Our Plant Stories

Sally Flatman
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Our Plant Stories

Our Plant Stories - digging into the stories that plants tell us about people and places. This is a podcast that shares personal stories about plants. Plants often root us, perhaps to a garden, a country, or maybe to a person who loved them and taught us to love them too. By sharing these stories, we grow our plant knowledge through the experience, passions and sometimes quite remarkable knowledge of other plant growers and we will always learn how to grow the plant. It's presented by Sally Flatman, a former BBC Radio producer. If you have a plant story you would like to share, then do contact me: sally@ourplantstories.com and take a look at the website www.ourplantstories.com

  1. 11/26/2024

    The Camden Highline

    You may well have heard about the New York High Line but did you know that there are plans afoot for a Highline in London? It has got the same design team as the NY one and Piet Oudolf will be doing the planting but before we get to the plants - there's a 'bit of treacle' to wade through. Take this audio tour so you can start to become familiar with this incredibly exciting venture and hear about seeing 'trains in the wild'! I hope in the podcast we will follow its progress. There's plenty of imagination and tenacity at work here and we as plant lovers, can get on board too. Simon Pitkeathley, the CEO of the Camden Highline is our guide. Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy Mentioned in this episode: Buy Me A Coffee

    33 min

  2. 11/12/2024

    A walk on the Castlefield Viaduct

    Take an audio walk through a park in the sky above Manchester. We’ll walk a route that spans 130 years of history; where once there were trains now there are plants and pedestrians. We perhaps associate the National Trust with stately homes, grand gardens and stretches of countryside but this episode may make you think again. And how does the Castlefield viaduct link with an iconic structure in a famous British seaside town? Kate Picker from the National Trust is our guide. Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy Mentioned in this episode: Buy Me A Coffee

    23 min

  3. 10/01/2024

    Silent Space - an Offshoot episode

    Picture yourself in a garden. Do you get your phone out to take photos of the plants and send them to friends and family? Maybe a swift selfie! Perhaps like me you google the plants - wanting to identify them. Now picture a bench in the same garden but this time you and anyone else around you are just sitting, not a phone in sight. You're in the equivalent of the 'quiet carriage on the train' - and as you sit, you start to experience the garden in a different way. Welcome to Silent Space the brainchild of garden writer Liz Ware. Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy You can click the Buy Me A Coffee link here or on the website to buy a virtual coffee and join the crew and get a shout out. Everyone shares their stories for free and I make it because I love it but there are costs like the hosting platform and the editing programmes etc. Buy Me A Coffee THANK YOU! Mentioned in this episode: Finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 Check out the blog to see what happens! Our Plant Stories blog Buy Me A Coffee

    20 min

  4. 09/13/2024

    Strawberry Hill Flower Festival - an Offshoot episode

    Some of us (I think I mean me!) buy flowers, rummage for a vase, search for the scissors and then maybe tweak them a little bit before standing back to admire our handiwork. This is lovely but it is not art. In this podcast episode we travel to Strawberry Hill flower festival where floral artists take British grown flowers to a whole new level and they do create art. Follow up and down the stairs of this small gothic mansion, as it is transformed for one weekend into a feast of flowers. The theme this year is 'Nature unbound.' At the end of this sustainable flower festival all that will be left is a compost heap. Guests: Leigh Chappell and Janne Ford are the co-founders and creators of this festival now in its sixth year. Leigh Chappell grew up in Wales where she studied Botanical Illustration. She later moved to London and worked in graphic design before decided she wanted to be a floral designer. She is passionate about flowers. Follow her Instagram account. Janne Ford is a floral photographer. "I use natural light, composition and colour to create emotive floral imagery." She works from her garden studio at home, growing many of the flowers she uses in her designs. Follow her instagram account In this episode you also hear from: Philippa Stewart of Just Dahlias who you can also hear in two other episodes - 'Dahlia bonus' and 'Philippa's dahlias'. Andy Monaghan - who on his website says: "With a background in dance, I bring movement to my floral work, crafting a free and natural aesthetic inspired by the vibrant, changing seasons". Lucy Phillips who describes herself on her website as: "grower and supplier of unusual and unruly dried flowers. Part of the slow flower movement." Kara Johnson of Floral Odyssey, Kara spent 14 years as a Creative Producer in the design industry before becoming a floral designer. Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy You can click the Buy Me A Coffee link here or on the website to buy a virtual coffee and join the crew and get a shout out. Everyone shares their stories for free and I make it because I love it but there are costs like the hosting platform and the editing programmes etc. Buy Me A Coffee THANK YOU! Mentioned in this episode: Finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 Check out the blog to see what happens! Our Plant Stories blog Our Plant Stories website

