Show Notes
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.
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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 of connection to the land. Taken for granted.
Interview with the Claire Ratinon 03:39
4:50 TV Production in New York: Claire's Eureka Moment Brooklyn Grange Farm https://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/
8:14 Career change gardeners
11:15 Early plant memories. Or not!
16:47 Formative food memories.
18:42 Living and growing in Hackney
20:33 Claire's organic growing training
OrganicLea https://www.organiclea.org.uk/
Growing Communities https://www.growingcommunities.org/
25:14 The importance of urban growing
27:58 A taste of what's possible. The role of a growing educator.
30:32 Organic. Urban. Mindful.
37:39 The representatino of People of Colour within gardening and growing. Tokenism, racial passing. Having to aggressively assimilate.
44:58 Burden, responsibility or privilege?
51:09 The party played by Claire's relationship to the land in her identity.
58:09 After Hackney
60:56 What's next for Claire?
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Thank you to Claire for joining me on this episode. You can preorder Claire's book How to grow your dinner without leaving the house, to be published by Laurence King in September 2020, here https://amzn.to/2xx6O2p
Claire's website: https://www.claireratinon.com/ Claire on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/claireratinon/
Thanks too to Jemma Mulholland for reading for us. You can find Jemma on social media here https://www.instagram.com/popcorn_for_lunch/
I'm ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.
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