Natural history podcast enthusiasts will be very pleased to learn that Timber Press, the acclaimed Portland, Oregon based publisher of books on gardening, ornamental and edible horticulture, garden design, sustainability, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest in general, has begun a regularly updated podcast. Inaugurated with a four part interview of Tracy DiSabato-Aust, author of The Well-designed Mixed Garden, the discussion topic has now shifted to a fascinating interview with Douglas Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, about the importance of cultivating truly healthy landscapes at all levels of the biome through the use of native plants and developing a more holistic understanding of the role insects play in the ecological health of an area.
According to a Timber Press representative, this new podcast will be regularly updated and feature multi-part, in-depth interviews of Timber Press published authors, all of whom are accomplished experts in their particular fields. As an avid podcast enthusiast myself, having now listened to all of the thus-far released episodes of the Timber Press Podcast, I must say that I am very impressed by both its content as well as its production values. This is certainly a podcast of which I shall be eagerly awaiting each new episode.
