Episodes

  • The Therapeutic Properties of Nature with Beth Collier

    The Therapeutic Properties of Nature with Beth Collier
    Jan 30 2025
    What role does nature play in our mental and emotional wellbeing? Beth Collier, a Nature Allied Psychotherapist and ethnographer, teaches woodland living skills and natural history and helps people connect with the natural world to support their mental health. Beth shares how nature can nurture during therapy, the barriers people of colour face in accessing outdoor spaces and how we can create more inclusive natural environments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • The Power of Community Gardening with Stephen Mason

    The Power of Community Gardening with Stephen Mason
    Jan 28 2025
    Community gardens play a vital role in making green space accessible to everyone, particularly those in inner city areas where gardens are at a minimum. Such spaces are also a great source of wellbeing through gardening and volunteering opportunities, gatherings and events, places to grow food and help combat climate change, and most importantly connect with nature. In this episode, Stephen Mason, gardener at The Hoxton Trust Community Garden in East London, and a pioneer in growing green spaces for everyone, shares his thoughts about the power of community gardens, the many benefits they provide, and how to set one up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Sowalong - Radish with Sarah Edwards

    Sowalong - Radish with Sarah Edwards
    Jan 25 2025
    Crunchy, bright and full of peppery flavour, the radish is one of the quickest and easiest crops to grow. Enjoy growing along with the seeds in this month’s magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Beat Stress and Boost Brain Power using Plants

    Beat Stress and Boost Brain Power using Plants
    Jan 23 2025
    Significantly reduce your stress levels, improve your ability to concentrate, and alleviate depression, using plants. Kathy Willis, professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, explains the dramatic impact plants have on our mental and physical health, and shares the wealth of scientific evidence from around the world that proves the power of nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Grow a healthier diet with Daphne Lambert

    Grow a healthier diet with Daphne Lambert
    Jan 21 2025
    How does the food we eat shape our health, wellbeing and connection to the planet? Daphne Lambert is a medicinal chef, nutritionist and founding member of the Greencuisine Trust and has spent decades exploring the profound links between food, health and sustainability. From running an award-winning organic restaurant to teaching about soil, gut health and the food matrix, she shares how gardeners can nourish themselves through their harvests the emotional and social power of food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Sowalong - Snapdragons with Matt Biggs

    Sowalong - Snapdragons with Matt Biggs
    Jan 20 2025
    They're fun plants and they get their name from the fact that if you gently squeeze the mouth of the flower it opens wide, just like a Chinese dragon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Managing Type 2 Diabetes & Weight Through Gardening

    Managing Type 2 Diabetes & Weight Through Gardening
    Jan 16 2025
    When he received his type 2 diabetes diagnosis, gardener and writer Andrew Oldham took his gardening expertise to a new level, growing on his hillside plot in the Pennines to bring back his health. Discover how Andrew’s down to earth gardening and cooking has helped him lose weight and reverse his type 2 diabetes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • How Woodlands Boost your Health with Sally Bavin

    How Woodlands Boost your Health with Sally Bavin
    Jan 14 2025
    A winter woodland walk – there’s nothing like it to boost your mood. But did you know the wellbeing benefits of a woodland walk actually go much deeper, with real physical health benefits? So in this episode we’re talking to Sally Bavin of the Woodland Trust to unveil the surprising science behind our relationship with these magical places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins