{"id":101,"date":"2012-10-31T18:56:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T22:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=101"},"modified":"2012-10-31T18:57:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T22:57:07","slug":"changing-your-mind-about-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2012\/10\/31\/changing-your-mind-about-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"004: Changing Your Mind About Weeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2128\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-101-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/004-PeterDelTredici.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/004-PeterDelTredici.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/004-PeterDelTredici.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/004-PeterDelTredici.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=101-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('101-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_101-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_101-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=101-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">On today&#8217;s episode of The Adventures in Arting Podcast, we&#8217;re talking to Peter DelTredici about landscape design and spontaneous urban vegetation.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017ee49b8cce970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017ee49b8cce970d\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Peter-&amp;-Rhizophora-cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017ee49b8cce970d-500wi\" alt=\"Peter-&amp;-Rhizophora-cropped\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPeter Del Tredici is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsd.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Graduate School of Design at Harvard<\/a>, where he teaches courses on plants, soils and ecology. He has also worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University since 1979, as Plant Propagator, Editor of Arnoldia, Director of Living Collections, and currently as Senior Research Scientist. Peter\u2019s education includes a BA in Zoology from UC, Berkeley in 1968, an MA in Biology from the University of Oregon, and a PhD in Plant Ecology from Boston University in 1991. His most recent book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0801474582\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0801474582&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=balzdesi-20\" target=\"_self\">Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide<\/a> (2010, Cornell University Press), focuses on urban ecology and the identification of plants that grow spontaneously in cities.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c32f79a05970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c766153ef017c32f79a05970b\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"MonetWithWeeds\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef017c32f79a05970b-500wi\" alt=\"MonetWithWeeds\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe photo above was sent to me by Peter with the caption &#8220;Monet with Weeds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For reference, here is a quick video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/explore\/multimedia\/audios\/290\/1874\" target=\"_self\">MoMA.org<\/a> on Monet&#8217;s painting, <em>Agapanthus<\/em>, which discusses Monet&#8217;s obsessive gardening:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/audios\/embed\/290\/1874\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On this episode we discuss aesthetics vs. sustainability and design vs. practicality &#8212; all through the lens of landscape design, where choosing aesthetics over practicality is a (plant) life and death issue.<\/p>\n<p>Find Peter online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterdeltredici.com\/\">https:\/\/www.peterdeltredici.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Find the podcast on iTunes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/adventures-in-arting-podcast\/id561813081#\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s episode of The Adventures in Arting Podcast, we&#8217;re talking to Peter DelTredici about landscape design and spontaneous urban vegetation. 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