Nov 30, 2019
Nature in a virtual
space. With Sara Tasker
A blend of slow radio,
gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best
garden and wildlife writing.
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Garden
soundtrack
Gardening in the
rain
Most used garden
tools
An argument for including a
smart phone
Social media and gardening
community
Micro book review
05:09
from
Rootbound. Rewilding a Life by Alice
Vincent
Extract read by Rose
White
The role of Instagram in
disseminating an awareness of plants, flowers and the natural
world.
Interview with Sara
Tasker 09:42
10:58 Sara’s social media
beginnings
12:46 The role of nature in
Sara’s photography, and the move from Manchester to
Yorkshire
16:58 Autumn in the city
and the countryside
18:00 Gardens or wider
landscape?
19:38 Nature getting her
way
20:21 The mood of the
pictures – escapism, or freedom?
24:07 The common theme in a
multi-hyphenated career
25:39 Communicating
ideas with Instagram
26:18 Insta cliches,
meaning and language
28:27 The effect of social
media on mental health
31:39 A female
space?
36:03 The algorithm.
Female-male dynamic – tensions between creativity and
control.
39:43 Natural
creativity winning out.
41:03 Sara’s favourite
plant…
44:41 Online courses to
help express ideas through using flowers and natural elements
in photography
46:45 15 Minute
Magic
49:20 A mutually beneficial
relationship between nature and technology?
Thanks too to Rose
White for her wonderful reading from
Rootbound. Rewinding a Life by Alice
Vincent
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
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