaches What Belongs
May 3, 2026
11m 49s
Ep 250 - Weeping Cherry Dilemmas: Trees Tell a Story
Apr 26, 2026
12m 40s
Ep 249 - Living Mulch: Layering with Native Plants
Apr 19, 2026
13m 11s
Ep 248 - Healing After Winter: In the Garden—and in Life
Apr 12, 2026
12m 32s
Ep 247 - Nothing Is Wasted: Leaf Mold, Mulch & Letting Go
Apr 5, 2026
12m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/3/26 | Ep 251 - A Changing Gardens Teaches What Belongs✨ | changing gardenslandscape conditions+4 | — | rhododendronspachysandra+3 | Sparta, New Jersey | gardeninglandscape+7 | — | 11m 49s | |
| 4/26/26 | Ep 250 - Weeping Cherry Dilemmas: Trees Tell a Story✨ | weeping cherry treestree health+5 | — | Weeping Cherry Dilemmas: Trees Tell a Story | soilsame spot+1 | weeping cherrygummosis+5 | — | 12m 40s | |
| 4/19/26 | Ep 249 - Living Mulch: Layering with Native Plants✨ | living mulchnative plants+3 | — | Living Mulch: Layering with Native Plants | — | spring plantingclient story+1 | — | 13m 11s | |
| 4/12/26 | Ep 248 - Healing After Winter: In the Garden—and in Life✨ | healinggardening+3 | — | Healing After Winter: In the Garden—and in LifeHealing After Winter: In the Garden—and in Life Links to related+2 | — | hotdog fliesbeauty+1 | — | 12m 32s | |
| 4/5/26 | Ep 247 - Nothing Is Wasted: Leaf Mold, Mulch & Letting Go✨ | leaf moldmulch+3 | — | leaf moldwood chips+1 | — | springnourishment+2 | — | 12m 29s | |
| 3/29/26 | Ep 246 - Early Spring Tending: What to Keep, What to Clear✨ | early spring gardeninggroundskeeping+2 | — | rakesoil amendments | — | tendingclearing+2 | — | 11m 56s | |
| 3/22/26 | Ep 245 - What the Roadside Reveals: Lesson of Belief✨ | roadside walktending+4 | — | — | — | ploggingsnowdrops+2 | — | 12m 54s | |
| 3/8/26 | Ep 244 - A Late Winter Walk to Remember✨ | naturehealing+3 | — | March Folklore of Hope | — | rainwoods+3 | — | 15m 00s | |
| 3/1/26 | Ep 243 - Native vs. Invasive: Who Decides?✨ | native plantsinvasive plants+3 | — | Garden Dilemmas | Pittsburgh | Point State ParkPittsburgh+3 | — | 13m 56s | |
| 2/22/26 | Ep 242 - Inviting Beneficial Garden Guests✨ | garden pestsbeneficial insects+3 | — | the NJ Nursery & Landscape Association’s | — | NJ Nursery & Landscape AssociationTotal Pro Expo+1 | — | 13m 12s | |
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| 2/15/26 | Ep 241 - Reflections in the Garden of Life✨ | garden designnature+3 | — | — | — | wintermirror test+3 | — | 13m 03s | |
| 2/8/26 | Ep 240 - Nature’s Shadows, Outlines of Love✨ | shadowsmemory+9 | — | Nature’s Shadows, Outlines of LoveGroundhog Day | — | winterplant care+2 | — | 13m 27s | |
| 2/1/26 | Ep 239 - What Yellow Leaves Teach Us | What Yellow Leaves Teach Us Tending houseplants—and hearts—through seasons of change. Yellow leaves on a fiddle-leaf fig often point to watering issues—but they can also offer deeper lessons. In this episode, Mary Stone explores common houseplant dilemmas, from root-bound money trees to yellowing leaves and sneaky pests, while sharing a tender personal chapter. Through gardening wisdom and lived experience, she reflects on patience, balance, and how tending plants can help us tend our hearts ... | 13m 45s | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | Ep 238 - Hope Takes the Form of a Tree | In this episode, Mary Stone reflects on the quiet wisdom of trees after receiving the New Jersey Tree Survey from the Arbor Day Foundation. She explores how trees support mental and emotional well-being, the realities behind tree-planting campaigns, and the value of nurturing growth over time. A flashback to a fallen Eastern Hemlock and a thriving young beech offers a gentle reminder that even after loss, new life emerges. Hope, it turns out, sometimes takes the form of a tree. Thanks f... | 12m 08s | ||||||
| 1/11/26 | Ep 237 - Roofs to Roots: Reviving Houseplants | Mary Stone discusses the benefits of using rainwater and snowmelt for indoor plants and how to revive houseplants in duress. She explores the quiet wisdom of water through stories of Christmas cacti, Jolee's water bowl, and flowing streams, and reflects on patience, renewal, and trusting life's natural flow. Thanks for tuning in! Related Episodes and Posts: Harvesting Rainwater & Snowmelt Wisdom - Blog Post Ep 89. Wisdom in the Rhythm of Water Wisdom in the Rhythm of Water – Blog Po... | 11m 05s | ||||||
| 1/4/26 | Ep 236 - What We Release, What We Grow | Mary Stone reflects on releasing what no longer serves us and setting intentions that grow in their own time, inspired by nature's rhythms and a New Year water ceremony hosted by Rev. Dr. Christina Tillotson. Through garden metaphors and personal insights, she reminds us that what we let go of creates space for quiet, lasting growth. Thank you for tuning in! Link for more about Rev. Dr. Christina Tillotson Link to Companion Blog Post: What We Release, What We Grow Related Podcasts and B... | 11m 42s | ||||||
