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Gardening on the Central Coast of California

  1. 2d ago

    It’s summertime. Visit Hearst Castle!

    In 1919, William Randolph Hearst approached architect Julia Morgan about building “something more comfortable” than the tent he was used to camping in atop the family-owned hill in San Simeon. What happened next was, well, history. Join Joe Truskot & Steven E. Popp as we talk with former State Parks employee Rick Becton, who spent a decade […]

    45 min

  2. 2d ago

    Poisonous Garden Plants

    Gardens are bursting with growth and color! How many of those flowers, along with the other plants in our gardens that we may love and cherish, contain dangerous, often lethal, naturally occurring poisons? Many common flowers, fruits, and even vegetables (along with certain weeds and wild plants) may pose serious health and safety hazards to […]

    50 min

  3. May 22

    Poisonous Plants in Your Garden

    Gardens are bursting with growth and color! How many of those flowers, along with the other plants in our gardens that we may love and cherish, contain dangerous, often lethal, naturally occurring poisons?Many common flowers, fruits, and even vegetables (along with certain weeds and wild plants) may pose serious health and safety hazards to you, […]

    50 min

  4. Apr 14

    Growing up at a Family Nursery

    Jeff Nilsen, owner and proprietor of Bokay Nursery on Hitchcock Road in Salinas, has never lived a day when he wasn’t involved in the nursery. His grandfather purchased and developed it into a Salinas institution before he was born. Nilsen shares the evolution of the nursery and landscape business in an informative and fun conversation […]

    50 min

  5. 12/07/2025

    Marco Poehler: Life in a Colombian Nature Preserve

    Until recently, Colombia was the 13th largest importer of agricultural commodities to the US. Top among them are coffee, tea, and spices, live trees and nursery plants, bananas and plantains, and snack foods. All totaling more than 2.7 billion annually. In this rebroadcast show from 2022 our guest Marco Poehner, who spends about half of […]

    44 min
  6. Hilarious Chat About Holiday Plants

    11/30/2025

    Hilarious Chat About Holiday Plants

    “People who garden always have something good to look forward to,” Dr. Martin Quigley. Join him, Steven E. Popp, and Joe Truskot — the “In The Garden” guys for their fun take on pine trees, poinsettias, and the holiday color palettes. Living things can create new holiday memories with their beauty, their scents, and their […]

    44 min

  7. 09/05/2025

    Watsonville’s Whiskey Hill Farm Explored

    In The Garden, KSQD’s weekly garden show, airs a conversation from February 8, 2025, with Dave Blume of Whiskey Hill Experimental and Educational Farm. Dave’s energy is infectious, and his nontraditional agricultural methods are jaw-dropping and inspirational; 9 to 10 a.m., Saturday, September 6, 2025, Hosted by Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot with Dr. […]

    41 min

  8. 05/30/2025

    Libri horti in perpetuum

    Garden books forever! Join Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot for a lively discussion of the most important garden books in their lives spent with plants. 9 to 10 a.m., May 31, 2025, on In The Garden. The program was recorded on August 5, 2023.

    44 min
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Gardening on the Central Coast of California

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  • Creator
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  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    In The Garden from KSQD