Welcome to episode 3 of the podcast! In this episode, In this episode, you can learn about the school garden’s history and our favourite parts of the area, including favourite plants in the newly renovated space.

You’ll hear Mum and me talk about the positive energy found by Slimbridge Dowsing Association in the school building, as well as the odd gardening tip.

We also discuss art and Mum’s exciting new, loose art style. We delve into the topic of logic vs creativity and the importance of play and the inner child. Plus Mum talks about how gardening helps her to appreciate nature and how she shares her love of nature through art.

Timings + Topics:

• 0:00 - 1:57 intro
• 1:57 - 6:55. And 45:50 - 50:40 Where are we?
• 6:55 - 8:12 Tips on the best conditions for a vegetable garden.
• 10:34 -14:50 Mum’s favourite plants in the newly renovated school garden.
• 14:46 - 16:18 Mum’s Nifty Fifty selected plants and basic planting design ideas.
• 16:15 - 29:57 Logic vs creativity, how to play and connect with your inner child through play + Mum's new art style using inks.
• 29:57 - 31:41 free weekly sheets: where to find them.
• 32:28 - 38:01 ‘Should vs could’ and I reminisce on beloved school teacher and share a funny ‘Crufts’ story.
• 38:01 - 40:00 How gardening helps Mum to appreciate nature + how she expresses it through art.
• 41:45 - 45:50 Benefits of raised beds vs poly tunnel due to fungal infection. Supermarket veg vs home-grown.
• 50:40 - 57:03 Seasonality in the garden and how that affects us as humans. Biodiversity.
• 57:03 - 1:02:25 What our dogs have been up to this week (Milo the chihuahua had a scary evening)!
• 1:02:25 - 1:07:31 Our favourite parts of the school garden.
• 1:07:31 -1:10:50 Plans for where we’re filming next episode + outro.

Whilst this is an audio-only podcast, you can find supporting images of each episode’s location via the free #CreativeSpaceNatureSpark creative prompt sheets. To access these sheets: sign up to our mailing list or join our free online community ‘Creative Space’.

Visit our website to learn more: www.carolinetathamart.co.uk

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More show notes can be found on our website, also.

Welcome to episode 2 of the podcast! In this episode, Mum and I discussed the following:

• Where to download supporting images (0:0:15 - 0:1:13 + 1:5:33 -1:7:00).

• What we harvested from the garden this morning, from delicious smelling flowers, to tasty veg. (0:1:39 - 0:2:31 + 0:7:16 - 0:8:05)

• Spotting of a low-down red kite and 3 buzzards, amongst other birds of prey and swallows. (0:2:58 - 0:6:31)

• The symbiotic relationship in the garden between birds and plants / nature. (0:8:04 - 0:10:47)

• My childhood nostalgia for local tourist attraction WWT Slimbridge. (WWT founder) Sir Peter Scott’s love of art and bird conservation, and our similarities to him. (0:10:58 - 0:18:56)

• Collaborating with WWT Slimbridge via their beautiful new shepard’s huts, as well as a new art exhibition in January, where Mum is eager to try new and different art styles. (0:18:46 - 0:23:05)

• “Secret squirrel” commissioned artwork for a big publisher, which Mum finished painting this week, and how the garden inspired her in the creation. (0:24:24 - 0:27:27)

• What’s our favourite part of the veg beds? Our new raised beds, built by my brother. How the veg garden went from an embarrassing area of the garden to one of Mum’s proudest parts. (0:30:07 - 0:34:12 + 0:37:43 - 0:38:23 + 0:39:08 - 0:40:19)

• How to lift dahlias for winter to prevent cold, persistent frosts and how to give your dahlias a head start for that year. (0:34:12 - 0:37:43)

• The joys of sharing flowers from our garden, and how the scent of them can bring back memories. (0:41:48 - 0:43:47)

• Plants which CAN’T grow in the poly tunnel. Benefits of veg beds over a poly tunnel. The freedom of “shoving plants wherever” as opposed to Mum’s well-thought-out planting design plans. (0:43:47 - 0:47:22)

• Crop rotation and the importance of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for plant growth. (0:47:22 - 0:53:59)

• Crop circles and how to measure a perfect circle in garden design. (1:0:45 - 1:3:42)
• Plans for where we’ll record the next episode. (1:4:40 - 1:5:34)

Whilst this is an audio-only podcast, you can find supporting images of each episode’s location via the free #CreativeSpaceNatureSpark creative prompt sheets. To access these sheets: sign up to our mailing list or join our free online community ‘Creative Space’.

Visit our website to join our mailing list, sign up to our online community 'Creative Space' and learn more: www.carolinetathamart.co.uk

Find us on Instagram + Facebook: @carolinetathamart.

More show notes can be found on our website, also.

Welcome to the podcast! In this very first episode, Mum and I discussed the following:

• What we’ll get up to in each podcast going forward.

• Our house and garden’s rich history. Not only did our mediaeval monastery house burn down, it was also swept away by a large tidal wave in 1603, and was rebuilt in 1695. We spoke about a wing of the house which used to be a Knights Templar temple.

• The beautiful location we’re sitting in this week, scattered with self-seeding valerian and borders bursting with blooms of our favourite rose ‘A Shropshire Lad’, and our nostalgic memories of my grandfather, who lived in Shropshire.

• How the garden changes throughout the year, and how rapidly the plants grow in the early summer months and in our large poly tunnel.

• Environmental and money-saving tips on building a garden by using reclaimed local materials, successional planting, plus advice on planning and planting, including the best month to plant.

• Mum's garden design hero, Piet Oudolf, who reinvented the Manhattan High Line in his inspiring book ‘Planting a New Perspective’.

• Our 3 lovely dogs, including our adorable chihuahua Milo, who joins us today.

• Our silly, humorous ‘episode titles’ for each day in our life, inspired by Task Master’s episode titles, which conjure back memories of the day.

• The ‘Creative Space’ online group and how you can share artworks for positive comments from Mum, and gain access to our weekly art prompt sheets, where you can have a sneaky look around our garden.

• Mum reminisces on fond memories of how she felt she was living the life of The Railway Children, inspired by the once-existing 1960s railway line at the foot of our garden.

Whilst this is an audio-only podcast, you can find supporting images of each episode’s location via the free #CreativeSpaceNatureSpark creative prompt sheets. To access these sheets: sign up to our mailing list or join our free online community ‘Creative Space’.

Visit our website to join our mailing list, sign up to our online community 'Creative Space' and learn more: www.carolinetathamart.co.uk

Find us on Instagram + Facebook: @carolinetathamart.

More show notes can be found on our website, also.