A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. With Andrew O'Brien.
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S03 Episode 4: Ready for the weather. With Hannah McDonald
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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 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 P…
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S03 Episode 3: Writing with trees. With Jackee Holder
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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 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…
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S03 Episode 2: a plant-inspired practice. With Katie Robbins
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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. Catc…
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S03 Episode 01: Home. With Jennie Spears of Lemon Tree Trust
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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 Sho…
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S02 Episode 11: Gratitude, privilege, responsibility. With Ann-Marie Powell
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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 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 garde…
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S02 Episode 10: The Five Minute Garden. With Laetitia Maklouf
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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 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 Guid…
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S02 Episode 9: Practical, useful & pretty. With Katie Rushworth
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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 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://t…
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S02 Episode 8: Unearthed. With Claire Ratinon
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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 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 …
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S02 Episode 7: How to Get Kids Gardening. With Lee Connelly
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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 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…
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S02 Episode 6: Rootbound. With Alice Vincent
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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 …
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S02 Episode 5: healing nature. With Alys Fowler
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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 03:3…
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S02 Episode 4: Nature in a virtual space. With Sara Tasker
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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 …
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S02 Episode 3: Garden outlaws and weedy rebels. With Jack Wallington
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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 co…
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S02EP02: Unknown ground. With Grant Simon Rogers
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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 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 …
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S02 Episode 1: Nature all around. With Caro Langton
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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 Cold…
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S01 Episode 15: Absolute beginners. With Lucy Lucraft
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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 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 Ebu…
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S01 Episode 14: Affirmations, arguments, and alstroemerias
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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 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…
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S01 Episode 13: Joined-up gardens. With Jo Thompson
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S01 Episode 13: Joined-up gardens. With Jo Thompson 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 fox who ate my socks. Joined-up gardens Micro book review The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Kate Bradbury, published by Bloom…
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S01 Episode 12: Midsummer rain. A weedling
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S01 Episode 12: Midsummer rain. A weedling 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 What is a "weedling"? Rain in June Petrichor https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/gardeninspo365-day124-petrichor Flooding Oberon'…
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S01 Episode 11: Gardens and food. With Victoria Wade
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S01 Episode 11: Gardens and food. With Victoria Wade 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 Bees on the fishbone cotoneaster Gardens and food Micro book review Tender, Vol 1. A cook and his vegetable patch by Nigel S…
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S01 Episode 10: Someone else's garden. With Marian Boswall
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S01 Episode 10: Somone else’s garden. With Marian Boswall 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 cuckoo. Someone else’s garden Micro book review Sweet Peas for Summer by Laetitia Maklouf, published by Bloomsbury …
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S01 Episode 09: Who is gardening for? With Sara Venn
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S01 Episode 09: Who is gardening for? With Sara Venn 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 April in the garden Bees on the goat willow. Micro book review Letters to a Beekeeper by Alys Fowler and Steve Benbow, publi…
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S01 Episode 08: Words and gardens. With Sean Swallow
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S01 Episode 08: Words and gardens. With Sean Swallow 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 Is there anything left to write about gardens? The garden as a place of ideas The garden as a place of activity – where idea…
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S01 Episode 07: On the threshold. With Lia Leendertz
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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 Birdsong, growing by the day One more week of winter Meteorological and astronomical calendars Somewhere on the threshold between two seasons #thatwinterspringthing hashtag http…
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S01 Episode 06: To stand and stare. With Laura Ellen Bacon
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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 January, and standing about in the cold. Winter readings. Lines from Alexander Pope’s Epistle IV, to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_loci…