Oct 12, 2018
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation,
and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.
Garden soundtrack
October reflections
A micro review of Monty Don's The Ivington
Diaries, published 2009 by Bloomsbury. Criminally,
this now appears to be out of print, but I’m sure you can track a
second hand copy down. https://amzn.to/2yd3SFE
Gardening in the landscape. How we impose
ourselves on the landscape with our gardens (as well as our towns
and cities and all the built infrastructure of modern life) – which
might sound a little overcooked but, really – hear me out
here.
An interview with the splendid Celia Hart,
whose illustrations you may well know from Gardens Illustrated
Magazine and now the new Almanac for 2019. Celia's website is
here. www.celiahart.co.uk
Gardens Illustrated Magazine. https://www.gardensillustrated.com/
A review of The Almanac: a seasonal guide for 2019 by
Lia Leendertz with illustrations by Celia
Hart on the blog at http://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/almanac-2019
An interesting article on green corridors for wildlife
in urban environments. The role of green corridors for
wildlife conservation in urban landscape: a literature review.
H A Aziz and M H Rasidi, 2014
Derek Jarman at Prospect Cottage.
Modern Nature: The journals of Derek Jarman
1989-1990, which details the creation of the garden at
Prospect Cottage https://amzn.to/2yz3Nvk
Derek Jarman’s Garden, a hardback volume dedicated to
the garden, including Jarman’s own handwritten notes.
https://amzn.to/2NDs4pE
Dungeness links
Dungeness Old Lighthouse https://dungenesslighthouse.com/
RSPB Dungeness http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dungeness/index.aspx
Dungeness page of the Romney Marsh website https://theromneymarsh.net/dungeness
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway http://www.rhdr.org.uk/
Beth Pinkerton, our charming reader for this
episode's book review. Twitter https://twitter.com/MissPinks Instagram
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