Posts in gardening
Growing to be 100% Self sufficient for the family #275

On this podcast I chat to Becky from Sow Much More in which we talk about growing to be 100% Self sufficient for her family. We also discuss why she started documenting her journey, what she does does to get her daughters gardening and why Grow Your Own is so important to her and her family.

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"We need government funded programs to teach children GYO" #269

I speak to Alison Mcintosh also known as Lancashire Rose about how we can get children gardening from so many different views in the gardening world. We've never had a guest on before that can see this from so many sides as Alison is a Teacher, Garden Designer, Environment Educator at Wigan Council, Farm visit coordinator at Country Trust, future forest school teacher and parent. In this one hour special podcast we really get in to it on how it can be done.

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Home School and Outdoor Learning #261

My weekly garden and family update with some chat on the struggles of home schooling and outdoor learning. I also talk about how I've turned into the father I didn't think I would be, why my daughter is not returning back to school and also how a little bit of rain has brought the garden to life!

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Forest School with Stuart Jackson #260

This week I speak to Forest School Teacher from Ashton Keynes Primary School, Mr Stuart Jackson on his take on getting children gardening and how he inspires them to get outdoors learning, how he first got into education and what he believes the future of the outdoor classroom is.

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Getting Lost in Lockdown #258

In this podcast I talk about getting lost in Lockdown through social media, out in the garden and during a family walk. Throughout the past 12 weeks having been self isolating and being in lockdown too, I didn't realise the strain of working, home schooling and family life, which eventually came to a head and I talk about in todays pod. I also discuss what I've been up to in the garden and how we got lost during a family walk exploring around our area, and making the most of the open space we have around us.

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Children's Gardening with Ellen Mary #257

I chat to Radio and TV presenter Ellen Mary on an Insta-live on How to get children gardening. Following on from the Launch of my new How to get Kids Gardening Book, I chat to Ellen Mary from The Plant Based Podcast, about getting children into gardening throughout lockdown and how you don't have to spend alot of money gardening.

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Monty Don of Gardeners' World #157

In his first ever podcast interview, I chat to Gardeners’ World Presenter and gardening “Top dog” Monty Don.

In this podcast we discuss how he went from jeweller to TV gardener.. how he feels about being in the spotlight and when he thinks he'll pass on the baton of BBC Gardeners World head presenter.

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