This month for The Plantastic Podcast, I interviewed Janet Draper, the sole gardener Energizer Bunny of the Smithsonian’s Mary Livingston Ripley Garden for 26 years. Janet shared the impact of internships at Mt. Cuba Center, Kurt Bluemel’s nursery, the famed perennial nursery of Countess von Stein-Zeppelin in Germany’s Black Forest, and Beth Chatto's Garden and Nursery. We discuss why it matters to know a plant from seed to flower, how she continues to create dazzling combinations in the garden after many years, and how friends helped restore the garden after it was trampled during an inauguration. Enjoy the show!