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S02 Episode 1: Nature all around. With Caro Langton

Podcast |: Gardens, weeds and words
Publisher |: Andrew O'Brien: gardener, blogger, podcaster
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Games & Hobbies,; Gardening,; Interview
Categories Via RSS |: Home & Garden,; Leisure,; Society & Culture
Publication Date |: Sep 26, 2019
Episode Duration |: 00:36:31

S02 Episode 1: Nature all around. With Caro Langton

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.

These notes may contain affiliate links.

Garden soundtrack

Autumn is here

Nature all around us

Reading 03:40

To Autumn by John Keats

Read by Rose White, Richard Chivers and Rachel Coldbreath.

05:55 Nature Unnoticed

07:28 The pot of basil

Interview with Caro Langton 08:46

09:25 House of Plants

10:09 Where did the journey into plant obsession begin for Caro?

13:41 What’s going on in the plant:person equation?

The Moth Snowstorm: nature and joy by Michael McCarthy

https://amzn.to/2m5XmOn

17:23 Plant tribes and communities

The Houseplant Festival at the London Garden Museum, 21 September 2019

https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/houseplant-festival/

21:04 Plant installations

23:42 What makes a garden?

26:15 A deep connection with plants in a short space of time.

31:34 What’s next in the RoCo story?

Huge thanks to Caro for making time to talk to me about her work and her life with plants. You can find out more about Caro and the work she does with Rose Ray as RoCo here:

website: co.uk/">https://www.ro-co.uk

instagram: http://instagram.com/studio.roco

House of Plants: living with succulents, air plants and cacti

by Rose Ray and Caro Langton, published by Frances Lincoln 2016

https://amzn.to/2nxOtNP

Root, Nurture, Grow: the essential guide to propagating and sharing houseplants

by Caro Langton and Rose Ray, published by Quadrille 2018

https://amzn.to/2ls8IvO

You can read my review of Root, Nurture, Grow here

https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootnurturegrow

The effect of plants in the workplace on productivity…

Nieuwenhuis, M., Knight, C., Postmes, T., & Haslam, S. A. (2014). The relative benefits of green versus lean office space: Three field experiments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(3), 199-214.

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-30837-001

Do plants increase workplace productivity? https://www.goget.com.au/blog/plants-in-the-office/

With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at fi.com/andrewtimothyOB">https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.

website: gardensweedsandwords.com

email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com

Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB

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