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Bonus Episode #9 - Lucy and Saul have a wonderful conversation with Matt Biggs - a horticultural storyteller and guru - about his career, pirate botany and being throttled by Adam Frost

November 14, 2020 • Saul Walker and Lucy Chamberlain

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From time to time Lucy and Saul decided they wanted to record conversations with other Head Gardeners, Curators, Garden Owners and fellow horticulturists across the UK, these will be published as Bonus Episodes alongside their usual format of chatting about their gardening lives. We hope you enjoy.

For the Bonus Episode #9 were joined by horticultural everyman and purveyor of botanical stories, Matt Biggs - whose career is as widespread as any having studied at Pershore and Kew, cleaned toilets and ended up as one of the most familiar voices on radio, TV and in written word. We talk about his career, pirate botanist and being throttled by Adam Frost.

Twitter links:
Matt @plantmadman
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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