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A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Cracking ice while walking through the fields – is it too soon to say, or is winter beginning to think about handing over to spring?   A great time for mulching.     Reading from To stand and stare 3:02 Read by Andrew Timothy O'Brien   To stand and stare: how to garden while doing next to nothing, by Andrew Timothy O'Brien. DK Life, 2023. https://geni.us/Qs2d     05:47  Interview with Andrew, by Alice Vincent   06:40 role reversal   07:35 Introducing the book – Andrew   09:14 Introducing the book – Alice   10:00 A book that grants permission   11:12 on the plus side of getting it wrong   11:46 jumping to the book's Acknowledgements   14:00 how the book came to be   17:56 Alice on 'looking'   20:48 Alice on gardening as 'a tiny altering'   21:52 being empowered to garden the way you want to, rather than the way you feel you *should*   22:33 Andrew on the pros and cons of lists   26:08 Pottering   A breath from elsewhere, by Mirabel Osler. Bloomsbury, 1997. https://amzn.to/3Stlvr9   28: 41 How much the soil holds – memories, stories, our selves   33:15 Bill's place in the book   38:15 The 'how to' sections   43:19 The research – the 'science stuff'   46:30 Andrew's recent standing and staring – and Andrew answer to an Alice question       ***   Thank you to Alice Vincent for her table-turning stint in coming to interview me on my own podcast! Keep an eye out for Alice's upcoming book, Why Women Grow: stories of soil, sisterhood and survival, published by Canongate on 2 March 2023. https://amzn.to/3k6yu75   You can find Alice on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/ and the Why Women Grow podcast here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-women-grow/id1659885168       My own book, To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, is published by DK Life, and is available here https://geni.us/Qs2d       I’m ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. There will be a few spaces opening up in spring 2023, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. http://www.andrewtimothyobrien.com     website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Winter bringing new and rare experiences – December snow in Kent, and recording the audio version of my new book.     Reading from To stand and stare 2:10 Read by Andrew Timothy O'Brien   To stand and stare: how to garden while doing next to nothing, by Andrew Timothy O'Brien. DK Life, 2023. https://geni.us/Qs2d     04:35  An introduction to From Seed to Bloom: a year of growing and designing with seasonal flowers, by Milli Proust. Quadrille, 2022 https://amzn.to/3hGlcNg     Reading from From Seed to Bloom 5:15 Read by Milli Proust     09:29  Interview with Milli Proust   10:55 The original plan   12:45 Working with intention – Milli loves a strategy     13:45 The other aspect of Milli's professional life!   Molly Wansell, 42 Management & Production https://www.42mp.com/     15:18 A sustainable business   Paris Alma Flowers https://parisalmaflowers.com/     17:08 Working as part of a team   On the business with Paris, on the book with photographer Éva Németh https://www.evanemeth.com/     18:54 The visual aspects of the book   Theatre, storytelling, atmosphere.   The human experience of connecting with nature.     23:03 Milli's earliest plants and gardens memories     26:53 A gardening (self)education     29:00 Why grow your own floristry supplies?     30:43 Using foliage, and the stories of plants in weather     34:00 Design principles in floral arrangement     38:00 From Seed to Bloom:     40:51 How becoming a mother might impact Milli's creative practice – new perspectives and opportunites     45:45 A seasonal perspective     48:30 Grower, or gardener? What's the difference?   ***   Thank you to Milli Proust for giving up her time to talk to me about the beautiful work she brings into the world from her patch of land in West Sussex.   You can find Milli on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/milliproust/ Or on her website: https://www.milliproust.com/     My own book, To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, will be published by DK Life on Feb 2, 2023, and is available to preorder here https://geni.us/Qs2d       I’m ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. There will be a few spaces opening up in spring 2023n, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. http://www.andrewtimothyobrien.com     website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   The joys of October in the garden.     Reading from A breath from elsewhere, by Mirabel Osler 4:28 Read by Jemma Cooper   A breath from elsewhere, by Mirabel Osler. Bloomsbury, 1997. https://amzn.to/3Stlvr9     06:52 Gardening in the shade       08:10 Interview with Susanna Grant   08:20 First encounters   Wild about Weeds, by Jack Wallington https://amzn.to/3FbVU31   09:17 Sharing weeds (and weeds)   10:48 How the name – and the business – 'Linda' came about   12:35 A Jack of All Trades – Susanna's other work   16:11 A Fair Weather Shop   19:26 Susanna's childhood memories of plants and the natural world   Flower Fairy books, by Cicely Mary Barker https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09PGM2YBD?binding=hardcover&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_bs_series_rwt_thcv&qid=1666786266&sr=1-19   Observer Book of Wild Flowers https://amzn.to/3SxxWCo   21:26 Arnold Circus and the Boundary Estate – the community garden   Radicle, edited by Sui Searle aka @decolonisethegarden https://radicle.substack.com   Volunteering: a problem and an opportunity? by Joanna Pidcock https://radicle.substack.com/p/volunteering-a-problem-and-an-opportunity   29:49 From Gardens Where We Feel Secure, by Susanna Grant and Rowan Spray, published by Rough Trade Books and The Garden Museum https://amzn.to/3Dpdrn4   35:31 Practicalities of window box gardening with perennials       ***   Thank you to Susanna Grant for giving up her time to talk to me about her creative nature-inspired practice.   