Petal and Plot- Plant Stories and Garden Tips

About Petal and Plot- Plant Stories and Garden Tips

The Petal & Plot Pod features seasonal plant stories and seasonal garden tips. Hosted by Aneesa Adams and Eric Ketchum, owners of Petal & Plot Garden Design in Minnesota. Email garden questions to: petalnplot@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @petalnplot Book a consultation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠petalnplot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme music by Mia Calhan Burgstede and CB Compton.

Publisher

Aneesa Adams, Eric Ketchum

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Dec 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Apple Lore & Garden Pathways E:35

   The apple appears in ancient mythology, religious stories, paintings, poetry, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and even science experiments. We use them to represent temptation, knowledge, health, education, and even political rebellion. So today we're going to follow the apple from the wild forests of Central Asia. You know that path in the garden that looks beautiful in a photo, but in real life, nobody actually walks on it. Instead, everyone takes the shortcut through the lawn, Today, we're talking about garden pathways, how to figure out where a path should actually go. How wide it needs to be, what materials make sense, and how to make a path feel like it belongs in a garden instead of looking like you just dropped a sidewalk into the landscape. Eating foraged plants should only be done by experts, eating foraged plants may result in being poisoned. While the edibility of plants is discussed in this podcast, you should not consume foraged plants or mushrooms without the in-person advice from an expert. The Petal & Plot Pod features seasonal plant origin stories and seasonal garden tips. Hosted by Aneesa Adams and Eric Ketchum, owners of Petal & Plot Garden Design in Minnesota. Email garden questions to: petalnplot@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @petalnplot Book a consultation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠petalnplot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (petalnplot.com) Theme music by Mia Calhan Burgstede and CB Compton.

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Tomato History & Bulb Planning E:34

   There may be no more politically complicated fruit than the tomato. The tomato has started arguments over botany, taxes, agriculture, food traditions, seed ownership, biotechnology, and even what counts as a vegetable. Today we're going to follow the tomato through history, from its wild ancestors to indigenous agriculture, European colonization, Italian cuisine, American politics, industrial farming, and finally into a controversial subject- why do we call a tomato a vegetable? You know that moment in spring when you look at your garden and realize your bulbs are standing twelve inches apart, like they're waiting for a bus, one yellow tulip here, one purple crocus there, and one lonely daffodil wondering where everybody went. And that's what I call floral punctuation. Today, we're talking about designing bulbs differently, using drifts, layers, naturalizers, and some seriously underrated bulbs to make spring look intentional from February through May. Eating foraged plants should only be done by experts, eating foraged plants may result in being poisoned. While the edibility of plants is discussed in this podcast, you should not consume foraged plants or mushrooms without the in-person advice from an expert. The Petal & Plot Pod features seasonal plant origin stories and seasonal garden tips. Hosted by Aneesa Adams and Eric Ketchum, owners of Petal & Plot Garden Design in Minnesota. Email garden questions to: petalnplot@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @petalnplot Book a consultation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠petalnplot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (petalnplot.com) Theme music by Mia Calhan Burgstede and CB Compton.

3. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Pickle Pride & Garden Editing E:33

   If you've ever visited a state fair in late summer, you may have had a pickle served on a stick, deep-fried, battered, stuffed, or wrapped. But pickles are more than just a fairground snack. They're one of humanity's oldest ways of preserving food. Today we're traveling thousands of years into the past to discover the history, science, and downright obsession with pickles. Have you ever looked at a garden bed you've spent years creating and thought, wow, I've made some choices. Nothing's technically wrong, the plants are healthy, but somehow you've got six things fighting for the same square foot, and a shrub that's now applying for its own zip code. Today we're talking about when it's time to edit, move, or completely remove plants from a mature garden, because sometimes the best thing you can add to a garden is less. Eating foraged plants should only be done by experts, eating foraged plants may result in being poisoned. While the edibility of plants is discussed in this podcast, you should not consume foraged plants or mushrooms without the in-person advice from an expert. The Petal & Plot Pod features seasonal plant origin stories and seasonal garden tips. Hosted by Aneesa Adams and Eric Ketchum, owners of Petal & Plot Garden Design in Minnesota. Email garden questions to: petalnplot@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @petalnplot Book a consultation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠petalnplot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (petalnplot.com) Theme music by Mia Calhan Burgstede and CB Compton.

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