Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast

Ep. 45 - Whether amateur or professional gardener - practically everyone has had to deal with a lawn at some point - so Lucy and Saul discuss short, formal lawns and longer meadow swards...

August 04, 2020 Saul Walker and Lucy Chamberlain Episode 45
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast
Ep. 45 - Whether amateur or professional gardener - practically everyone has had to deal with a lawn at some point - so Lucy and Saul discuss short, formal lawns and longer meadow swards...
Show Notes

As the Coronovirus pandemic has changed many aspects of life over the past many months, the gardens and green spaces all across the UK have continued in full glory over the spring - but Summer has arrived and for many the outdoors is the sanctuary from the continued uncertainty of what lies ahead. Head Gardeners Saul and Lucy have still been full at work at Stonelands and Easy Donyland (as well as their own gardens) and continue to share their lives as professional horticulturists, there tips and tricks and their observations of their gardening lives.

One of the defining aspects of most UK gardens is an area of lawn - in fact it may of been seen as a national obsession, an imaculate, striped green lawn. Times are changing and areas of sward are now managed in all different ways according to avaliabilty of time, ecological aspects and overall garden design and character. So Head Gardeners Lucy and Saul delve into there own grassy spots and discuss how they manage their lawns, and maybe more importantly how they don't...

Twitter links:
Saul @GardeningSaul
Lucy @HeadGardenerLC

Intro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io
"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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