S02 Episode 7: How to Get Kids Gardening. With Lee Connelly
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Games & Hobbies
Gardening
Interview
Categories Via RSS |
Home & Garden
Leisure
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Feb 28, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:41:42
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
 
Almost March. 
 
Children in the garden…
 
…a gardener’s perspective
 
The gardener in the garden…
 
…a child's perspective
 
 
Poem 03:04
 
The Gardener by Robert Louis Stevenson
 
Read by Peta Cootes
 
 
Early experiences of plants and gardens – a minor obsession
 
How do you get kid’s gardening?
 
 
Interview with the Skinny Jean Gardener, Lee Connelly 09:21 
 
10:14 What’s this about Skinny Jeans?
 
12:07 The Skinny Jean Gardener podcast and Monty Don
 
14:40 Being the Blue Peter gardener
 
16:58 Lee’s early plant and garden memories
 
21:11 Time for gardening as a family
 
22:53 The importance of getting children interested in gardening
 
25:00 The role of schools and parents 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
27:40 Schools allotment project with Marks & Spencer
 
30:55 Ornamentals or veg? What has the most educational value for children?
 
34:53 The new book, How to Get Kids Gardening
 
 
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Thank you to Lee for joining me on this episode. Lee's book is How to Get Kids Gardening https://amzn.to/2wQYUkc
 
The Skinny Jean Gardener Podcast is here http://skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/podcast
 
 
Thanks too to Peta Coote for reading for us. You can find Peta and her work here instagram.com/nourishingsoulfully 
 
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. 
 
 
One-to-one online garden coaching
I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. A few limited places left on introductory prices!
 
 
 
 

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