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KILL Your Callery Pear & Burning Bush and plant these instead | #GoodGrowing

Are they invasive? Not legally in the state of Illinois. (Yet!) But we are seeing Callery pear and burning bush escape from our yards into natural areas across the state. Today Ken and Chris talk about these two plants, give some background, and then what we can plant instead of these baddies! Wa…

Restore: Dorothy Greco on Marriage, Egalitarian Theology, and How Mutuality is the Key to Flourishing Marriages

Become a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. ********** Dorothy Littell Greco is an author, photojournalist, writer, and marriage coach. Dorothy feels equally at home speaking in front of hundreds or standing behind her camera without saying …

On the Map: Exploring Boston, Fenway Park, Harbourfest, Greenway, museums, Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Quincy Market, and more!

Hilina Ajakaiye, Executive Vice President of meetboston.com joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to explore all things Boston: Boston Harbor Islands, Charles River adventures, Boston Harbor City cruises, Duck Tours, water adjacent experiences many of the neighborhoods, and ferries to Salem and Ptown, Faneu…

Josh Muncey Discusses Jamaica Plain

As part of Boston’s Design Week 2022, Kevin Cradock Builders assembled a panel discussion titled, “The Renaissance of Jamaica Plain.” One of the panelists was Josh Muncey, owner of the home called the Paragon, a Kevin Cradock Builders renovation project. Josh shared moments from that experience wor…

How We Created Weeds and Why We Need Them

Peter Del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist Emeritus of Arnold Arboretum and Visiting Lecturer of Applied Ecology and Planning at MIT explains the history of these garden pests why they can play an essential role in this era of climate change.

Boston Neighborhood Network News

Incoming Nor'Easter in Boston & preparations, Black Economic Council of MA celebrates 10th anniversary with Mass Black Expo event, 2025 MASSQ Ball at Arnold Arboretum, interview with Vice President of Research Programs at the PKD Foundation, Dr. Chris Chen, about combating Polycystic Kidney Disease…

Who Wants The Bourne Bridge?

June 24, 2026  First up, how much of the lore around the historic liberty tree is real, and how much is myth carried out over centuries? That’s the focus of new reporting from GBH’s Hannah Loss. She joins alongside Arnold Arboretum director Ned Friedman, who was called to analyze a ​preserved sampl…

Ground-Breaking New Takes on Trees from the Oldest Arboretum in the United States

Ned Friedman, Director of Harvard's Arnold Arboretum discusses that institution's programs to preserve the DNA of tree species and populations threatened with extinction by climate change, helping trees flourish in an increasingly challenging environment, and how you can share in his passion for th…

Billions of American chestnuts once grew in our forests. Could DNA help bring them back?

The American chestnut was once one of the most important trees in eastern U.S. forests. It provided abundant nuts for wildlife and people and supplied strong, rot-resistant wood for homes, fences and furniture. Then, more than a century ago, an invasive fungus called chestnut blight began killing t…