Garden Therapy & Biodiversity

08/05/2020 59 min Temporada 2 Episodio 3
Garden Therapy & Biodiversity

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In this episode, I chat with my horticulturalist and garden designer friend about his changing philosophy to gardening, and its impact on the environment. Mark is a former nurse, and believes strongly in the healing power of working with plants for mental health and emotional well being. He shares his views on community gardening and his work with a collective of horticultural experts called Forest Flora. Enhancing biodiversity, spreading awareness of plant based therapies, managing community gardens and raising the profile of horticulture as a skilled career path.Finally we talk about how gardening and garden practices need to adapt to protect the planet, and explore a rewilding project collaboration we've both been mulling over for some time!Sean's Wild Life podcast is produced by Sean McCormack, co-produced and edited by Thomas Ntinas. Title track 'A Wild Life' kindly composed and donated by Mark Rose. All costs of production have been self funded. If you've enjoyed this episode and would like to tip me by buying me a coffee you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seanswildlife. If you would like to sponsor a future episode of Sean's Wild Life please email [email protected] and visit www.drseanmccormack.com to learn more about Sean's work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.