Show Notes
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
Leisure, by William Henry Davies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_(poem)
Interview with Laura Ellen Bacon
05:39 Plant memories
10:00 Laura's materials
12:05 Describing Laura's work
14:08 Creative process
15:10 Finding a sense of place
18:10 Characteristics of a space
18:46 Laura's own garden
22:38 Working with a softer, more organic backdrop of the garden
31:05 Movement in Laura's work
33:16 How being a mother has changed things
38:52 Creating intimate garden spaces
Laura's website is http://lauraellenbacon.com
You can find her on on Twitter at http://twiter.com/lauraellenbacon and Instagram http://instagram.com/lauraellenbacon
You can read details about the Woman's Hour Craft Prize here https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/about-the-womens-hour-craft-prize?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwKnAxLqE4AIVyOFRCh2_fwraEAAYASAAEgKmCfD_BwE
With thanks to Laura for being my guest this episode, and again to Beth Pinkerton for providing her smooth tones for the reading, once more at absurdly short notice. You can find Beth here: Twitter https://twitter.com/MissPinks Instagram instagram.com/misspinks
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