Preston Montague on Urban Planting and Design (#28)

from The Plantastic Podcast · host Preston Montague, Jared Barnes

PRESTON MONTAGUE BIOPreston Montague is a landscape architect and artist working to strengthen relationships between people and the natural world. His eponymous studio focuses on creating a flow between the arts, horticulture, and landscape architecture in the pursuit of building places that have meaning and ecological depth. When not in the studio, Preston enjoys teaching landscape architecture at North Carolina A&T University and hiking the wilder places. You can connect with Preston Montague via his website, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Learn more about Polly through her book The Tulip Garden, her Instagram @baintonflowers, and website Bayntun Flowers provide more information about her work.THE PLANTASTIC PODCASTThe Plantastic Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Dr. Jared Barnes. He's been gardening since he was five years old and now is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. To say hi and find the show notes, visit theplantasticpodcast.com.You can learn more about how Dr. Jared cultivates plants, minds, and life at meristemhorticulture.com. He also shares thoughts and cutting-edge plant research each week in his newsletter plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe. Until next time, #keepgrowing!

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In this episode of The Plantastic Podcast, we delve into the world of urban planting and design with Preston Montague. Preston shares his journey from a childhood love of plants to a career in landscape architecture, inspired by his parents and his passion for gardening. Discover practical tips on incorporating water features into your garden from Preston's early interest in aquariums, using native plants to enhance urban landscapes, and the role of unsung shrubs in plantings. Preston also offers insights into his creative process, including his unique drawing practice. Don't miss this inspiring conversation on transforming our urban spaces into thriving, green sanctuaries.

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