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Wesley Kerr - advocate for London's parks and gardens, in conversation (opens the original)
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Wesley Kerr has been the longest serving Board Member for London's Royal Parks - from 2013 - 2025. A journalist and broadcaster (including being a BBC Royal Correspondent) and a member of a number of boards and councils concerned with heritage and horticulture, Wesley's knowledge, of the royal parks is impressive and his love and enthusiasm for them infectious. We talk to him about his career and London's green spaces.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO – webinars, courses, films, workshops, and perh
Having a garden, as opposed to wanting to garden (opens the original)
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Michael McCoy makes a distinction between people who want to garden with those who want to have a garden. This sets off an interesting discussion about the place of gardens in different cultures and in particular in the relationship between designers and domestic gardeners, the success of a ‘less is more’ approach to garden making, and the challenges of managing and maintaining gardens over time. Both discuss various gardens they like, or have seen over the years, and in particular express a lov
Sarah Salway, garden poet and historian, in conversation (opens the original)
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Sarah does some readings from her work and discusses her approach to celebrating gardens and garden history through verse, and her very innovative approach to using your garden as a source for creative and artistic activity. A lively discussion with Noel and Richard Court ensues.Sarah’s verse biography of Capability Brown can be bought from Worple Press.FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO – webinars, courses, films, workshops, and perhaps sign up for our newsletter, or even join us to get discounts o
Alina Hibbert wins a Gold at Malvern (and more!) (opens the original)
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With a father working as a professional gardener, horticulture was always part of Alina’s life; she even knew that she wanted to design gardens at 7. This year she designed her first show garden for the RHS Malvern spring festival with Back to Grandma’s House’ in the indoor plant garden category, inspired by grandparents’ homes and the garden books of D.G. Hessayon, and Alina’s love of 70’s style. At under 30 years old Alina achieved a Gold medal, Best Indoor Plant Garden, and the People’s Choic
Bernarda Strgar - Slovenian nursery owner, designer and (once upon a time) plant smuggler (opens the original)
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Bernarda is the pioneer grower of perennials in Slovenia. We talk about her nursery and design business - including getting started with a car load of smuggled plants, back in the days of what was then Yugoslavia; and her incredibly floristically rich country.This is the audio from our recording with Bernarda on You TubeFIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO – webinars, courses, films, workshops, and perhaps sign up for our newsletter, or even join us to get discounts on events and recordings www.garden
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