Show Notes
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/
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