Susanna's book Shade is published by Bloom, 2022, and is available here https://amzn.to/3F6eGsu   The Rough Trade/Garden Museum pamphlet by Susanna, with photography by Rowan Spray is From Gardens Where We Feel Secure, and is available here https://amzn.to/3Dpdrn4   Pamphlets in the same series, such as Horticultural Appropriation by Claire Ratinon and Sam Ayre, are also available here https://roughtradebooks.com/collections/editions   You can find Susanna on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/hellotherelinda Or on her website: https://www.hellotherelinda.com/     My own book, To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, will be published by DK Life on Feb 2, 2023, and is available to preorder here https://geni.us/Qs2d     I'm so grateful to Jemma Cooper for lending us her lovely tones for the reading from Mirabel Osler's A breath from elsewhere. You can find Jem on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/thecountrynurse_   I’m ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. There will be a few spaces opening up early in the new year, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.     Garden soundtrack   The last days of autumn, winter blowing in on the back of Storm Arwen.   Coping with post-COP26 despair and overwhelm.     Reading, 'Sudden Shower', by John Clare 03:22 Read by Lulu Peddar     Interview with Hannah McDonald, Illustrator 6:47 I chat to Hannah about her nature inspired illustration practice from her home and studio in Amsterdam, how life there compares to life in London, and whether the Dutch or the English are better at coping with what the weather has to throw at them. Work/life balance, slow living, and having a garden room on the Dutch equivalent of an allotment are all covered, together with how Hannah decides exactly what to draw, and the character of her own particular lines and dots.   We get through all of this without mentioning Hygge once, though we're deeply in cosy, homely territory throughout, while always bearing in mind the importance of our connection to the natural world outside, both for our own mental health, and that of the planet. I hope you enjoy listening!     ***   Thank you to Hannah McDonald for giving up her time to talk to me about her creative nature-inspired practice. You can find Hannah on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/hannah.mcdonald.illustration/ Or on her website: https://www.hannahmcdonald.co/   And bouquets of gratitude due to Lulu Peddar for providing the reading from John Clare's poetry. I particularly loved the bit about "patted on my hat" – thanks Lulu, please come again!     I’m ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. There will be a few spaces opening up early in the new year, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.    Garden soundtrack Dawn breaking in the garden Trees in the landscape Reading from Wildwood, A Journey Through Trees, by Roger Deakin  2:25 https://amzn.to/3r6geIJ Read by Richard Chivers   Interview with Jackee Holder 4:54 05:13 'Coach and author and cultural creative' – the scope of Jackee's work, and how it came about 7:57 The path to being a cultural creative – Jackee's career choices, and the common thread 8:43 What is a cultural creative? 10:52 Jackee's South London background 11:26 Avoiding restrictive labels 12:49 'Jack of all trades'. Ouch. 14:25 Drawing influences widely 15:49 A deep connection with nature 17:45 Something bigger. The wonder of it all. 19:24 The parks of London 19:54 The loneliness of the long distance runner 21:05 Making friends with trees Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer "I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did." Alice Walker 22:33 Jackee's tamarind tree in Barbados 24:14 Dressing the trees at Christmas in the Carribean 27:54 Tree books. Tree Wisdom by Jacqueline Memory Paterson https://amzn.to/3csqx5Z 32:07 Jackee's connection to to the elder tree 39:35 The trees in Jackee's city garden 41:30 Listening to nature, mindfulness and being in 'receive mode'. 46:59 Solitude 48:33 Joy in the context of 2021. COVID, BLM. 49:26 Unapologetically celebrating nature. Charlotte Delbo, Auschwitz and After 50:55 Sorrow and joy interwoven An account of Milton Erickson and the African Violet Lady https://danielkarim.com/the-african-violet-a-teaching-tale-of-milton-h-erickson/ 55:24 "Nature was our first mother" Tina Welling "Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." Gary Snyder 55:36 Being rooted. 57:46 Trees and writing. Jackee's writing map "Writing with Fabulous Trees" http://www.jackeeholder.com/tree/writing-with-fabulous-trees-writing-map-for-parks-gardens-and-green-spaces/ 59:22 Journal writing (and being a stationery addict!) 101:30 The practice of writing. Using the 'Morning Pages' technique from Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way https://amzn.to/3pErewE 103:00 Making space for mindful practices 104:32 Jackee's mission to connect people with the urban forest ***   Thank you to Jackee Holder for giving up her time to talk to me about her creative plant-inspired practice. You can find Jackee on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/jackeeholderinspires/ – please note Jackee's Instagram handle has changed since the interview in this episode! Or on her website: http://www.jackeeholder.com/ Grateful wotnots to Richard Chivers for stepping forward with his usual patient and willing response to my last-minute plea for a reading! I’m ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.  A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. Enrolment will open towards the middle of February for one last time at the introductory price, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching   website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

