Jeff Epping's guest appearances

Jeff Epping

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

The Native Plant Podcast

Uli Lorimer

Alan Branhagen

Jessica Walliser

Heather Holm

Ken Druse

Amy Highland

Joan Maloof

Doug Tallamy

Tony Avent

Justin Chapple

Katrina Kenison

Jeff Lowenfels

Thomas Rainer

Ginny Levy

Laura Ingalls Wilder

OwlTail

Margaret Roach

Today, we're going to do some gravel gardening—not merely applying a thin mulch-like top dressing of gravel to a garden bed, but planting right into a deliberate foundation of 4 or 5 inches of gravel. My guest is Jeff Epping, director of horticulture at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisc., where he created his first gravel garden in 2009. We'll learn what makes gravel gardens so appealing and how to create one, too.  That first gravel garden at Olbrich Botanical Gardens that Jeff Epping and his team created wasn't the last. There have been three more since, and gravel gardens created elsewhere for clients. Jeff, who lectures regularly to garden audiences around the country about his passion for gravel gardens, even transformed the front yard of his home to one in 2018, and he's here to tell us why and how.

<p>Today, we're going to do some gravel gardening—not merely applying a thin mulch-like top dressing of gravel to a garden bed, but planting right into a deliberate foundation of 4 or 5 inches of gravel. My guest is<a href="https://www.finegardening.com/author/jeff-epping" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jeff Epping</a>, director of horticulture at <a href="http://www.olbrich.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisc</a>., where he created his first gravel garden in 2009. We'll learn what makes gravel gardens so appealing and how to create one, too. </p> <p>That first gravel garden at <a href="http://www.olbrich.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olbrich Botanical Gardens</a> that Jeff Epping and his team created wasn't the last. There have been three more since, and gravel gardens created elsewhere for clients. Jeff, who lectures regularly to garden audiences around the country about his passion for gravel gardens, even transformed the front yard of his home to one in 2018, and he's here to tell us why and how.</p>

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach –  May 9, 2022 – Jeff Epping on Gravel Gardens

Jeff Epping has been Director of Horticulture at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison WI, since 1992 where he oversees horticultural operations and the garden designs of more than 15 inspirational garden areas showcasing fantastic plants for Southern Wisconsin. Jeff and his talented staff have practiced and preached sustainable gardening for years with environmentally conscious cultural practices and innovative, award-winning designs.

Jeff Epping  Director of Horticulture at Olbrich Botanical Gardens on gravel gardens and meadows