The Organic Gardening Podcast - April with Kate Bradbury
This month, Fiona visits author and garden writer Kate Bradbury, at her garden in Brighton. Kate shared her passion for wildlife-friendly gardening and the power of small actions to create meaningful change. Fiona and Kate discussed how connecting with nature, whether by planting pollinator-friendly flowers, creating habitats, or simply observing the life in our gardens, can combat eco-anxiety and create a community.
But I think as gardeners, we all have this connection, this affinity with the earth, with nature, and we can use our gardens to improve things for nature. Our gardens represent 5 % of the total landmass in the whole of the country. That seems really insignificant but actually that's more than all of our nature reserves put together. And I think the connection is so important.
The more of us that understand the needs of different species, then we'll have this greater understanding of the climate and biodiversity crisis. And I think that could spur us on to do more, to act more.
Also in this episode...
It's sowing time and Chris and Fiona are very busy! Chris has a front room full of seedlings again, and Fiona discusses the 5 vegetables she’s planning to grow this year. As we're heading towards Easter, Fiona and Chris share their favourite garden centre purchases.
In the postbag, Chris, Anton and Fiona are joined by organic pioneer and longest serving Garden Organic member Pauline Pears. They answer your questions, sharing advice on whether you should be cleaning your water butt, how to fix a broken fiberglass pond, and vegan/organic substitutes for bone meal.
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