  A plant-inspired practice. With Katie Robbins A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.    Garden soundtrack     Pondering the onset of winter, with twinkling lights and fried potatoes.   Seasonal markers, and The Almanac from Lia Leendertz.   Catching up with Lia Leendertz. What's new in the 2021 edition? 03:44     Reading from The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021  10:28 https://amzn.to/36LqUFH Read by Milli Proust     The independent plant-inspired businesses bringing cheer and lightening our darkness.     Interview with Katie Robbins 13:22   14:50 A love of the natural world and of ceramics   16:02 The formative planty encounter -- sunflowers, a flat cap and a fag   18:40 Potter... or ceramic artist?   19:52 If not a potter, would Katie have worked with plants in some other way? Grace Alexander flowers: https://www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk/ Milli Proust: https://www.milliproust.com/about Bex Partridge (Botanical Tales): https://www.botanicaltales.com/   21:50 The power of a good parcel, and delighting your customer Beautiful and sustainable packaging https://www.ktrobbinsceramics.com/blog/2020/8/24/beautiful-safe-and-sustainable-packaging   24:49 A journey to the potter's wheel   26:43 The shortest commute -- working from home. Pluses and minuses of the WfH life   29:12 A tour of the garden studio   34:57 Katie's creative process   40:17 Inspiration from peers   41:48 The inevitabilities of creative cross-fertilisation   44:23 Working in porcelain   46:49 Clay from the ground   50:00 Inspirations       ***   Thank you to Katie Robbins for giving up her time to talk to me about her creative plant-inspired practice. You can find Katie on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/ceramicmagpie/ Or on her website: https://www.ktrobbinsceramics.com/     Thanks also to Lia Leendertz for joining me to talk about The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021   https://amzn.to/36LqUFH     I'm immensely grateful to Milli Proust for lending us her mellifluous tones for the reading.     And of course, I'm ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details and add your name to the waiting list to be the first to hear when enrolment opens up again. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

Home. With Jennie Spears of the Lemon Tree Trust   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Why do we build gardens? Looking back to the very first episode of the podcast and Tim Massey's garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the Lemon Tree Trust https://www.tommassey.co.uk/the-lemon-tree-trust-garden     Reading  05:21 Extract from How to grow your dinner without leaving the house by Claire Ratinon, published by Laurence King in 2020, read by the author. https://amzn.to/2QrpPtD   A quick catch up with Claire since the release of her book, my review of which you can find here http://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/how-to-grow-your-dinner     Interview with Jennie Spears 09:42   09:42 Bristol community gardens "Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do. Plus you get strawberries." Ron Finley https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerrilla_gardener_in_south_central_la?language=en   10:24 Sara Venn and Incredible Edible Bristol https://ediblebristol.org.uk/   11:29 Jennie's background in horticulture   13:09 Childhood plant memories Border Alpines, her parents' nursery https://www.borderalpines.co.uk/   Black viola, Viola 'Molly Sanderson'   16:13 The work of the Lemon Tree Trust, and how Jennie became involved   19:10 Bringing plants from home to the camps   25:36 How gardening happens in the camps   30:59 What to do with plant surpluses - a working economy?   35:01 Food and gardening   37:13 Plumbing in the camps   38:49 "At some point, people want to LIVE". The joy of plants   40:27 The impact of COVID on the work of the Lemon Tree Trust in Kurdistan   44:08 Upcoming projects and the best way to support the Lemon Tree Trust   46:49 A call from Jennie to get in touch if you know of any UK based refugee or migrant based gardening projects that would benefit from seeds from the Lemon Tree Trust (see below for contact details     ***     Thank you to Jennie for joining me on this episode to talk about the Lemon Tree Trust. You can find the charity's website here with more details of their work, their campaigns and the gardeners in the camps in Iraq. https://lemontreetrust.org/about/ And on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/lemontreetrust/   You can find Jennie's work for Bloom PR  here: Bloom PR website: http://www.bloom-pr.co.uk/ Bloom's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloom_pr_insta/     Thanks also to Claire Ratinon for joining me to talk about her book, How to grow your dinner without leaving the house   I’m ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details and add your name to the waiting list to be the first to hear when enrolment opens up again. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Back after a break for the last episode in the series   Dogs and gardening   Lockdown and #BlackLivesMatter – did these change how you felt about your garden?   Privilege in the gardening world   Telling the stories of plants   Reading 05:30 Extract from 'Science and Colonial Expansion. The role of the British Royal Botanical Gardens' by Lucile H. Brockway in American Ethnologist, Journal of the American Ethnological Society, Volume 6 Issue 3, 1979, read by Sui Searle. https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/ae.1979.6.3.02a00030   The book of the same name, available here: https://amzn.to/2PbSC4z   Gardening should be political – more of this in series three.   