Gardeners of the Galaxy
Emma Doughty
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The Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment (GotG68)
Emma the Space gardener jumps in the time machine to head back to 1997, when Ukrainians astronaut Leonid Kadenyuk conducted a variety of plant experiments on the Space Shuttle, with thousands of…
The Future of Astrobotany (GotG67)
It’s Gardeners of the Galaxy’s fifth birthday! To mark this milestone, I'm gazing into the future of astrobotany with my very own crystal ball. What plants will we be growing on the Moon? Who are the…
GotG66: Dyson Trees
Emma the Space gardener explores the concept of a Dyson Tree, an engineered plant that would grow out of an asteroid, creating a habitable environment for humans within. Sign up for the Gardeners of…
Space Botany Adventures with Paul Sokoloff (GotG65)
Our Mission Specialist for this episode is Paul Sokoloff, a senior research assistant in botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Paul is very involved in cataloguing plant and lichen biodiversity in…
Revisiting NS-26 with NotebookLM (GotG64)
Emma the Space Gardener is back with another episode with a non-human Mission Specialist, Google’s “virtual research assistant” NotebookLM. Together they're diving into the historic Blue Origin…
Exploring Shijian-19 with NotebookLM (GotG63)
Happy new year and welcome to the first episode for 2025! For this episode, Emma the Space Gardener is experimenting with a non-human Mission Specialist, Google's "virtual research assistant"…
Transporting Plants with Dr Nathaniel Ward (GotG62)
Throughout human history, when people have moved around the globe, they’ve taken their plants with them. They’ve carried with them the plants they relied on for food, for health, and for…
Aquaponics on Mars with Benz Kotzen (GotG61)
Our Mission Specialist for this episode is Benz Kotzen, a Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions at the University of Greenwich. He’s here to tell us about his FEEDING MARS…
Space Fruit and Flowers (GotG60)
It’s Gardeners of the Galaxy’s fourth birthday! To celebrate this auspicious event, I looked up what would be a suitable fourth anniversary gift. Traditionally, there are two that fit that bill –…
Plant Telomeres in Space with Borja Barbero Barcenilla (GotG59)
Our Mission Specialist for this episode is the wonderful Borja Barbero Barcenilla, who is talking about what happens to plant telomeres in space. Borja and I had a brilliant chat about his…
Space Ecology with Patrick Grubbs (GotG58)
Our Mission Specialist for this episode is Patrick Grubbs, who recently completed a Professional Science Master's degree in Controlled Environment Agriculture at the University of Arizona. Patrick is…
Space Science with Marshall Porterfield (GotG57)
In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener talks with Marshall Porterfield, Professor of Biological Engineering & Space Biophysics at Purdue University, who offers up some highlights from his long…
The First Plants on the Space Shuttle (GotG56)
In the summer of 1863, a world-famous English botanist was pondering why the shoots of climbing plants twirl around as they grow. In this episode, join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores the…
Tree! (It’s the Magic Number) aka GotG55
Gardeners of the Galaxy is three years old! To celebrate, Emma the Space Gardener has been delving into the archives, digging deeper into three related astrobotany stories from days gone by, which…
Formidable Ferns with Emily Sessa (GotG54)
It's time for another exciting episode, and in this one Emma the Space Gardener talks with Dr Emily Sessa, the director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden. Now…
Millets in Space (GotG53)
As 2023 is the International Year of Millets, Emma the Space Gardener explores just exactly what millets are, whether we'll ever see them growing in space, and why the International Atomic Energy…
Duckweed in Space with Jenny Mortimer (GotG52)
In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener talks with Dr Jenny Mortimer from the University of Adelaide, one of the scientists involved with the new Plants for Space (P4S) project. Jenny currently has…
Roses in Space (GotG51)
It's Valentine's Day on Earth, and love is definitely in the recycled air in the Orbital Garden! Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores the history of roses in space, and an art project that…
Marigolds on Moon Rocks (teaser)
In this teaser episodes, join Emma the Space Gardener for a trip into the astrobotany archives. In 2006, researchers published their work attempting to grow marigolds on simulated lunar regolith. But…
Growing Beyond Earth (GotG50)
The last episode of 2022 is here, and it's a good one! Emma the Space Gardener has been talking with Amy Padolf and Carl Lewis from the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden about their citizen…
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