If you're a gardener in Canada, you've probably come across one of Lorraine Johnson's books. There are 14 of them, including Tending the Earth: a Gardener’s Manifesto, published 20 years ago, and 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens, now in its 3rd edition. Lorraine is a cultivation activist with three decades of experience researching and writing about environmental issues. She is the past president of the North American Native Plant Society, and a long-time community activist for urban agriculture, community gardening, and protecting urban forests. Her latest book is A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee, and in this episode she talks about what is meant by the politics of gardening, and our shifting relationship with the land in a changing climate. 

Learn more from Lorraine Johnson at lorrainejohnson.ca. 

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