Episodes

  • Sowalong - Daucus carota, with Claire Vennis

    Sowalong - Daucus carota, with Claire Vennis
    Feb 28 2026
    Dainty and beautiful, Daucus carota is an ornamental variety of wild carrot that produces flowing airy flower clusters. The flowers add interest to a border, vegetable patch or meadow-style area and can encourage biodiversity to your garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Green therapy for mental health, with Cathy Schofield

    Green therapy for mental health, with Cathy Schofield
    Feb 26 2026
    Pioneering scheme transforms mental health care in Bradford. The NHS Trust is using projects including allotment visits, canal-side walks and VR headsets showing footage of the local moors, as part of its treatment for patients suffering from a range of mental health problems. Practionioner Cathy Schofield shares how this could become the future of NHS mental health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • The theraputic nature of gardening for wellbeing, with Ozichi Brewster

    The theraputic nature of gardening for wellbeing, with Ozichi Brewster
    Feb 24 2026
     Connecting with nature and gardening are proven ways to benefit our health and wellbeing. Support for people to engage in nature-based interventions is also on the rise, highlighting the vital work that a burgeoning collective of community gardens and community gardeners are doing. Therapeutic gardener at RHS Bridgewater, Salford, Ozichi Brewster talks about the healing power of nature and gardening, and how a rise in social prescribing is helping a range of health and wellbeing issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Sowalong - Ratibida, with Claire Vennis

    Sowalong - Ratibida, with Claire Vennis
    Feb 21 2026
    If you haven’t heard of Ratibida before, it’s also known as the Prairie coneflower. A plant that thrives in dry conditions, it's happy growing in many planting locations from a cottage or informal garden to a gravel garden, in prairie planting, and in flower borders and beds, as well as to grow for a cut flower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Creating community cohesion through urban green spaces, with Navdeep Deol

    Creating community cohesion through urban green spaces, with Navdeep Deol
    Feb 19 2026
    Creating green spaces for our cities and community gardens for residents are ways to bring pockets of nature into our urban landscapes. By strengthening social ties, they bring neighbours together, foster a sense of belonging, and create supportive, multicultural networks, transforming neighbourhoods and empowering residents to reshape the way cities think about green space. Naveep Deol, trustee of the National Park City Foundation and chair of the London National Park City, is a passionate advocate for greener cities, the community gardening movement, and how these shared green spaces can act as small sanctuaries that nurture both personal and community health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • How we're shaping the future of the natural world, with Dr Tony Juniper

    How we're shaping the future of the natural world, with Dr Tony Juniper
    Feb 17 2026
    As we look for ways to spend more time in nature, how can we build a deeper and more meaningful relationship with the natural world? What does it mean to connect with nature, why does it matter and how have we drifted away from it? Chair of Natural England, Tony Juniper is one of the UK’s most influential environmental thinkers and campaigners. Combining scientific insight, policy expertise, and a passion for the natural world, he'll discuss how reconnecting can change not just the way we live, but the world we’re shaping for generations to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • Sowalong - Chilis, with Claire Vennis

    Sowalong - Chilis, with Claire Vennis
    Feb 14 2026
    If you wish to grow chillis this year, it’s important to get started early in the season and sow in the first few months of the year. Chillis need a long and warm growing season, and by starting them early - from January to March - you’ll give them the time they need to grow, flower, and ripen their fruits fully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • How natural play impacts kids' immune systems, with Marja Roslund

    How natural play impacts kids' immune systems, with Marja Roslund
    Feb 12 2026
    Two-year study reveals the startling impact that playing in nature has on children's immune systems, and their likelihood of developing allergies and diseases such as asthma and diabetes. Researcher Marja Roslund talks about the dramatic changes they measured in children's ability to fight off illnesses and the reduction in harmful bacteria found in their gut, after they rewilded the children's daycare centres, bringing in soil, plants and even a section of forest floor. She also explains the causal link between the explosion in allergies and conditions such as asthma and diabetes, and the changes we can make to make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 mins