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The Plant Based PodcastThe Plant Based Podcast S15 - Ellen's Favourite: Wellbeing with the wonderful Liz EarleBack in 2020, Ellen and Michael took a trip to South London to visit TV presenter and entrepreneur Liz Earle in her wellbeing studio. With over 25 years of experience in the beauty, health and wellbeing industry, Liz now heads up one of the most progressive and successful magazines on the subject, not to mention a popular podcast and YouTube channel. This is a listener favourite so it's a re release to get your wellness fix again! They discussed the whole concept of wellbeing and how it relates to plants, with a focus on fermented foods, the right way t...2024-04-2852 min
Mike The Gardener - Gardening PodcastMic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast - Michael Perry a.k.a. Mr Plant GeekIn this first episode of the second series, Mike chats to Michael Perry, a.k.a. Mr Plant Geek.
Michael is a TV presenter, speaker, podcaster and social media influencer (voted as Social Media Influencer of the Year 2020 by the Garden Media Guild).
In this exciting episode, Mike chats to Michael in his glorious, sunny Suffolk-based garden about the garden itself, the design, the hard landscaping and quite a bit about the plants, of course!
Also in this episode, Michael talks about why weeds are great in any garden, what his parents think o...2021-08-2758 min
The Plant Based PodcastS4 E1 Celebrating independent nurseriesJoin us as we kick off series 4 of the Plant Based Podcast by championing small growers and celebrating independent nurseries. Michael and Ellen meet Ruth Goudy from Kiln Farm Nursery in Suffolk. Kiln Farn is a true family business. It’s been in the family since 1932, and Ruth even grew up there! The nursery business started when she and her husband, Paul (who she met when he worked for her dad) rented a field, built a shed and started selling plants! Recorded in Summer 2020, Ruth reflects on how being an independent nursery without the constraints of big chain growers, allowed Kiln...2021-02-211h 04
Total Movie RecallTMR 058 – The Princess Bride This week on Total Movie Recall, we take a hard pivot from all the toxic masculinity of weeks past and Steve shows his gentle, romantic side. Somehow, Ryan makes this about his sad sack heartache but in the end, everybody calms down and moves on with a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. The Princess Bride (1987) d. Rob Reiner w. William Goldman Starring: Cary Elwes Mandy Patinkin Robin Wright Chris Sarandon Christopher Guest Wallace Shawn André the Giant Fred Savage P...2021-02-161h 23
The Plant Based PodcastS3 E5 It's time for the Chelsea Flower Show, but not as you know it! *Virtual Chelsea Special episode* This extra-special episode of the Plant Based Podcast delves behind the scenes of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and features Sue Biggs, Director General of the RHS, and Jill Otway, who is the Plant Committee Manager. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic means that, along with so many other events, all RHS shows this summer have sadly been cancelled. Most notably the Chelsea Flower Show, which had to be cancelled for the first time since the Second World War. Sue discusses the weight of the responsibility of having to...2020-05-171h 08
The Plant Based PodcastS3 - A virtual celebration of gardeningIn this episode hear all about Garden Day - the nationwide community benefit movement that takes place on Sunday 10th May 2020. During the current lockdown, more and more people around the world are enjoying their outside space. So this year’s call is for gardening enthusiasts to consider a virtual celebration with family and friends. In this episode Ellen Mary discusses the wellbeing benefits of plants and gardening while Michael provides some great ideas to celebrate the day virtually. Plus hear from Ann-Marie Powell, Jonathan Moseley, Camila Klich & Marianne Mogendorff. Get your flower cr...2020-05-0330 min
The Plant Based PodcastThe Norfolk Mangave breeders with a love of silver and spikey plants In this bonus episode of The Plant Based Podcast, Ellen is at the Norfolk Olive Tree Company. She chats to Paul and Antonia Smith in their shed within a Mediterranean courtyard, surrounded by a wonderful evergreen garden. Paul and Antonia love the sculptural, evergreen qualities of olive trees and they ship trees from Europe that are no longer fruitful, to live out their retirement in the U.K. They discuss how olive trees can live for up to 800 years on average, as well as how they acclimatise to UK climates. The second half of the podcast is...2020-01-1947 min