    28 min

  5. 09/03/2024

    Philippa's Dahlias

    Have you fallen in love with dahlias this year? Perhaps you have loved them for many years. But have you ever thought of harvesting the seed from your favourite blooms and creating your own unique flowers? Listen to hear how this is exactly what Philippa Stewart has been doing for the past few years. We also learn about the relationship between the grower and the floral designer as Philippa in conversation with Leigh Chappell, describes how they work together to produce stunning installations using Philippa's flowers. You can find Philippa Stewart, a dahlia farmer, at her Instagram account: Just Dahlias Leigh Chappell is a floral designer - you can see her work on her website here. Or follow Leigh on Instagram. Leigh will be designing with Philippa's unique dahlia blooms at the Strawberry Hill flower festival which takes place in Horace Walpole's 18th Century gothic villa (Twickenham, London) between the Friday 13th - Sunday 15th September 2024. 30 floral designers will be "pushing the boundaries of sustainable floristry". Booking is advised. 02.00 How do you become a dahlia farmer? 05.10  The first 70 dahlias 08.00 Selling the first bucket of flowers 09.45 Can you dry dahlia flowers? 12.27 Growing from seed 15.00 Working with a floral designer 20.20 What’s a floral installation? 22.30 The Japanese art of Ikebana 23.30 How to save dahlia seed 30.15 When to sow your dahlia seeds Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy You can click the Buy Me A Coffee link here or on the website to buy a virtual coffee and join the crew and get a shout out. Everyone shares their stories for free and I make it because I love it but there are costs like the hosting platform and the editing programmes etc. Buy Me A Coffee THANK YOU! Mentioned in this episode: Finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 Check out the blog to see what happens! Our Plant Stories blog Our Plant Stories website

    34 min

  6. 08/06/2024

    Standing on the shoulders of Victorian gardeners

    Hill Close was a pasture until 1845 when its owner decided to divide it up into gardens. Individual plots where Victorians could rent a space to tend their plants, build a summer house, relax with their family. These were detached gardens for people who had no outdoor space where they lived but a little bit of money to rent one nearby. Once there were many such gardens in the UK. Where did they go? Why did Hill Close survive? And who were the people who gardened here? Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy You can click the Buy Me A Coffee link here or on the website to buy a virtual coffee and join the crew and get a shout out. Everyone shares their stories for free and I make it because I love it but there are costs like the hosting platform and the editing programmes etc. Buy Me A Coffee THANK YOU! Mentioned in this episode: Buy Me A Coffee Finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 Check out the blog to see what happens! Our Plant Stories blog Follow, Rate and Review Our Plant Stories Follow podcast

    33 min

  7. 07/23/2024

    The Cactus Hunters Offshoot

    Cacti are among the world's most threatened species. Jared Margulies research led him to the extraordinary illegal trade in these plants. Hear him talk about his work and his book The Cactus Hunters. Who are stealing the cacti and where are they taking them? You can click the Buy Me A Coffee link here or on the website to buy a virtual coffee and join the crew and get a shout out. Everyone shares their stories for free and I make it because I love it but there are costs like the hosting platform and the editing programmes etc. Buy Me A Coffee THANK YOU! Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy Can I share my plant story with you? YES PLEASE! I called this OUR Plant Stories for a reason and that is that I love to hear from listeners wherever you are in the world! You can email me Sally@ourplantstories.com and tell me your plant story. That's all you need to do - I'll do the rest. I'll work out who we can talk to. Can we find someone who shares your passion for the plant, they maybe in the same country as you or the other side of the world. Mentioned in this episode: Follow, Rate and Review Our Plant Stories Follow podcast Finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 Check out the blog to see what happens! Our Plant Stories blog

    23 min

  8. 07/09/2024

    Lindy's Disocactus x hybridus

    A Disocactus x hybridus or forest cactus but in Lindy's family this particular plant is known as Sally's Cactus! It is also sometimes known by a common name: orchid cactus. In finding out about Sally who gave the original cutting we also learn how to get these cacti to bloom, what "soil' you should use to pot them up and where you should put them. This is all thanks to Sarah Gerrard Jones who is also known as The Plant Rescuer, who says: “I just think there is something so... beautiful about all the care and attention that has gone into nurturing this plant and when that person passes away I feel all that love is still contained there within every single cell of those plants and I feel that's something you can really feel.” Our Plant Stories is presented and produced by Sally Flatman The music is Fade to Black by Howard Levy Can I share my plant story with you? YES PLEASE! I called this OUR Plant Stories for a reason and that is that I love to hear from listeners wherever you are in the world! You can email me Sally@ourplantstories.com and tell me your plant story. That's all you need to do - I'll do the rest. I'll work out who we can talk to. Can we find someone who shares your passion for the plant, they maybe in the same country as you or the other side of the world. Can I dig into more plant stories? YES! You can check out the website where there are lots of photographs of plants and how to grow instructions. Our Plant Stories website You can also follow the weekly blog where you will get the behind the scenes lowdown on making the podcast and you could also contribute - readers have suggested gardens to visit, plants to feature, experts to contact. Our Plant Stories blog And you can follow more plants over on my Instagram account Instagram You can click the Buy Me A Coffee link here or on the website to buy a virtual coffee and join the crew and get a shout out. Everyone shares their stories for free and I make it because I love it but there are costs like the hosting platform and the editing programmes etc. Buy Me A Coffee THANK YOU! Mentioned in this episode: Finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2024 Check out the blog to see what happens! Our Plant Stories blog Follow, Rate and Review Our Plant Stories Follow podcast Buy Me A Coffee

    31 min
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Our Plant Stories - digging into the stories that plants tell us about people and places. This is a podcast that shares personal stories about plants. Plants often root us, perhaps to a garden, a country, or maybe to a person who loved them and taught us to love them too. By sharing these stories, we grow our plant knowledge through the experience, passions and sometimes quite remarkable knowledge of other plant growers and we will always learn how to grow the plant. It's presented by Sally Flatman, a former BBC Radio producer. If you have a plant story you would like to share, then do contact me: sally@ourplantstories.com and take a look at the website www.ourplantstories.com

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