| 12/28/25 | Ep 235. What Nature and Gardens Gifted Us | Mary Stone reflects on lessons learned from a year of observation in the garden and wild places beyond it. From copperheads and moths to healing land and personal change, she explores how slowing down, trusting nature, and paying attention to what often goes unseen can lead to growth, understanding, and quiet transformation. Thanks for Tuning In! Link to the Companion Blog Post: What Nature & Gardens Taught Us 🌿 Featured Podcasts and Posts: Ep 234. Stillness Teaches Grow... | 11m 51s | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | Ep 234. Stillness Teaches Growth Through Nature | Mary Stone reflects on the wisdom of stillness as an essential part of growth. Through nature’s rhythms and garden observations, she explores how healing and transformation often unfold unseen, offering a gentle preview of themes in Part Two of her forthcoming book, The Lesson of the Leaf. “Stillness isn’t a pause — it’s where growth quietly begins.” Thanks for Tuning in! Link to the related posts and podcast: Stillness Teaches Growth Through Nature -- Blog Post Overview of ... | 12m 32s | ||||||
| 12/14/25 | Ep 233. When the Garden Teaches Letting Go | A winter garden project leads Mary Stone to reflect on invasive plants, memorial trees, and the tender wisdom of knowing when it’s time to let go—both in gardens and in life. This episode is a gentle reminder that healing, like gardening, is an ongoing practice—rooted in observation, compassion, and trust in nature’s rhythm. Thanks for Tuning In! Related Posts and Podcasts you'll Enjoy. The Garden Teaches Letting Go - Blog Ep 61. A Story of Treasured Tuliptrees / Treasured Tulip Trees - Blog ... | 13m 40s | ||||||
| 12/7/25 | Ep 232. Late Season Tasks into Décor and Healing | Mary Stone reflects on late-season garden projects, including the removal of old telephone poles and the careful harvesting of boulders for new retaining walls—done with deep respect for the surrounding ecosystem. She shares tips for planting perennials with liner plugs, using Stress X to support transplanted shrubs, and managing fallen leaves to benefit both wildlife and soil health. Weaving garden wisdom with seasonal reflection, Mary Stone shares her tradition of decorating with roadside f... | 15m 07s | ||||||
| 11/30/25 | Ep 231. Three Seasons Tribute to Ongoing Growth | Mary Stone reflects on the life and legacy of her dear friend and design colleague, Marty Carson, who recently passed away. She shares memories of their collaboration and the impact of Marty's wisdom and generosity on the gardening community, including a lecture they gave on deer-resistant gardening, which shared humorous and effective methods to deter deer. Mary concludes with personal updates on her own garden and a poem by Rumi, emphasizing gratitude and the beauty of nature. Thanks for Tu... | 12m 43s | ||||||
| 11/16/25 | Ep 230. Lessons from a Late No-Till Garden | In this episode, Mary Stone shares the surprising gifts of her late-season vegetable garden and highlights the benefits of No-Till gardening. She walks through ripening green tomatoes indoors, saving seeds for next year and putting the garden to bed without disturbing the living soil below — a gentle practice that nurtures healthier plants and fewer weeds. Mary also reflects on nature’s timing, the season of letting go, and the heartfelt loss of her dear friend and design colleague, Marty Car... | 14m 13s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | Ep 229. Flocking Together - Wisdom from Grackles | Mary Stone shares a breathtaking encounter with a flock of grackles while visiting the Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice in Fredon, NJ. Their synchronized flight inspires a reflection on the quiet wisdom of nature and the beauty of unity in motion. How the birds never collide opens a deeper exploration of how grackles — and all flocking birds — navigate together through separation, alignment, and cohesion. Their graceful movement offers a powerful metaphor for how we might live. Thanks for T... | 10m 39s | ||||||
| 11/2/25 | Ep 228. Promises That Live on Beyond Seasons | Mary Stone shares an update on her friend and design colleague, Marty Carson, who is now in hospice care in Florida. At the same time, with a heavy heart, she shares news of the closure of the Karen and Quinlan Home for Hospice in Fredon, NJ, due to financial and staffing challenges. Mary and her singing partner, Ken Roberts, volunteer weekly, offering music therapy. To know that such compassionate care of our elderly and gravely ill is unsustainable is heartbreaking. Mary w... | 12m 18s | ||||||
| 10/26/25 | Ep 227. Sequence of Fall Leaves Brings New Life | As fall unfolds, trees show us the art of letting go. From green to gold, orange to red, each leaf teaches us that change brings growth and beauty. In this episode, Mary Stone reflects on how nature mirrors our own seasons of transformation — and how letting go creates room for new life. Thank you for tuning in! Related Podcast and Posts: Sequence of Fall Leaves Brings Life – Blog Post https://askmarystone.com/sequence-of-fall-leaves-brings-new-life/ Ep 83. The Fall of the Leaf&nb... | 10m 23s | ||||||
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7 placements across 6 markets.
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7 placements across 6 markets.