25 Best California Nature Podcasts

1. The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

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The Beet started its existence as the Epic Gardening Podcast but has grown into a one-stop shop for plant lovers. Each week, we explore topics ranging from beginner gardening tips to in-depth discussions with industry and science experts. Here, we'll open up new gardening horizons, inspire you to greater heights, share new and exciting discoveries in agriculture, and fill your mind with freshly harvested information you can apply to your own gardening journey.MORE Ranking #57 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts Kevin Espiritu, Jacques Lyakov
Producer/Network Epic Gardening
Email ****@epicgardening.com
Location National City, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.8KFacebook 2.4MTwitter 41.2KInstagram 1.8M Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Since Mar 2017 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Cultivating Place

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Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden
Host Jennifer Jewell
Producer/Network Jennifer Jewell / Cultivating Place
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Chico, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 399Facebook 5.7KInstagram 21K Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Nature's Neighbor - Growing From our Roots

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A show where we talk everything about Food, Farming, Family and Home. Home is always the Central Coast Of California. Always, using methods and practices to mimic nature as close as possible. Hoping to stimulate the conversation of how we eat our politics everyday. With the biggest political act we do everyday is what we put on our plate. To always remember, we stand for is what we stand on. BUY, EAT, LIVE LOCAL. EVERYDAY.www.naturestouchnurseryandharvest.storeMORE Hosts Melanie Blankenship and Josh Carmichael, Melanie Blankenship, Josh Carmichael
Producer/Network Nature's Neighbor
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Apple Rating 2.3/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 538Instagram 1K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form

4. Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org

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Are you concerned about the Earth's future? Are you interested in what is being done in Northern California and the world to address environmental issues? Do you want to act? Then tune in every other Sunday to 'Sustainability Now!' on KSQD.org to hear interviews with scientists, scholars, activists and officials involved in the pursuit of sustainability. Sustainability Now! is underwritten by the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation in Santa Cruz, CaliforniaMORE Host Ronnie Lipschutz
Producer/Network Ronnie Lipschutz
Email ****@ucsc.edu
Location Santa Cruz, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Twitter 383Instagram 1.8K Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Flower Power Garden Hour

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Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous listen. From organic vegetable gardening, houseplants, bee keeping, flowers, and everything in between -- this podcast covers it.MORE Host Marlene Simon
Producer/Network Marlene Simon
Email ****@marlenesimon.net
Location San Francisco, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 177Facebook 32.7KInstagram 20.7K Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Since Feb 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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6. Nature's Archive

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Nature's Archive , hosted by Michael Hawk, delves into the beauty and complexity of the natural world through interviews with ecologists, naturalists, educators, authors, and researchers. Each episode inspires curiosity and reveals nature's surprising nuances. Part of Jumpstart Nature, a movement empowering everyone to support the environment, this podcast invites you to connect with nature like never before.MORE Host Michael Hawk
Producer/Network Michael Hawk
Email ****@gmail.com
Location San Jose, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 62Facebook 482Twitter 115Instagram 1.2K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Garden America Saturday

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Garden America is a leader in the garden advice industry, sharing scientific breakthroughs and new gardening ideas. As Southern California's #1 source of gardening for over 15 years, the now-national Garden America program is your source for the most current and relevant gardening information and products provided by expert purveyors of wonder. The radio show is hosted by Bryan Main, John Bagnasco & Tiger Palafox.MORE Hosts John Bagnasco, Bryan Main, Tiger Palafox
Producer/Network BizTalkPodcasts
Email ****@gardenamerica.com
Location San Diego, California, United States
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Apple Rating 3/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 12.3KTwitter 361Instagram 439 Avg Length 77 min Format Long form Video Podcast YouTube
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8. Garden Talk by Walter Andersen Nursery Podcast

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Local gardening, horticulture, landscaping information and advice.
Hosts Susy Lopez, Walter Andersen
Producer/Network Garden Talk
Email ****@salemsandiego.com
Location San Diego, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 2Instagram 8.5K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. Growing the Valley

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This is a podcast that goes over new research and basic information about growing orchard crops in the Central Valley of California
Hosts Phoebe Gordon, Luke Milliron
Producer/Network University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Email ****@ucanr.edu
Location Davis, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 39Facebook 32.5KTwitter 14.5KInstagram 9.3K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Central Coast Naturalist

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Central Coast Naturalist invites listeners to join UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate students as they explore nature in and around Santa Cruz County. Each episode will enrich your next experience with nature as you learn fascinating insights (from local experts) about the creatures that inhabit your favorite hiking trails, beaches and even your own backyard.MORE Hosts Kelley Voss, Sara Gonzalez, Emily Donham, GC Sparrow
Producer/Network Santa Cruz Naturalist
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Santa Cruz, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Twitter 70Instagram 1.8K Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Since Feb 2019 Get Email Contact

11. 'Davis Garden Show and Beyond' on KDRT

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'Davis Garden Show and Beyond' is about gardening anywhere. The focus is on Northern California, but worldwide listeners are welcome to participate via email. Each week Don Shor and Lois Richter chat about plants and things, on Davis' low-power FM station, KDRT (K-dirt). Topics vary seasonally. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Music StoreMORE Hosts Don Shor, Lois Richter
Producer/Network Don Shor
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Davis, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 69Facebook 1.3KInstagram 662 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

12. In The Garden from KSQD

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Gardening on the Central Coast of California
Hosts Joe Truskot, Steven E. Popp
Producer/Network ksqd.org
Email ****@comcast.net
Location Santa Cruz, California, United States
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Facebook 2.5KTwitter 383Instagram 1.8K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Climate Break