Gratitude, privilege and responsibility  – what that's meant to me in lockdown     Interview with the Ann Marie Powell 11:20    11:48 What's behind @myrealgarden?   15:22 Plants, People, Place   18:37 Living in a horticultural household, and how it effects domestic gardening   22:12 How Ann-Marie became a garden designer   23:16 Horticulture within the education system – being given the choice   25:18 Andrew talking absolute rubbish about "gardening with your ears"   27:10 Ann-Marie Powell Gardens – the vital importance of a great team   31:17 The effect of the Hampshire landscape on AMPG's design work   33:47 Is there anything the RHS needs to learn when it comes to reaching new people with shows like Chelsea?   38:56 Ann-Marie's gardens at RHS Wisley in Surrey   42:43 Pro-bono work for Greenfingers charity https://www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk/   46:03 Quickfire EITHER/OR questions!   Fatsia japonica https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/fatsia-japonica Schefflera rhododendrifolia https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/schefflera-rhododendrifolia Crûg Farm Nursery https://www.crug-farm.co.uk/     ***   Gratitude, privilege and responsibility vs Plants, People, Place. Pick your mantra!       Thank you to Ann-Marie for joining me on this episode. You can find Ann-Marie online here: AMPG website: https://www.ann-mariepowell.com/ Ann Marie's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ann_mariepowell/ The @myrealgarden instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/myrealgarden/   And also to Sui Searle for reading from the Lucile H. Brockway paper. You can find Sui on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/thetemperategardener/ and here https://www.instagram.com/decolonisethegarden/   I’m ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details and add your name to the waiting list to be the first to hear when enrolment opens up again. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Gardening without Chelsea.   The RHS Virtual Chelsea Flower Show https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/virtual-chelsea   Lockdown gardening interest   The Independent Plant Nursery Guide http://independentplantnurseriesguide.uk/   Should we look for a silver lining?     Reading 03:20 Extract from The Five Minute Garden by Laetitia Maklouf, read by Emma Jo Real Davies. https://amzn.to/36l871Z       Interview with the Laetitia Maklouf 05:15    05:44 Standard Laetitia Lore and the Sweet Pea Seeds   07:29 Sharing online   08:44 How Laetitia has changed as a gardener   09:28 Gardening in small spaces – the benefits of limits   10:03 Moving to real earth – option paralysis   10:36 Prescriptive approach vs you do you   11:08 Trust in your gardening instinct   12:13 Being ruthless. Or… not…! (Hotbin Darling) https://www.hotbincomposting.com/   13:10 Lockdown sourdough progress   14:24 Teaching the children through gardening    20:34 Being politely steely   22:00 Gardening overwhelm   26:10 The Five Minute Gardener   31:37 Gardening as a transactional relationship   33:25 On the decision not to have photographs in the new book    36:44 What is Laetitia going to do when she grows up?     ***   Lockdown gardening communicators on Instagram Just some of the folk who have really taken the opportunity to bring people into their own gardens (particularly encouraging and inspiring when some of them are multi award-winning designers) over the past couple of months. Don’t miss Ann-Marie Powell’s lunchtime talks at https://www.instagram.com/myrealgarden/, or Jo Thompson’s daily morning dog rambles through the Sussex countryside in the company of birds and her lovely labrador Rush https://www.instagram.com/jothompsongarden/. And of course, past friends of the podcast Alice Vincent https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/ and Caro Langton at RoCo https://www.instagram.com/studio.roco/, teaching us about small space gardening and houseplants in their stories. All incredibly generous, and remarkably accessible.        Thank you to Laetitia for joining me on this episode. Laetitia's book The Five Minute Garden, published by National Trust Books, 2020, is available here https://amzn.to/36l871Z   Laetitia's website: https://laetitiamaklouf.com/ Laetitia on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laetitiamaklouf   And to Emma Jo Real Davies for reading from Laetitia’s book. Emma Jo’s brilliant podcast, The Female Struggle is Real is here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-female-struggle-is-real/id1215423183 or you can find her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/emjorealdavies/, or on the airwaves here https://www.kmfm.co.uk/on-air/the-hit-list-with-emma-jo/     I’m ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      PLEASE VOTE FOR THE GARDENS, WEEDS & WORDS PODCAST IN THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS LISTENER CHOICE CATEGORY https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote     Lockdown discounts: A year of garden coaching I’ve been very excited about my new venture – even before the lockdown I’d decided that online garden coaching would be a fantastic way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. With the all the uncertainty around our lives just now I’m holding the the introductory price for the full 12 month programme as well as offering a quarterly payment plan, and there’s 50% off an hour’s Skype consultation call.  https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB   

