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Descubre cĂłmo la conexiĂłn con la naturaleza puede cambiar tu vida. 'La mente bien ajardinada' de Sue Stuart-Smith es una exploraciĂłn reveladora sobre los beneficios de la jardinerĂa y su impacto en nuestra salud mental. ÂĄDeja que Charo Soria te lleve a este viaje transformador!
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2025-10-1001 min
Dig It - Discussions on Gardening TopicsMatthew Biggs, The Peoples GardenerIn this edition of DIG IT Peter Brown and Chris Day chat with Matthew Biggs, best known for his appearances on the long running BBC Radio 4 programme Gardeners' Question Time. He shares his special story, which is packed with anecdotes, wisdom, solace and plant stories from his amazing career which started at Pershore College of Horticulture and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and into writing, TV and so much more.Plants mentioned: Apple Cordons, Apple varieties âScrumptiousâ and âReverend W Wilksâ (cooker). Beetroot, Redcurrants, packets of annual seeds, Tomatoes, Alpines, Hanging baskets and HerbsPeople mentione...
2025-08-151h 15
Avant GardenersSue Stuart-Smith // From 'outdoor housework' to The Well Gardened Mind, Gardening for Mind & Body, the Power of Flowers, The Barn GardenWelcome to the first episode of our little mini winter series. We'll be talking about the birds and the bees, the mind and fruit trees. Thanks for being here. First up, we're having a fan girl moment chatting to Sue Stuart-Smith. Sue is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind â a Sunday Times Bestseller. Sue originally saw gardening as 'outdoor housework', but it was the veggie garden that drew her in. She originally studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge before qualifying as a doctor and working in the NHS, where she we...
2025-07-0844 min
Fractals of ChangeThe Well-Gardened Self: Nature, Growth and Personal TransformationWhat if the key to navigating chaos isnât more controlâbut more connection to nature?In this episode of Shobukai Shift, Mary explores how the natural worldâgardening, birdwatching, even groundhogsâcan heal us, grow us, and guide us through personal, organizational, and societal transformation. Drawing from Sue Stuart-Smithâs The Well-Gardened Mind, neuroscience, client stories, and her own pandemic experience, Mary unearths a simple but powerful truth: transformation is our nature.Whether you're planting tomatoes, battling burnout, or feeding the birds, this episode will remind you:Â Growth is messy. Nature is wise. And healing...
2025-06-0418 min
Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow spending time in the garden is good for your mind, with Author of The Well Gardened Mind, Dr Sue Stuart SmithSend us a textHow can getting involved in gardening help the health & wellbeing of people and the planet?If youâre interested in how gardening can help your mental & physical health listen to my guest this week, DR Sue Stuart-Smith who is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller & gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times. She investigates the magic that many gardeners have known for years â working with nature can radically transform our health, wellbeing & confidence whether we're struggling with stress, depression, traum...
2025-02-0432 min
RSA EventsRDI Address 2024Tom Stuart-Smithâs work forges connections between people and place. Bringing an analytical design approach together with a detailed understanding of the nature of a place, Tomâs practice is underpinned by a strong sustainability ethic. Seeking to increase the ecological diversity and richness of any landscape in which he works, his aim is to create multi-layered new spaces of emotional depth and imaginative possibility.Sue Stuart-Smith is a prominent psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author. Her book 'The Well Gardened Mind' explores the power of gardening to answer deep human needs and change lives.Tom and Sue...
2024-11-2955 min
Gardeners' CornerSarah Raven at Perch Hill and Tom Stuart-Smith at the Serge Hill ProjectIn this Gardenersâ Corner special, David Maxwell visits two gardening greats; Sarah Raven at her world famous East Sussex farmhouse, Perch Hill and designer Tom Stuart-Smith at the Serge Hill Project in Hertfordshire. At Perch Hill, David chats to Sarah about how the former medic became one of the most influential gardeners of our time and what itâs like when your home becomes part of the brand. Head gardener Josie Lewis shows him around the garden including the dazzling Dahlia patch â a flower Sarah can take much credit for bringing back into fashion. In the second part of the pr...
2024-10-0556 min
Life in the Garden#52. "Coltivare il giardino della mente" con Sue Stuart-Smith.Eccoci qua! Bentornati a Life in the Garden! Questo Ăš un episodio speciale dedicato ad un convegno organizzato da Eleonora Giuliodori, Sandro Degni e da me e che si Ăš tenuto ad Offagna nelle Marche l'11 maggio, intitolato "I Giardini del Benessere e Orticoltura Terapeutica". All'incontro sono intervenuti ospiti eccezionali come Sue Stuart-Smith, psichiatra e psicoterapeuta autrice del best-seller "Coltivare il giardino della mente"; Margherita Volpini, ortoterapeuta e docente di orticoltura terapeutica; Ania Balducci, docente di orticoltura terapeutica all'UniversitĂ di Bologna e Monica Botta, architetto paesaggista e direttrice del corso "Therapeutic Landscape Design". In questo episodio, anche per motivi di tempo, mi son...
