Peace, Love, and Pollinators 🐝
Welcome to Peace, Love & Pollinators — a podcast by ReEarth Solutions
This is the show for anyone who wants a more beautiful yard and a healthier planet. Whether you’ve got a backyard, a balcony, or you just care about the green spaces in your neighborhood, we’ll help you see what’s possible when you work with nature instead of against it.
Each episode blends practical, feel-good advice with the bigger “why it matters.” We’re talking native plants, pollinators, soil life, compost, climate-resilient gardening, and the small changes that create outsized impact — for your landscape, your community, and the living world around you.
With expert guests from across the country, we break down what actually works, bust common myths, and give you simple next steps you can use right away.
Think of us as your friendly guide from “I just want my plants to live” to “I’m building a thriving ecosystem.”
Welcome to Peace, Love & Pollinators. Let’s grow something better.
Peace, Love, and Pollinators 🐝
Episode 5 Edible Landscapes
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What if your landscape could feed you and support pollinators at the same time? In this episode of Peace, Love & Pollinators, we explore edible landscapes, wild edible plants, and foraging with legendary New England naturalist Russ Cohen.
Russ is a wild foods expert and lifelong forager from Weston, Massachusetts who has spent over 50 years teaching people how to identify, harvest, and enjoy edible native plants (and yes, mushrooms too). He’s the author of Wild Plants I Have Known… and Eaten (with proceeds benefiting the Essex County Greenbelt Association) and a former Rivers Advocate for the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, where he dedicated nearly three decades to protecting rivers and watersheds. Russ has been recognized for environmental leadership and education by organizations including the EPA, Mass Audubon, and the Native Plant Trust.
Together, we dig into how native edible plants can fit into regenerative landscaping, how to think about pollinator habitat while growing food, and why foraging can change the way you see your yard, your neighborhood, and the natural world.
If you’re curious about edible native plants in New England, sustainable foraging, wild food, ecological landscaping, or building landscapes that are both beautiful and functional, this episode is for you.
Keywords: edible landscaping, edible landscapes, foraging, wild edible plants, edible native plants, native plants New England, Russ Cohen, wild foods, sustainable foraging, pollinator habitat, regenerative landscaping, ecological landscape design, permaculture, food forest, mushrooms New England, Weston Massachusetts, rivers and watersheds, Mass Audubon, Native Plant Trust, Essex County Greenbelt Association.