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Birdsong, and gardening in the new normal.   Gardening in one place over time.    Reading 04:00 Extract from The Garden Log Podcast, episode 74, read by the host, Ben Dark. https://thegardenlog.libsyn.com/       Interview with the Katie Rushworth 05:51    06:21 Not the only Yorkshire-born gardener on the telly…   07:00 Katie’s experience of nature and plants growing up   09:29 Chomping for wood!   10:12 The place of the Yorkshire landscape in Katie’s garden design work   11:44 Gardening is about a feeling   12:43 Before gardening…   16:32 Juggling gardening, TV schedules and being a mum   17:43 Transferrable skills – an appreciation of colour, shape, form and texture   19:11 Garden coaching and mentoring   26:35 Domestic gardens   27:21 Practical, useful & pretty   30:42 The biggest obstacles people face in their gardens   32:54 Plants – just pretty window dressing, or more than fluff?   36:25 Productively using our time in the garden       ***     Thank you to Katie for joining me on this episode. Katie’s book Plants, Beds & Borders is available here https://amzn.to/3ayCySE   Katie's website: http://katierushworth.com/ Katie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thequeenofspades00/       I’m ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      Lockdown discounts: A year of garden coaching I’ve been very excited about my new venture – even before the lockdown I’d decided that online garden coaching would be a fantastic way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. With the all the uncertainty around our lives just now I’m holding the the introductory price for the full 12 month programme as well as offering a quarterly payment plan, and there’s 50% off an hour’s Skype consultation call.  https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB         

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Poem 00:53   Digging by Seamus Heaney   Read by Jemma Mullholland   from Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber 1966 (new edition 2006) https://amzn.to/3bwuPpk     A feeling of connection to the land. Taken for granted.     Interview with the Claire Ratinon 03:39    4:50 TV Production in New York: Claire’s Eureka Moment Brooklyn Grange Farm https://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/   8:14 Career change gardeners   11:15 Early plant memories. Or not!   16:47 Formative food memories.   18:42 Living and growing in Hackney   20:33 Claire’s organic growing training   OrganicLea https://www.organiclea.org.uk/   Growing Communities https://www.growingcommunities.org/   25:14 The importance of urban growing   27:58 A taste of what’s possible. The role of a growing educator.   30:32 Organic. Urban. Mindful.   37:39 The representatino of People of Colour within gardening and growing. Tokenism, racial passing. Having to aggressively assimilate.   44:58 Burden, responsibility or privilege?   51:09 The party played by Claire’s relationship to the land in her identity.    58:09 After Hackney   60:56 What’s next for Claire?   ***     Thank you to Claire for joining me on this episode. You can preorder Claire’s book How to grow your dinner without leaving the house, to be published by Laurence King in September 2020, here https://amzn.to/2xx6O2p     Claire’s website: https://www.claireratinon.com/ Claire on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/claireratinon/     Thanks too to Jemma Mulholland for reading for us. You can find Jemma on social media here https://www.instagram.com/popcorn_for_lunch/   I’m ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. A few limited places left on introductory prices! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB   

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Almost March.    Children in the garden…   …a gardener’s perspective   The gardener in the garden…   …a child's perspective     Poem 03:04   The Gardener by Robert Louis Stevenson   Read by Peta Cootes     Early experiences of plants and gardens – a minor obsession   How do you get kid’s gardening?     Interview with the Skinny Jean Gardener, Lee Connelly 09:21    10:14 What’s this about Skinny Jeans?   12:07 The Skinny Jean Gardener podcast and Monty Don   14:40 Being the Blue Peter gardener   16:58 Lee’s early plant and garden memories   21:11 Time for gardening as a family   22:53 The importance of getting children interested in gardening   25:00 The role of schools and parents                                                                                                                                                                                                                          27:40 Schools allotment project with Marks & Spencer   30:55 Ornamentals or veg? What has the most educational value for children?   34:53 The new book, How to Get Kids Gardening     ***     Thank you to Lee for joining me on this episode. Lee's book is How to Get Kids Gardening https://amzn.to/2wQYUkc   The Skinny Jean Gardener Podcast is here http://skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/podcast Lee on Instagram instagram.com/skinnyjeangardener.      Thanks too to Peta Coote for reading for us. You can find Peta and her work here instagram.com/nourishingsoulfully    With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. A few limited places left on introductory prices! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB   

