• In Conversation with Daniel Deniaud-Powell - Co-owner: Des Heures Dehors

  • Mar 19 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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In Conversation with Daniel Deniaud-Powell - Co-owner: Des Heures Dehors

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  • I was delighted to be joined by Daniel Deniaud-Powell for a conversation about the wonderful potential of our gardens for supporting both biodiversity and food production, and exploring the practical steps we might take to bring such enrichment into our own green spaces and lives.

    Daniel co-owns and runs 'Des Heures Dehors' with his wife Hélène.

    His passion and connection to nature is clear, and he has a wide range of experience producing food, designing gardens and food forests and running unique enterprises; such an edible flower farm, to make small scale growing profitable.

    We touch on all of this alongside gleaning some very practical guidance for anyone considering creating an edible, biodiversity garden.

    See the video version of this episode here: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/daniel-deniaud-powell-biodiversity-gardening/

    For a further breakdown of this discussion see the timestamps below, and use the references section to find links out to Daniel's work and a range of further resources that he mentions.

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    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:05:12 - What is an Edible biodiversity garden?

    00:09:15 - Soil health & principles from regenerative farming

    00:12:44 - Supporting diversity / creating an ecosystem

    00:18:34 - Our bad relationship with creepy crawlies & creatures in our spaces

    00:24:33 - Nature isn't fully functioning - rewilding through standing back OR taking action?

    00:27:49 - Daniel's dream garden

    00:31:58 - Daniel's favourite species to include in a garden design

    00:35:50 - Including food in the biodiversity garden

    00:41:19 - How to produce food with low maintenance - approach and plant suggestions

    00:48:08 - Commercial business from a small growing space

    00:55:39 - Gardens at restaurants / working with chefs

    01:03:10 - Current focuses

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    References mentioned by Daniel:

    • Charles Dowding - Vast info on producing food 'No Dig'.
    • Richard Perkins - Farming in small spaces
    • Huw Richards - Video learning for self sufficieny / permaculture gardening
    • Dr Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School
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