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Climate change is upon us. Fires, droughts, hurricanes, sea level rise, and melting ice caps are all part of our new normal. But something else is happening as well. Scientists, innovators, organizations, cities, companies, and citizens are taking action, making progress, and finding solutions.Climate Break brings you stories of climate progress and interviews with climate innovators from California and around the world, in under 2 minutes. Our solution-oriented, radio-ready shows are produced by students and climate law and policy experts at the University of California, Berkeley...MORE Host Ethan Elkind
Producer/Network Berkeley Law
Email ****@law.berkeley.edu
Location Berkeley, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Twitter 67Instagram 230 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

14. Green and Growing in Southern California

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Articles about gardens, plants and designers here in California and around the world. This podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are provided solely for the use of the blind and print impaired. Materials or items read on AIRSLA are the copyright property of the original authors and publishers. No unauthorized use or duplication is permitted.MORE Host Hugh Ralston
Producer/Network AIRSLA
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Canoga Park, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Twitter 13 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

15. Golden State Naturalist

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Golden State Naturalist is a love letter to California's ecological past, present, and future. Come with Michelle Fullner as she climbs to the top of a beaver dam, descends into a tar pit, peers into the canopy of a giant sequoia, and basks in the glow of the Milky Way under the eerie silhouettes of Joshua trees. Each episode, Michelle interviews captivating experts in their natural habitats across California to find out how the unique plants, animals, geology, and hydrology of this biodiversity hotspot make this state Golden.MORE Host Michelle Fullner
Producer/Network Michelle Fullner
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Napa, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 253Facebook 1.4KInstagram 116.6K Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. Slough Cast

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Hello! Welcome to the Slough Cast, the Elkhorn Slough Foundation podcast. Elkhorn Slough is one of California's last great coastal wetlands. We see Elkhorn Slough and its watershed protected forever—a working landscape where people, farming, industry, and nature thrive together. Here on the Slough Cast, we'll explore Elkhorn Slough together, build community, and share stories of this special place. https://www.elkhornslough.org/ Original Cover art by Lena Champlin.MORE Producer/Network Elkhorn Slough Foundation
Email ****@elkhornslough.org
Location Watsonville, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 8.6KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 6.1K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Hunting Ain't Easy

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Hunting ain't easy, but we love the challenge, the opportunity and the wild places it brings us. Hosted by California hunter Mike Costello, the podcasts digs into California hunting topics with specific focus on public land deer and bear hunting. We believe that habitat improvement, herd management and predator management are topics that need more attention. Look forward to guests who will shed light on what we can do as hunters and conservationists, to put more animals in the woods. Mike is an 'adult onset hunter' and the score card going into 2021 seasons is: Deer 0, Bear 1...MORE Host Mike Costello
Producer/Network Mike Costello
Email ****@gmail.com
Location California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 43Instagram 3K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

18. Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

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Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for Northern California gardeners and farmers: The KFBK Garden Show, Get Growing with Farmer Fred, and the KSTE Farm Hour. Episode Website: https://gardenbasics.netMORE Host Fred Hoffman
Producer/Network Fred Hoffman
Email ****@farmerfred.com
Location Sacramento, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 258 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

19. Garden Futurist

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Advocates for the power of gardens to heal the environment
Producer/Network Pacific Horticulture
Email ****@pacifichorticulture.org
Location Berkeley, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 27Facebook 10.1KTwitter 1.5KInstagram 6.1K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. Gardenerd Tip of the Week

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The Gardenerd Tip of the Week is your one-stop shop for organic gardening tips and tidbits. Seasonal, organic, and fun advice for your urban farm, homestead and garden. We cover Sustainable living, vegetable gardening and more. Celebrate your passion for gardening with a sense of humor.MORE Host Christy Wilhelmi
Producer/Network Gardening with Gardenerd.com
Email ****@gardenerd.com
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 183Facebook 5.2KTwitter 5.1KInstagram 45.5K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2007 Get Email Contact

21. Forest Focus

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Forest Focus is an audio program about the National Forests in California. Episodes focus on issues such as ecological restoration, fire, recreation, law enforcement, tribal relations and much more.The show features specialists that work for the U.S. Forest Service and guests who provide other points of view on Forest Service issues.MORE Host Paul Wade
Producer/Network USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Email ****@usda.gov
Location Vallejo, California, United States
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 320.7KTwitter 181.1KInstagram 348.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. Fish Water People

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At CalTrout, we work hard every day to restore California's freshwater ecosystems and to keep them healthy for years to come, but we don't do it alone. The Fish Water People podcast highlights the individuals who make our work possible, at CalTrout and beyond. Join podcast host and CalTrout Executive Director Curtis Knight as we talk about the science, policy, restoration, equity, and more that goes into making the changes we want to see in the world.The Fish Water People podcast is brought to you by California Trout and Bridget Shaw and Drew Alvarez at Pusher, Inc.MORE Hosts Bridget Shaw, Drew Alvarez
Producer/Network California Trout
Email ****@caltrout.org
Location San Francisco, California, United States
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 10Facebook 13.2KTwitter 2.7KInstagram 19.7K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

23. Cacti, Succulent and More

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Planet Desert is a Southern California-based family-owned wholesale/retail nursery. We are committed to growing a diverse range of cacti and succulents and are always adding, developing, and creating new products. We provide the best quality plants at the most competitive prices. After all, we've been in the business for a long time!MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Fallbrook, California, United States
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