Show Notes
S01 Episode 13: Joined-up gardens. With Jo Thompson
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 fox who ate my socks.
Joined-up gardens
Micro book review
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Kate Bradbury, published by Bloomsbury 2018 https://amzn.to/2xqWSEw
Full review https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/the-bumblebee-flies-anyway
Extract read by Rachel Coldbreath
Interview with Jo Thompson 07:46
08:27 The BBC Springwatch garden at RHS Hampton Court Flower show
17:05 Talking to the neighbours
17:44 Does a wildlife garden have to look messy?
21:45 Letting nature find its balance
22:46 A conversation with nature – a cooperative way to garden
26:12 An ongoing relationship between a designer and her gardens
30:42 The concept of "rewinding" in garden design
34:08 Jo's planting style
38:21 Jo's love for roses: what's the attraction of roses?
Arne Maynard's head gardener Steve Lannin on roses http://arnemaynard.com/journal/garden-diary/a-good-year-for-the-roses/#.XRt2zJNKjJw
An article by Sarah Raven in the Telegraph on growing roses at Sissinghurst https://www.gardensillustrated.com/plants/15-roses-from-sissinghurst-castle/
Light touch gardening – a winning situation for all
A huge thank you to Jo for joining me on this episode. You can find her here: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jothompsongarden/ website: http://jothompson-garden-design.co.uk/
Thanks also to Rachel Coldbreath for reading the extract from The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. You can find Rachel on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chiller.
And I'm indebted as ever to Richard Chivers, for giving voice to the Garden Jargon Buster. You can find Richard's blog here http://sharpenyourspades.co.uk/, or seek him out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sharpenyourspades/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/spadesharp.
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