Show Notes
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.
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Garden soundtrack
The cuckoo.
Someone else's garden
Micro book review
Sweet Peas for Summer by Laetitia Maklouf, published by Bloomsbury 2012 https://amzn.to/2JdtFom
Extract read by Laetitia
Turning someone else's garden into your own – the client-designer relationship.
Who really is the client?
Interview with Marian Boswall. 08:34
08:35 The client is the planet
10:19 Using Instagram to engage people about their gardens
12:00 The difference between landscape architect and garden designer
14:14 A spiritual side of gardening
17:00 The Blackthorn Trust https://www.blackthorn.org.uk/?page_id=6
17:46 Biodynamic gardening
19:30 Domestic gardens and the landscape
22:10 The garden city movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_city_movement
22:52 Planning nature back in to our towns
23:50 Gardening across society
25:00 Gardening in the city
26:00 Wakehurst Place and the Millennium Seed Bank https://www.kew.org/wakehurst/whats-at-wakehurst/millennium-seed-bank?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgZut7LGQ4gIVz7ftCh1eFgYSEAAYASAAEgLCNvD_BwE
26:32 INTENTION and PURPOSE in the garden
28:00 The 'Bossy Garden'
29:40 Big ticket garden design – how does it trickle down?
A huge thank you to Marian for joining me on this episode. You can find her here: instagram: instagram.com/marianboswalllandscapes/ twitter: twitter.com/MarianBoswall website: https://www.marianboswall.com/
Thanks also to Laetitia Maklouf for reading from her book, Sweet Peas for Summer. You can find Laetitia online on her website here https://laetitiamaklouf.com/, where you can sign up for her regular newsletter.
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