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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009 Podcast - Download Now
Gardens Illustrated editor Juliet Roberts talks to garden design experts about their reaction to the 2009 show.
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Kate Raggett
Artist Kate Raggett gave a talk back in March to explain her approach to the large Earthwork drawings she creates in the landscape. These pieces are site-specific and are made in direct response to the environment she is in, using a selection of found, natural and indigenous materials. They capture an essence of place and are full of movement and rhythm.
Click here to download the talk as an MP3 file. (1 hour, 5 mins)
view the accompanying gallery
Find out more about Kate's work at www.kateraggett.com
For details on Bristol Drawing School go to www.drawingschool.org.uk |
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Gardening Heroines
Listen to gardening greats Beth Chatto, Penelope Hobhouse and Joy Larkcom talk about their past and present gardening passions and find out how they have influenced our own approach to our gardens. The interviews, with writer Caroline Beck, were recorded as part of our series on Gardening Heroines. Download the interviews here.
You can read the articles in the February, March and April issues of the magazine
Click here to download the Beth Chatto, Influencial plantswoman talk as an MP3 file.
Click here to download the Penelope Hobhouse, Designer, garden historian and writer talk as an MP3 file.
Click here to download the Joy Larkcom, Vegetable and salad-growing pioneer talk as an MP3 file.
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Guerrilla Gardening
Back in summer 2008, the founder of the UK's Guerrilla Gardening movement Richard Reynolds was joined by designer Brita von Schoenaich and urban geographer Dr Felicity Callard to talk about their experiences and opinions on this growing phenomena and public planting in general.
Click here to download the talk as an MP3 file. (1 hour, 30 mins)
Click here to view an accompanying gallery of images from Richard Reynolds. (Please note that sites featured may now look different).
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Masterclass in Sustainable Garden Design
7 November 2008, CREATE centre, Bristol
Organised by the Sustainable Design Advice Committee (SDAC) who are part of the the Society of Garden Designers (SGD). The day had a morning of lectures (recorded) followed by smaller workshops for delegates with Nigel Dunnett, Tom Petherick and Jennifer Lauruol on productive gardens, permaculture and rain gardens (not recorded).
Introduction:by Alex Johnson of Elemental Landscape Architects
Speaker 1: Mark Laurence
Mark is a landscape designer and founder of green walling company Biotechture Ltd. His view of sustainability is that with the implications of peak oil, gardens must sustain our society with cyclicle production. Solutions he suggests include algae biotechture, forest gardens and aquaponics.
Warning: contains mild swearing
Click here to download the Mark Laurence lecture
View the images in the accompanying podcast gallery
Speaker 2: Nigel Dunnett
Senior lecturer in the Dept of Landscape at the University of Sheffield, Nigel has written two books: Rain Gardens and Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls. He believes that sustainable must be aesthetic and also financially make sense to be accepted. He talks about rain gardens, using design and planting to capture and utilise rain water - avoiding storm run off and floods. Disconnect your drainpipes!
Click here to download the Nigel Dunnett lecture
View the images in the accompanying podcast gallery
Further information
Society of Garden Designers www.sgd.org.uk for details and news of future events held nationwide.
Elemental Landscape Architects, www.elemental-landscape-architects.co.uk
Mark Laurence www.marklaurence.co.uk
Nigel Dunnett www.sheffield.ac.uk/landscape/staff/profiles/ndunnett
Nigel’s book Rain Gardens is co-written by Andy Clayden and published by Timber Press priced £25. It is available from our bookshop via our website
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Conceptual gardens
Picking up on our coverage of conceptual gardens in issue 142 of Gardens Illustrated from Tim Richardson and Andrew Wilson, we are delighted to be able to bring you a podcast of the New Conceptualist Garden Symposium held back in the summer at Tate Britain and organised by The Society of Garden Designers (SGD).
The event was hosted by author and garden critic Tim Richardson, who was joined by international speakers, each one a leading exponents of the conceptual vein of design within gardens. They talk about the rationale behind their work and the processes of inspiration that lead to the central ideas behind a range of projects.
The podcast has been divided into a series of files to make listening easier. Work your way through the day's talks - or pick and choose the talks from the individual speakers.
Click here for your choice of Conceptual podcast downloads.
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RHS Wisley Dahlia trials
Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter in Sussex talks about the dahlia trials at Wisley and comments on some of the findings and his favourites.
Click here to download the podcast.
Click here to view the accompanying gallery.
For more details about the trials run by the RHS go to www.rhs.org.uk/plants/plant_trials.asp
For details on Great Dixter go to www.greatdixter.co.uk or call 01797 252878. |
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2008 Podcast - Download Now
Gardens Illustrated editor Juliet Roberts spoke to three garden experts, Tim Richardson, Dan Pearson and Andrew Wilson, about this year's Chelsea Flower Show. They each give their opinions on the event picking up on current trends and must-have plants. Let us know what you thought of the show by going to our forum at www.gardensillustrated.com plus in the June issue of the magazine we have a special offer on some of the plants used in three of the gold award-winning gardens. |
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MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY
Gardening with a Legacy
Sir Roy Strong, who created his garden The Laskett together with his late
wife, and Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter in Sussex (home to
the late Christopher Lloyd) talk about their experiences of gardening with a
legacy. They consider whether a garden can be expected to live beyond the
life of its owner, and how to move a garden forward while respecting its
heritage.
Click here to download.
This was a public event held at The Museum of Garden History in London.
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details of future events please go to www.museumgardenhistory.org
Sir Roy Strong's book The Laskett is currently being reprinted. |
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