Episode 294: Wood Meadows

Roots and All - Gardening Podcast

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode where I have a returning guest, Jake Rayson. We’re talking about wood meadows, or rather we’re talking around the periphery of wood meadows as a concept. We’re talking about the use of land, gardens, humans and wildlife and generally getting a bit ranty about the absolute state of things. I realise that’s not by much in the way of introduction, but the conversation twists and turns and the best thing to do is just take a listen…

Links

When culture supports biodiversity: The case of the wooded meadow by Kull, Kukk & Lotman 2003 Three Hagges Wood Meadow, designed by Linden Hawthorne & managed by Plantlife Tending The Wild by Kat Anderson Readings on Land Ownership reading circle by Antonia Malchik How Buildings Learn, TV series & book by Stuart Brand The Real World of Technology lectures & book by Ursula Franklin The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber & David Wengrow Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte Less Is More by Jason Hickel Meadows by George Peterken Is fly-tipping good for biodiversity? by John Little

Other episodes if you liked this one:

No Mow May - This episode, my guest is Mark Schofield, Plantlife’s Road Verge Advisor for the UK. Mark has a huge amount of experience when it comes to green space conservation and is currently involved in a number of projects across the country to manage road verges better for wildlife involving biomass harvesting trials and the use of AI in surveys. He’s also one of Plantlife’s representatives for the #NoMowMay campaign, and in this interview, he talks about how we can maintain both private and public green spaces more sympathetically for wildflowers and the wildlife they support.

Meadows with Keith Datchler - Join me for an interview with conservationist and wild meadows expert Keith Datchler. We talk about the state of our wildflower meadows, their importance for biodiversity and where we, as humans, fit as part of the biodiversity that feels at home in meadows.we take a light-hearted look at the power of plants to help you manifest your deepest desires.

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