In this episode of the E+D Podcast, we speak with Ginger Woolridge regarding her book Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States, highlighted in The NY Times Book Review summer list in 2018. Additionally, we discuss the role of landscape architects in the “sixth extinction” and environmental advocacy. Ginger Woolridge is a landscape architect with a degree in Landscape Architecture from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her professional experience includes garden design, design instruction, commercial real estate acquisitions, development and construction, and presiding over a political action committee. She is a certified Maryland Master Naturalist. Ms. Woolridge served on the board of the smart growth advocacy group, 1,000 Friends of Maryland for many years.