2024-06-0734 min
On Garden DesignTherapy and Wellbeing Garden DesignWe intuitively know that gardens have a positive impact on mental health. When this is backed by science, it becomes even more compelling.
Join us in this gentle chat with Sue Stuart-Smith, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind as she takes us on a journey to better understand why and how gardens can be healing and restorative for mental health conditions.
Peppered with practical examples, Sue shares her research and observation of therapeutic design techniques and explains why people feel held, safe and hopeful in a garden.Photos for this episodeâ are on Instagram at...
2024-04-0533 min
Earth and Spirit PodcastThe Well-Gardened Mind, Part 2: Dr. Sue Stuart Smith on the Power of Gardens and Nature for Mental Health and Well-BeingDr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a UK-based psychiatrist and psychotherapist, an avid gardener, and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. In this second installment of a two-part conversation, Sue reflects on the fundamental human need to connect with the rest of the living world and how we can overcome the modern worldâs alienation from nature through equitable access to green spaces. She also offers insights as to how gardens can provide healing from trauma, help us manage stress and burnout through a new relationship to time, give us a sense of agency and hope, an...
2023-09-2733 minEarth and Spirit PodcastThe Well-Gardened Mind: Dr. Sue Stuart Smith on the Power of Gardens and Nature for Mental Health and Well-Being â Part 1Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a UK-based psychiatrist and psychotherapist, an avid gardener, and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. Over her long career in psychotherapy, Sue has seen the power of gardens and nature connection to heal trauma, cultivate mindfulness and spirituality, navigate anxiety, stress, and burnout, and help us become our full, embodied human selves. In this first of a two-part conversation, Sue and I talk about the co-evolution of gardens and humankind and the essential role nature plays in human physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Whether youâre a gardener or not, I...
2023-09-1331 min
New Books in PsychologyThe Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your LifeWhen we are tethered to our responsibilities, it can feel like we need someone to give us permission to go have fun. Maybe some of us have begun to forget what âfunâ is? And what it feels like to have it? Have we talked ourselves into the idea that fun is just for kidsâŠand that truly responsible people donât have time for it? Dr. Mike Rucker joins us to explain the value of fun for our personal and our professional life. It turns out, itâs even good for our health.Todayâs book is: The Fun Habit...
2023-06-2254 min
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant CareThe Power of Therapeutic HorticultureHave you ever thought about the healing power of plants beyond just their aesthetic appeal? As plant parents, we know how much fun it is to take care of our plants, but did you know that therapeutic horticulture is a practice being used in hospitals, retirement homes, and even correctional facilities? Today, we're exploring the concept of therapeutic horticulture with the guidance of expert teacher Hilda Krus, who has been a horticultural therapist for over two decades, working with inmates at Rikers Island, New York's largest jail. Letâs dive in!In this episode, we learn:[08:16] How...
2023-05-301h 19
Escuela de terrazasComo evitar los primeros errores con plantas de interior, entrevista a Elena de PlanthaeHoy tenemos con nosotros a Elena Paez, el corazĂłn y alma de Planthae. Un refugio vegetal y gabinete de curiosidades, en el cĂ©ntrico barrio de La Latina, en pleno corazĂłn de Madrid. Un espacio creado alrededor de las plantas pero que no es⊠digamos, una tienda de plantas, porque en Planthae encontrarĂĄs, no sĂłlo plantas de interior y una cuidada selecciĂłn de macetas de las que te enamorarĂĄs perdidamente, sino que tambiĂ©n: Libros de jardinerĂa y plantas que jamĂĄs encontrarĂas juntos en una gran superficie: Gilles Clement, Sue Stuart Sm...
2023-05-1222 min
Consciencia Amarilla7. El sentido de la suficienciaÂżQuĂ© necesitas? ÂżCuĂĄnto hay que tener para escapar del miedo a no tener bastante? ÂżQuĂ© necesitas para llevar una vida agradable? Estas y muchas otras interrogantes surgen a partir de un bello libro que me leĂ: Lecciones de epicureĂsmo: el arte de la felicidad de John Sellars y quiero compartir con ustedes en este episodio.AquĂ les voy a contar un poco el porquĂ© uno de mis lemas de vida es el no necesitar nada, atrae todo y la gratitud como un camino hacia el reconocimiento de la abundancia y plenitud que ya habita en nosotro...
