A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. With Andrew O'Brien.
Gardens, weeds and words
Claim This Podcastby Andrew O'Brien: gardener, blogger, podcaster
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A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. With Andrew O'Brien.
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April 15, 2025
S03.5 Episode 4: What your garden wants from you
<p><strong>Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E04 show notes</strong></p> <p>A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.</p> <p>These notes may contain affiliate links. </p> <p><br /> <strong>Garden soundtrack</strong></p> <p>00:40 spring settling in, and it’s been a warm, dry start</p> <p>02:34 what your garden wants from you, the last in my series of readings on how to find yourself in a state of harmony with your garden</p> <p> </p> <p>reading</p> <p>08:00 ‘Cow Parsley’ from Jack Wallington’s <a href= "https://amzn.to/3Qd33oa">Wild About Weeds</a>, read by <a href="https://www.milliproust.com"><strong>Milli Proust</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p>interview</p> <p>10:52 Jack joins us to talk about the impact of his book five (now six!) years on, how practical it really is to incorporate weeds purposefully into our gardens, and whether a gentler, more natural approach to planting has any cut through beyond the garden media.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>12:08 Did Jack’s pro-weed stance feel like a lonely position to be adopting back in 2019?</p> <p>13:28 The effect on Jack’s garden design practice</p> <p>13:54 The manifesto approach to writing your first book</p> <p>14:42 Has there been a noticeable change in the attitude of gardeners towards weeds since the publication of the book?</p> <p>17:50 Has there been any trickle down to the general public from a wilder look embraced by top garden designers at shows like Chelsea?</p> <p>22:54 A plant in the wrong place? Weren’t they here first? But gardening is largely about declaring what we want to grow and where. How does Jack find a middle ground?</p> <p>25:25 Managing a weedy population – regular culling</p> <p>26:22 Jack’s wildflower meadow and help with weeding</p> <p>27:15 Practical steps with embracing weeds – where do you start with becoming wild about weeds?</p> <p>29:22 A weedy through-line – how weeds flow through all of Jack’s work</p> <p>***</p> <p>Thank you to <strong><a href="https://www.milliproust.com">Milli Proust</a></strong> for her delightful reading from Jack’s book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3Qd33oa">Wild About Weeds</a>, published by Lawrence King in 2019.</p> <p>My own book, <a href="https://geni.us/Qs2d">To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing</a>, is published by DK Life, and is available here</p> <p>I’m ever appreciative of 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 cup of coffee for three quid, at <a href= "https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB">https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB</a>. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. </p> <p> </p> <p>substack: <a href= "https://andrewtimothyobrien.substack.com/">Bramble & Briar</a><br /> website: <a href= "https://andrewtimothyobrien.squarespace.com/">www.andrewtimothyobrien.com</a><br /> email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com<br /> instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB">instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB</a></p>
February 13, 2025
S03.5 Episode 3: the picture perfect garden
<p><strong>Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E03 show notes</strong></p> <p>A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.</p> <p>These notes may contain affiliate links. </p> <p><br /> <strong>Garden soundtrack</strong></p> <p>Winter conditions in the garden.</p> <p>01:17 A weed for every situation</p> <p>reading<br /> 02:18 from Jack Wallington’s <a href= "https://amzn.to/3Qd33oa">Wild About Weeds</a>, read by Andy Wain</p> <p> </p> <p>04:15 When to start sowing seeds – a flurry of mild debate</p> <p>05:28 What instinctively feels right for us in the garden?</p> <p>06:09 How do you want your garden to look and feel? The third instalment of my series on easing into harmony with your garden.</p> <p>Q1. How do you want to feel when you’re in your garden?</p> <p>Q2. ...and what’s getting in the way of this right now?</p> <p>Q3. What do you like about you garden?</p> <p>Q4. What do you dislike about your garden? </p> <p>Q5. What aspects of gardens and gardening do you find visually appealing? </p> <p>Q6. ...and how do you think you might incorporate these into your garden?</p> <p>Q7. What stories do you want your garden to tell?</p> <p> </p> <p>***</p> <p>Thank you to Andy Wain for his spirited reading from Jack’s book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3Qd33oa">Wild About Weeds</a>, published by Lawrence King in 2019.</p> <p>My own book, <a href="https://geni.us/Qs2d">To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing</a>, is published by DK Life, and is available here</p> <p>I’m ever appreciative of 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 cup of coffee for three quid, at <a href= "https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB">https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB</a>. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. </p> <p> </p> <p>substack: <a href= "https://andrewtimothyobrien.substack.com/">Bramble & Briar</a><br /> website: <a href= "https://andrewtimothyobrien.squarespace.com/">www.andrewtimothyobrien.com</a><br /> email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com<br /> instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB">instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB</a><br /> <br /></p>
November 6, 2024
S03.5 Episode 2: What we want from our gardens
<h3 style="white-space: pre-wrap;" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E02 show notes</h3> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em>A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.</em></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">These notes may contain affiliate links. </p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Autumn is settling in and, if we’re honest, we start to spend less time actively gardening. More time for the soil to grow what it really wants, more time for us to start dreaming next year’s garden into being. In this episode, we hear how weeds have evolved to depend upon us making room for them to exploit, with another reading form Jack Wallington’s <em>Wild About Weeds</em>. And I bring you the second instalment of my series on easing into harmony with your garden.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Garden soundtrack</strong></p> <p>00:40 How we could use our gardens more all year round</p> <p>02:00 Essential kit for experiencing a soggy garden</p> <p>03:20 Assessing the garden in autumn, and making a habit of showing up</p> <p>04:20 What the weeds are getting up to, and how humans and weeds go hand in hand </p> <p> </p> <p><em>reading</em></p> <p>05:55 from Jack Wallington's <em><a href= "https://amzn.to/3MroBvh">Wild About Weeds</a>, </em>read by <strong>Rose</strong> <strong>White</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>08:29 Purpose and intention in the garden – weedy, or not so weedy? It's up to you!</p> <p>09:23 What do you want from your garden? The second instalment of my series on easing into harmony with your garden.</p> <p> </p> <p>18:48 A special quality to gardening at this time of year – read more on <a href= "https://andrewtimothyobrien.substack.com/p/on-lazy-clouds-and-the-softness-of"> Bramble & Briar</a>, my publication on Substack (you can listen there, too)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://andrewtimothyobrien.substack.com/p/on-lazy-clouds-and-the-softness-of"> <em>On lazy clouds, and the softness of November</em></a>, Andrew O'Brien, on <strong>Bramble & Briar</strong></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><em>***</em></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to <strong>Rose White</strong> for reading so beautifully from Jack's book, <em><a href="https://amzn.to/3MroBvh">Wild About Weeds</a>,</em> published by Lawrence King in 2019.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(You can order Rose’s own book of her poetry, <em>Songbird</em>, <a href= "https://liveawelllife.co.uk/order-songbird/p/songbird-book-of-poems"> here</a>. 10% of all proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the charity BEAT Eating Disorders<a href= "https://amzn.to/4cOwUw7">)</a>.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My own book, <em>To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing</em>, is published by DK Life, and is available <a href= "https://geni.us/Qs2d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m ever appreciative of 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 cup of coffee for three quid, at <a href= "https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB">https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB</a>. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. </p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /> website: <a href= "http://gardensweedsandwords.com/">gardensweedsandwords.com</a><br /> email: <a href= "mailto:gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com">gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com</a><br /> Instagram: <a href= "http://instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB">instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB</a><br /> Twitter: <a href= "http://twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB">twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB</a></p>
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