S01 Episode 09: Who is gardening for? With Sara Venn

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, published by Unbound 2017

https://amzn.to/2Ud183o

 

Extract read by Rose White

 

 

How accessible is gardening to everyone? Or…Who is gardening for?

 

Interview with Sara Venn

 

07:45 Why should people care about gardening?

 

11:37 Gardening helping people to reclaim agency

 

16:30 Access to gardening – can the industry and the media get in the way?

 

20:46 Entry points to gardening – the problem with garden centres...

 

22:35 The Independent Plant Nursery Guide 

http://independentplantnurseriesguide.uk/

 

The Hardy Plant Society

http://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/

 

The Herb Society

https://herbsociety.org.uk/

 

The Alpine Garden Society

https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/

 

26:41 How is gardening doing as regards representation?

 

29:30 How about gardening jargon as a barrier?

 

34:08 Who is gardening for?

 

36:50 Three reasons to get involved with gardening

 

A huge thank you to Sara for joining me on this episode. You can find Sara here:

instagram: instagram.com/saralimback

twitter: twitter.com/saralimback

blog: thecommunitygarden.co.uk

website: ediblebristol.org.uk

 

Thank you to Rose White and Richard Chivers for contributing their warm and wonderful tones to this episodes with the readings. Rose is an intuitive eating coach, and you can find her on instagram at instagram.com/liveawelllife, or on her website at liveawelllife.co.uk. Richard is the man behind the highly acclaimed Grow Your Own blog at sharpenyourspades.com, also hanging out in the tiny squares at instagram.com/sharpenyourspades. 

 

 

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