Rootbound. With Alice Vincent   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   More winter behind than before us   The cold and damp – joys of a good fire at the end of the day.     Micro book review 02:02 Roger Deakin’s Notes from Walnut Tree Farm https://amzn.to/2uRIWVU   Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2008   Extracts read by Rose White     Winter - a challenge for the indoor gardener   Being rootbound – a problem for houseplants…   …and also for plants in nurseries   …though a very few plants respond well to having their roots restricted. At least in terms of flowering.   A rootbound person? Some restrictions might be beneficial, but no-one likes to feel bound...       Interview with Alice Vincent 09:26    10:40 Alice describes her new book   11:47 Three ways in which gardening gets us   17:25 Writing a nature memoir   24:14 The experiences of women as represented in the book   26:35 Gendered questions that keeps coming up around nature   30:33 What’s the draw of Japan?   36:53 Gardening now on the Treehouse Balcony   42:25 What’s next for Alice   ***     Thank you to Alice for joining me on this episode. Alice’s first book is How to Grow Stuff https://amzn.to/2PM28OP. You can read my review of Rootbound. Rewilding a Life on the blog here https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootbound-alice-vincent   Find out more about the Noughticulture talks at the Garden Museum https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/event_location/the-garden-museum/   Alice Vincent in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/alice-vincent/ Alice on Instagram instagram.com/noughticulture     Thanks too to Rose White for reading for us once again, this time from Roger Deakin’s Notes from Walnut Tree Farm. You can find Rose here instagram.com/liveawelllife   With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. A few limited places left on introductory prices! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB   

Healing nature. With Alys Fowler   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   January, getting back out into the garden.   Rains and flooding.   A sign that not all’s ok with our relationship with nature     Micro book review 03:30   from The Garden Jungle or Gardening to Save the Planet by Dave Goulson. Published by Jonathan Cape July 2019 https://amzn.to/2ZRfueo   Extract read by Rachel Coldbreath   Insect declines and why they matter, Dave Goulson, FRES, 2019. Dorset Wildlife Trust https://www.flipsnack.com/devonwildlifetrust/insect-declines/full-view.html     Interview with Alys Fowler 06:04    07:05 Urban vs. country – where were Alys’s skills for observing the natural world honed?   09:03 Nature under your feet. Being detail orientated.    09:55 Plant blind    Plant blindness   Wandersee, J. H., & Schussler, E. E. (1999). Preventing plant blindness. The American Biology Teacher, 61, 82–86. https://abt.ucpress.edu/content/61/2/82   Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_blindness   Article on Plant Blindness by Sandy Knapp of the Natural History Museum (London) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.36   12:20 The way we garden and how it interacts with the wider landscape   14:43 How well is the rewilding message being communicated?   15:20 A generational shift to a more sympathetic relationship with nature   16:35 Countering late stage capitalism   17:25 How long change takes   18:36 Caring in spite of it all   19:43 Mindfulness vs. paying attention   22:42 Vested interests and inertia   24:52 How our gardens help us to make sense of it all     26:29 Finding meaning and hope in a relationship with plants   27:25 What’s the definition of a gardner?   28:32 Thrifty gardening – recycling   31:37 Style vs. meaning in the garden   34:20 A multi-faceted job description   36:55 The relationship of the garden to the house – pushing the boundaries   39:10 Approaches to making gardens   42:20 Japanese gardens – listening to nature   44:45 Control, dominion – human relationships to nature and the garden. Patriarchy, religion, feminism.   48:46 A Modern Herbal – Alys’s take on herbs and herbals.    52:49 Gender roles in the transmission of herb lore   55:29 Herbal medicine and conventional medicine.    Gayla Trail  http://yougrowgirl.com/ https://www.instagram.com/yougrowgirl/     56:40 Can we garden our way out of this,  Alys?!     ***   New Year, New You.    A new relationship with nature.   Paying it back.       Thank you to Alys for joining me on this episode. You can find Alys on Instagram here instagram.com/alysf and on the Guardian pages here https://www.theguardian.com/profile/alys-fowler. In the interview we talked about Alys’s latest book, A Modern Herbal, published by Michael Joseph in 2019. You can find that here https://amzn.to/39DaVc4.    Of course, as she says in the interview, the best way to get hold of her is by phone!   Thanks too to Rachel Coldbreath for a cracking reading from Dave Goulson’s book .    With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. A few limited places left on introductory prices! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB   

Nature in a virtual space. With Sara Tasker   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Gardening in the rain   Most used garden tools   An argument for including a smart phone   Social media and gardening community     Micro book review 05:09   from Rootbound. Rewilding a Life by Alice Vincent Published by Canongate Books January 2020. Preorder here https://amzn.to/2splqOU   Extract read by Rose White     The role of Instagram in disseminating an awareness of plants, flowers and the natural world.     Interview with Sara Tasker 09:42     10:58 Sara’s social media beginnings   12:46 The role of nature in Sara’s photography, and the move from Manchester to Yorkshire   16:58 Autumn in the city and the countryside   18:00 Gardens or wider landscape?   19:38 Nature getting her way   20:21 The mood of the pictures – escapism, or freedom?   24:07 The common theme in a multi-hyphenated career   25:39 Communicating  ideas with Instagram   26:18 Insta cliches, meaning and language   28:27 The effect of social media on mental health   31:39 A female space?   36:03 The algorithm. Female-male dynamic – tensions between creativity and control.    