Edge of the Hedge podcast guides you in rekindling and nurturing your connection with nature, through field recordings, rich narration, sensory exploration and contemplation. It takes you on an gentle, peaceful audio journey, walking the landscape with herbalist and nature educator, Hannah Sylvester, tracking the seasons and changing landscapes through the year. Join us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, for visual augmentations to each episode - just search 'Edge of the Hedge. What other people say: "Really love the production of these podcasts; feels like your out and about in the environment Hannah is in, her words are descriptive and rhythmic making listening and learning about the topic easy and pleasant.". "Soothing and intimate: Hannah Knows her plants and has a natural kindship with the landscape and the turning of the year. This podcast feels like a walk with a gentlewoman or wise woman, or both! Make a cup of tea, relax and treat yourself to 23 minutes of peaceful insights"
Ep.4 - The light returning: Lichens on the hedgerow, Winter Aconites, and sheep in the fields
As we spring towards February, I have some wooly company by the edge of the hedge, and I find myself drawn to the luminescent lichen on the hawthorn hedge, before heading back into the village to see the yellow beacons of floral groundcover that are the winter aconite in the churchyard. And on the way, coming across the chattering local starlings who’ve recently lost their regular perching site. Recorded at the end of January, we're approaching the midpoint between Winter Solstice and the S...
21 Dec 2022
The Holly Tree, Winter Solstice and a Mistle Thrush
In this episode, it's approaching December's Winter Solstice, in Lincolnshire in the east of the UK, where Hannah (herbalist, nature educator and host) lives. We take a crunchy walk through the frozen landscape after an unusually hard frost, before going to meet a striking, berry-laden Holly tree in the village graveyard, and we hear what could well be a Mistle Thrush... Heralded as the start of astronomical winter, winter solstice is the 24 hour period when there are the shortest number of ...
10 Aug 2021
Episode 2 - Mallows and Purple Hedgerows of Summer
This month, we'll be taking a walk along a hedgerow-lined path in Lincolnshire, slowing the walking pace, and noticing things perhaps otherwise unseen. And meeting a vibrant purple beacon in the July hedgerow - the Common Mallow, or Malva sylvestris. Hannah shares some images of her walk with the Mallows, on the Edge of the Hedge instagram https://www.instagram.com/edgeofthehedge/ Shownotes to accompany this episode can be accesed here: http://thedistrictherbalist.co.uk/edge-of-the-hedge-e...
22 Jun 2021
Episode 1: Linden Trees in Midsummer
This month, join Hannah taking a walk through the fields of Lincolnshire, listening to skylarks, watching how the wind moves through the barley, seeing swallows swoop over the fields, and taking a special trip to visit some beautiful Linden Trees, to experience their peace and beauty, in Riseholme, just to the north of Lincoln. Hannah shares some images of her trip to Riseholme on the Edge of the Hedge instagram https://www.instagram.com/edgeofthehedge/ You can find augmented visual conte...
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