Jul 3, 2019
S01 Episode 13: Joined-up gardens. With Jo
Thompson
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation,
and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.
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Garden soundtrack
The fox who ate my socks.
Joined-up gardens
Micro book review
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Kate Bradbury, published by
Bloomsbury 2018
Extract read by Rachel Coldbreath
Interview with Jo Thompson 07:46
08:27 The BBC Springwatch garden at RHS Hampton Court
Flower show
17:05 Talking to the neighbours
17:44 Does a wildlife garden have to look
messy?
21:45 Letting nature find its balance
22:46 A conversation with nature – a cooperative way to
garden
26:12 An ongoing relationship between a designer and her
gardens
30:42 The concept of “rewinding” in garden
design
34:08 Jo’s planting style
38:21 Jo’s love for roses: what’s the attraction of
roses?
Arne Maynard’s head gardener Steve Lannin on roses
An article by Sarah Raven in the Telegraph on growing roses at
Sissinghurst
Light touch gardening – a winning situation for all
A huge thank you to Jo for joining me on this episode. You can
find her here:
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jothompsongarden/
Thanks also to Rachel Coldbreath for reading the extract from
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. You can find Rachel on
Twitter at https://twitter.com/chiller.
And I’m indebted as ever to Richard Chivers, for giving voice
to the Garden Jargon Buster. You can find Richard’s blog
here http://sharpenyourspades.co.uk/,
or seek him out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sharpenyourspades/ or
Twitter https://twitter.com/spadesharp.
website: gardensweedsandwords.com
Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB
Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB