In Defense of Okra

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Chris Smith*, executive director of the Utopian Seed Project, all about Okra. The plant profile is on American Elderberry and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on "Moonlight and Wildflowers" from Christy Page of GreenPrints.

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Show Notes will be posted after 7/15/2026.

*You can order Chris Smith's book The Whole Okra at https://amzn.to/4wp4sLe
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Episode Credits:

Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz

Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

Recorded on 7-4-2026.