Jan 31, 2020
Rootbound. With Alice Vincent
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation,
and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.
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Garden soundtrack
More winter behind than before us
The cold and damp – joys of a good fire at the end of the
day.
Micro book review 02:02
Roger Deakin’s Notes from Walnut Tree Farm https://amzn.to/2uRIWVU
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2008
Extracts read by Rose White
Winter - a challenge for the indoor gardener
Being rootbound – a problem for houseplants…
…and also for plants in nurseries
…though a very few plants respond well to having their
roots restricted. At least in terms of flowering.
A rootbound person? Some restrictions
might be beneficial, but no-one likes to feel bound...
Interview with Alice Vincent
09:26
10:40 Alice describes her new book
11:47 Three ways in which gardening gets us
17:25 Writing a nature memoir
24:14 The experiences of women as represented in the
book
26:35 Gendered questions that keeps coming up around
nature
30:33 What’s the draw of Japan?
36:53 Gardening now on the Treehouse Balcony
42:25 What’s next for Alice
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Thank you to Alice for joining me on this episode. Alice’s
first book is How to Grow Stuff https://amzn.to/2PM28OP. You can read
my review of Rootbound. Rewilding a Life on the blog
here https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootbound-alice-vincent
Find out more about the Noughticulture talks at the
Garden Museum https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/event_location/the-garden-museum/
Alice Vincent in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/alice-vincent/
Alice on Instagram instagram.com/noughticulture
Thanks too to Rose White for reading for
us once again, this time from Roger Deakin’s Notes from Walnut Tree
Farm. You can find Rose here instagram.com/liveawelllife
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