39:43 Natural creativity winning out.   41:03 Sara’s favourite plant…   44:41 Online courses to help express ideas through using flowers  and natural elements in photography   46:45 15 Minute Magic       Thank you to Sara for joining me on the podcast. You can find out all about Sara’s work and her courses on her website here www.meandorla.co.uk, dive into her Instagram grid here https://www.instagram.com/me_and_orla/, or chat to her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/meandorla. Her podcast Hashtag Authentic is here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hashtag-authentic-for-small-businesses-bloggers-online/id1200930280, and of her book of the same name, subtitled Finding creativity and building a community on Instagram and beyond, https://amzn.to/34yy0K1, is definitely worth reading.        49:20 A mutually beneficial relationship between nature and technology?      Thanks too to Rose White for her wonderful reading from Rootbound. Rewinding a Life by Alice Vincent https://amzn.to/2splqOU. You can find Rose on Instagram at www.instagram.com/liveawelllife, and with her professional nutritionist hat on here. www.liveawelllife.co.uk.    With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. If you’d like to find out more, please leave me your email address on the following link. I’ll be sure to let you know as soon as soon as this launches! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching-prelaunch       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB       

Garden outlaws and weedy rebels. With Jack Wallington   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Distracted by leaves   What happens when the landscape meets a garden fence?   The benefits of cultivated plants   Where weeds come in     Reading 04:48   from Weeds. The Story of Outlaw Plants by Richard Mabey https://amzn.to/33Ni3Pv   Read by Milli Proust.     What do we mean by the word “weed”?   Native wildflowers and non-native invasive intruders   Stinking Bob and Squinterpip.       Interview with Jack Wallington 10:50   11:15 What Jack was doing before he became a garden designer.   The Royal Horticultural Society qualifications Levels 2 and 3 https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/qualifications-and-training/rhs-qualifications   Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/qualifications-and-training/rhs-qualifications   15:41 Jack’s earliest experience of plants and gardens within the landscape   20:16 Is there a plant nearer to Jack’s heart that the dahlia he’s so often associated with?   21:46 Sustainability in Jack’s work   24:44 The tension between how nature behaves, and how we want her to behave in the garden   27:50 Jack’s new book, Wild about weeds. Garden design with rebel plants.    33:01 Responses to the idea of purposefully incorporating weeds into the garden.     Thanks so much to Jack for coming along to talk about his new book, Wild about weeds. Garden design with rebel plants, published by Laurence King. https://amzn.to/2CHHiH4. The best place to find out more about Jack, his garden design practice and his personal gardening journey, is on his website at www.jackwallington.com.    I’m also enormously indebted to Milli Proust for lending her wonderful voice skills to the podcast with the reading from Richard Mabey’s book. You really should check out Milli’s instagram page https://www.instagram.com/milliproust/ to see the amazing things she does with flowers – I don’t think there can be a grower who works harder. For a fully rounded picture of everything that she gets up to, check out Milli’s website at https://milliproust.com/.     With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. If you’d like to find out more, please leave me your email address on the following link. I’ll be sure to let you know as soon as soon as this launches! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching-prelaunch       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Soggy October.   Knowing a place, season to season.   The idea of UNKNOWN GROUND (Terra Incognita)     Reading 04:48   from Landmarks by Robert MacFarlane https://amzn.to/2WgmH5N   Read by Rachel Coldbreath.       Interview with Grant Simon Rogers 06:46   07:14 "Keep sharing the beauty”   10:46 An introduction to Grant’s work   13:16 The importance of walking through the landscape – immersion or escape?    15:14 The process of taking (or making) a photograph   17:00 A cinematic quality   17:44 The representation of the human element    18:19 The reaction of the public during photography   19:14 London: Brockwell Park – Daphne and the Bad Wildlife   20:00 Learning trees   20:39 Favourite plants to photograph – individuals, or types?   22:14 Berlin: Tempelhof – grasses and birds of prey in the city   23:26 Documenting the wildlife, or passing through?   24:24 ‘Terra Incognita’ – always new ground? How well do we know the ground under our feet?   The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the younger.  https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-ambassadors/bQEWbLB26MG1LA?hl=en-GB   27:19 A subtle approach to storytelling        I’m so grateful to Grant for making time to talk to us about how he works in and sees the landscape around him. You can find out more about Grant and see examples of his photographs on the following links:    Online   flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/grantsrogers/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grantsimonrogers/     Exhibitions   The Last Supper,  42 Webb’s Road, SW11 6SF, London, +44 (0)742 763 6306 or +44 (0)207 223 8900 http://the-lastsupper.com/item/october-2018/   La Camera Chiara, Pestalozzistraße 13 / Berlin / 10625 https://www.lacamerachiara.de/ausstellungen/terra-incognita-02-11-07-12-2019/       With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    I'm grateful, once again, to Rachel for helping me out with the reading. You can find Rachel here: twitter.com/agildedeye.      One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. If you’d like to find out more, please leave me your email address on the following link. I’ll be sure to let you know as soon as soon as this launches! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching-prelaunch       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB       

S02 Episode 1: Nature all around. With Caro Langton     A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Autumn is here   Nature all around us     Reading 03:40   To Autumn by John Keats     Read by Rose White, Richard Chivers and Rachel Coldbreath.     05:55 Nature Unnoticed   07:28 The pot of basil     Interview with Caro Langton 08:46   09:25  House of Plants   10:09 Where did the journey into plant obsession begin for Caro?   13:41 What’s going on in the plant:person equation?   The Moth Snowstorm: nature and joy by Michael McCarthy https://amzn.to/2m5XmOn   17:23 Plant tribes and communities   The Houseplant Festival at the London Garden Museum, 21 September 2019 https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/houseplant-festival/   21:04 Plant installations   23:42 What makes a garden?   26:15 A deep connection with plants in a short space of time.   31:34 What’s next in the RoCo story?     Huge thanks to Caro for making time to talk to me about her work and her life with plants. You can find out more about Caro and the work she does with Rose Ray as RoCo here: website: https://www.ro-co.uk instagram: http://instagram.com/studio.roco   House of Plants: living with succulents, air plants and cacti by Rose Ray and Caro Langton, published by Frances Lincoln 2016 https://amzn.to/2nxOtNP     Root, Nurture, Grow: the essential guide to propagating and sharing houseplants by Caro Langton and Rose Ray, published by Quadrille 2018 https://amzn.to/2ls8IvO   You can read my review of Root, Nurture, Grow here https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootnurturegrow       The effect of plants in the workplace on productivity…   Nieuwenhuis, M., Knight, C., Postmes, T., & Haslam, S. A. (2014). The relative benefits of green versus lean office space: Three field experiments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(3), 199-214. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-30837-001   Do plants increase workplace productivity? https://www.goget.com.au/blog/plants-in-the-office/         With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.        website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Peak productivity in the garden.    Does nature need our help?   The joy of growing things, but where to start?     Micro book review   How to Grow Stuff by Alice Vincent, published by Ebury Press, 2017 https://amzn.to/2ZbVJB5   Extract read by the author       Interview with Lucy Lucraft 07:39    07:52 Earliest memory of plants and gardens   08:48 The attraction of a house with a garden   10:17 What kind of plants Lucy’s growing right now. Edibles.    13:00 The perils of gardening jargon   13:37 Finding gardening intimidating   14:00 the shed of doom, and pots of dead stuff   15:15 “I don’t really understand weeding"   16:00 Catching the weeding bug, and some garden tool geekery   17:23 Keeping houseplants alive   20:00 Gardening with small children   23:37 Veganism and gardening, growing your own and eating seasonally   26:34 What one thing Lucy would change to make gardening more approachable for beginners         A huge thank you to Lucy for joining me on this episode. You can find her here: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucylucraft/ website: https://lucylucraft.com   Thank you also to Alice Vincent for reading from her book, How to Grow Stuff. You can find Alice on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/. Details for the House Plant Festival, which Alice is hosting on Sunday 29 September 2019 at London’s Garden Museum, are available here: https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/houseplant-festival/     With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    The music towards the end was Gift Horse, a track from the album Proverbs, by Les Hayden, reproduced under the Creative Commons Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://leshayden.bandcamp.com/album/proverbs     website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB         

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Preparing for the visit of gardening friends, with the help of    Dear Friend and Gardener: Letters on Life and Gardening by Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, published by Frances Lincoln 1998 https://amzn.to/30WsVJ2   In Your Garden by Vita Sackville-West, published by Frances Lincoln, reissued 2004 https://amzn.to/2SKZven   I’m getting mightily bored of saying that things are out of print, but both of these are, which seems… daft. There’s a Kindle version of the Christo/Beth Chatto book, and second hand copies about. Used copies of the Vita book are crazy prices, so your local library may well be the best bet.     The affirmation that comes from reading a passage written by one of your gardening heroes who agrees with you…     … until they go and spoil it by banging on about a flower you can’t stand!     Alstroemerias, how I don’t like them, but you probably should. The wonderful work done by British flower grower Ben Cross as seen on his Instagram feed https://www.instagram.com/alstroemeriaben/     A trail for the next full episode, featuring writer and podcaster Lucy Lucraft, kicking off an occasional series where I’ll be talking to new gardeners about their experiences getting to grips with plants, garden centres and, let’s face it, other gardeners.  https://lucylucraft.com/         website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB