Learn more about planting native midwestern plants from Nebraska-based host Stephanie Barelman. If pollinator habitats, conservation, and nature-driven wonder are in your wheelhouse, this is the podcast for you. Come with us as we navigate how to make colorful spaces for humans and wildlife; and talk with experts, aspiring gardeners, and thinkers. You won't want to miss this excellent and helpful content.
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Native Gardens For Lazy People with Host Stephanie Barelman
Season 3 · Episode 36
Friday, May 16, 2025 • Duration 39:19
Show notes coming soon!
Patience, Mistakes, and #Garden Goals (Re-run of #12) with Host Stephanie Barelman
Season 3 · Episode 35
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 • Duration 22:22
Patience, Mistakes, and #gardengoalsEpisode Introduction
In today's episode, Patience, Mistakes, and #gardengoals, we go over common mistakes beginner and even intermediate gardeners can make; the virtues of serenity, patience, and open-mindedness in the garden; and how your best-laid plans can come true.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
The front of your house should be the first place you look to make a statement about natural spaces and it's likely the one you frequent the most. Just remember:
Use cues to care
Native Edible Plants Part Five: Botanical Teas, Fruit, and Oddities with Guest Bob Henrickson
Season 3 · Episode 34
Thursday, April 17, 2025 • Duration 01:17:06
Show notes coming soon!
The Modern Gardener's Dilemma with Guest Christina Musgrave
Season 3 · Episode 33
Thursday, April 3, 2025 • Duration 01:13:57
The Modern Gardener's Dilemma Turning Big Garden Plans into Small Actionable Projects
Episode Introduction
In today’s episode, The Modern Gardener's Dilemma, I chat with my friend and garden designer Christina Musgrave on how the average person can fight overwhelm and tackle their garden projects with a dose of reason.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialogue, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
Guest Christina Musgrave
Christina Musgrave has spent most of her life as an artist specializing in watercolor and printmaking. During COVID, Christina felt a strong desire to begin her garden journey and fell in love. After discovering the myriad benefits of native gardening, she changed her focus to converting her suburban lawn into pollinator habitat. As much as she enjoys gardening for herself, Christina felt a deep desire to assist others with their gardens as well as educate the necessity of pollinators to the environment. She has since returned to school to become a certified landscape designer and has started her own business, Kingsfoil Gardens.
Christina now uses her background in art and love of gardening to bring joy and appreciation for the native landscape.
The Truth About Dandelions with Host Stephanie Barelman
Season 3 · Episode 32
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 • Duration 14:09
The Truth About DandelionsEpisode Introduction
In today's episode, The Truth About Dandelions, we discuss what it means for a plant to be useful, what bees really want in their bento box, and resources for you to grow a rebellious garden year-round that humans and wildlife can enjoy.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialog, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialog, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
The Plant Native Nebraska podcast can be found on the podcast app of your choice.
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Building Bee-Friendly Habitats with Author Heather Holm
Season 2 · Episode 30
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 • Duration 01:12:12
Show notes coming soon!
Fall in Love with Native Plants with Host Stephanie Barelman (Re-Run of Episode 13)
Season 2 · Episode 29
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 • Duration 51:54
Fall in Love with Native PlantsEpisode Introduction
In today's episode, Fall in Love with Native Plants, we go over why not to neglect the three season garden and the many native perennials and grasses you can incorporate for fall interest.
We've dug into our archives and given new life to an old episode. Come for a refresh on some great native fall-blooming plants in case you need some ideas for some last-ditch fall projects.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialog, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
The Dark Side of Native Plants with Host Stephanie Barelman
Season 2 · Episode 28
Friday, September 27, 2024 • Duration 33:35
The Dark Side of Native Plants: Fandoms, Gatekeeping, Anxiety, Pretense, and What You Can Do To Avoid Their Pitfalls Episode Introduction
In today’s episode, The Dark Side of Native Plants: Fandoms, Gatekeeping, Anxiety, Pretense, and What You Can Do To Avoid Their Pitfalls, we discuss exactly that.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialogue, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
Rain Gardens for the Reluctant Gardener with Steve Rodie
Season 2 · Episode 27
Thursday, September 12, 2024 • Duration 01:31:34
Rain Gardens for the Reluctant GardenerEpisode Introduction
In today’s episode, Rain Gardens for the Reluctant Gardener, we chat with Steve Rodie about just how much water comes off your roof in a single rain, what the heck bioswales are, and some tried and true native plants to select for your rain garden projects.
Host Stephanie Barelman
Stephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialogue, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.
Guest Steve Rodie
Steve Rodie retired in 2020 from 26 years of teaching, research, and extension at the University of Nebraska. He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at UNO. During his academic career, he focused his teaching and research on landscape plants, landscape and environmental appreciation and sustainability, sustainable landscape design, and green infrastructure stormwater management using rain gardens, bioretention gardens, and other best management practices.
Steve is also a registered landscape architect and worked on environmental assessments and visual resources analyses for almost 10 years in Colorado and California. In 2012, he was elected as a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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Episode Content
TRIGGER WARNING: We occasionally discuss plants with a more eastern or western range. But we make a point to only discuss midwestern U.S. plants. Always check BONAP or other range maps to determine the best estimates of historical nativity.
Plan first, tackle projects in small steps, and remember creating excellence takes time.
Cool Gardeners
Monty Don, UK gardener: not US native-plant focused, but has solid gardening knowledge and techniques
Piet Oudolf, dutch designer that does favor quite a few native plants: very artistic naturalistic landscapes,
Kelly Norris, garden designer and author from Iowa: visually stunning native plant-forward landscapes
How to Start Planning Your Landscape
Make a list of what kinds of spaces you...
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Episode Content
Dandelions: Public Enemy #1 Vs. Freedom Fighter?
Our parents (I'm looking at you, boomers) and their parents bought in to the idea of pristine and high-maintenance landscapes and dandelions look like a rebellious boy on a motor-bike.
What Dandelions and Native Plants Have in Common
Both native and non-native plants can be judged for being unruly and not conforming to societal expectations for perfect, tidy landscapes. But in aspiring to have native-plant forward gardens, we try to rely less on ideal aesthetics and more on what is wholesome for wildlife but also, sustainable.
Respect What's Native Where It's Native While Also Acknowledging Naturalized Plants Can Have Useful Qualities.
What's native will change where you go. It varies across the U.S. and across the globe. There's a strong benefit to planting locally historical plants but that doesn't mean we need to demonize all non-native plants. One-size-fits all never really lives up to its name, does it?
A Little Backstory on the Dandelion
The Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, is native to Europe and Asia and is a true herb of antiquity. So for those of you who might not know, it’s not native.
Ancient Medical
Has been hailed for its many medicinal uses including problems with the bladder, liver, and stomach.
Culinary Wonder
Every part of the plant is edible, which is unique for most plants. We’re talking salads, cooked greens, edible flowers, teas, wine.
Indigenous Use
The Iroquois tribe alone used it for pain relief, to...
Welcome to a brand new season of Plant Native Nebraska. We have an incredible lineup of episodes this year that I am anxious to share with you. Thank you to all of our listeners, sponsors, supporters that have made another year of this podcast possible.
As usual, the podcast will balance monologues and interviews to give you different perspectives navigating the world of native plants.
This is not a native plant purist show, but it is a show that is pro-native plant. We acknowledge that not all native plants are superior and not all exotic plants are inferior at providing pollen or nectar. We also acknowledge that not all exotic plants are invasive.
That being said, most landscapes without native plants are essentially food deserts. We’re not talking about your crazy neighbor’s garden that has a million annuals and exotics and is full of pollinators in the summer. We’re talking about the average person’s landscape of Kentucky bluegrass, Round-up dirt patches, a few evergreens, and a smattering of Asian shrubs for foundation plantings.
Now, we aren’t here to trash non-native landscapes. Most folks simply don’t have the time, money, or know-how to do better. Thus, the reason this podcast exists!
Most plants native to your location are suitable for your local climate, soil conditions, and are imperative for pollinator and wildlife health. This does not mean to plop a wetland plant in a dry, full-sun garden bed or to plant a prairie plant in your boggy backyard that’s always wet due to your neighbor’s sprinkling system. There’s a reason for the mantra, “Right plant, right place.” Although, who you ask about the right plant may lead to different results. Gardeners can be opinionated folks.
Lucky for us, conservationists, educators, entomologists, botanists, nurserymen, authors, and other experts are making it easier than ever to know what native plants to plant where. The...
The Plant Native Nebraska podcast can be found on the podcast app of your choice.
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ATTENTION: Today’s episode is marked explicit for a single, well-placed F-bomb.
Roadblocks to Our New Way of Life
Interesting opinions-from surprising sources!
Expensive workshops
Paywalls
Feeling like you have to sign up for email lists
Today’s Public Service Announcement:
Beware of the Gatekeepers
You DON’T need to buy a certain book, or take certain classes. There are wonderful organizations that work very hard to provide this education to you for FREE such as:
The Xerces Society
Pollinator Partnership
Homegrown National Park
National Wildlife Federation
That being said, we DO recommend wonderful authors on our show such as:
The Plant Native Nebraska podcast can be found on the podcast app of your choice.
Episode Content
TRIGGER WARNING: We occasionally discuss plants with a more eastern or western range. But we make a point to only discuss midwestern U.S. plants. Always check BONAP or other range maps to determine the best estimates of historical nativity.
625 GALLONS OF WATER
That's how much an 1000 square foot roof sheds with the average rain.