2023-04-1226 min
Bedside ReadingThe Well Gardened MindSend us a textI admit that when neonatologist Helen Chitty https://twitter.com/helenchitty4 got in touch to recommend The Well Gardened Mind  by Sue Stuart Smith and to ask if she could join me on Bedside Reading I approached the book with some initial scepticism. Isn't gardening just outdoor housework? It turns out my initial apathy was matched by the author's when she had begun her journey into gardens, plants, nature and the power of growing to heal.This is a stunningly good book, made all the better for me by the fact th...
2023-03-1438 min
LECTURAS Y POESIASANTE LA PERDIDA, UN JARDIN. Diego AristizĂĄbal MĂșnera.Texto que reflexiona sobre el libro "La Mente Ajardinada" de Sue Stuart-Smith: Obra repleta de curiosidades cientĂficas y emocionantes historias humanas que combina la Neurociencia, literatura, y psicoanĂĄlisis para concluir que el contacto con la naturaleza puede transformar radicalmente nuestra salud y nuestra autoestima. Sus comentarios al correo lecturasypoesias2022@gmail.com
2023-02-0604 min
Etenstijd!#48 - VoorraadkastElke dag heen en weer van de keuken naar de winkel voor dat ene ingrediënt - Teun en Yvette vinden het maar vermoeiend. Welke essentials kun je het best inslaan om een lekkere maaltijd bij elkaar te rommelen? Je hoort het in Etenstijd!Onze sponsors:Back market: Ga naar backmarket.nl en kies een refurbished apparaat uit!Tips:The Hidden Life of Trees - Peter Wohlleben The Well Gardened Mind - Sue Stuart-SmithModern Pressure Cooking - Catherine PhippsMuziek en m...
2023-01-1824 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsMoon TreesAstronaut Stuart Roosa was a real-life action hero - Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham speak to his daughter about the Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot's life, mission and the seeds he carried with him to the Moon. Sue visits a real Moon Tree down the road from Space Boffins HQ, and we chat to the Chair of the UAE Space Agency about their mission to Mars, astronauts and international partnerships. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2022-10-301h 11
Grow Cook InspireIn conversation with Gabriella BennettIn todays show I chat with author & journalist Gabriella Bennett (Instagram @palebackwriter) as she swaps city living for a more rural location and a change of career. After getting Covid earlier this year she decided to leave her job at The Times and embark on a new journey working in the Taybank Hotelâs kitchen garden. Quite the career change! Plus with the summer holidays here, I share five ideas to help occupy children in the garden this summer, plus I chat rhubarb and potatoes. And if that is not enough Iâll also share three must read books to see...
2022-08-3047 min
The Nature Between UsSue Stuart-Smith - The Well Gardened Mind: Natures Restorative AbilitiesNo doubt many of us know how good it feels to spend time in nature, but did you know that the act of gardening has huge psychological benefits for our brains, our relationships, and many other aspects of our physical and mental health?
In this episode Tessa sits down with Sue Stuart-Smith to discuss the positives of digging around in the soil. Sue is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist whoâs latest book The Well Gardened Mind explores the psychological significance of gardening. A Sunday Times bestseller, Sue combines observation, horticulture, brain science, literature and history.Â
The...
2022-08-0240 min
HealthscapeEncore "The Well- Gardened Mind"- The Restorative Power of NatureI interview Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith, author of âThe Well- Gardened Mindâ- The Restorative Power of Nature. She is both a psychiatrist and a gardener. The utility and value of this book can hardly be overemphasized, given the pressurized and frankly pathogenic or illness inducing-lifestyles that many of us lead today, often while being quite detached from Nature or Source. The Well Gardened Mind, is a work that both educates and delights. It is a cornucopia of facts, stories, anecdotes, and possibility. Like gardening itself, it opens up the mind and the heart.
Moved by a familial connection to gardening invo...
2022-07-1300 min
Garden PeopleGarden People: Sarah Statham - floral artist, Simply by ArrangementToday I welcome floral artist and flower friend and mentor, Sarah Statham of Simply by Arrangement. Whether writing from her corner of Yorkshire, England, or gardens farther afield, she is forever seeking light and the perfect pebble, and always celebrating color, form, and seasonality. Her role as an educator extends beyond the vase, providing invaluable business advice through one to one conversations with numerous flower fettlers, both seasoned and new. As much as I rely on her rock steady advice, it is her humor, love of learning, and keen sense of observation that I admire...
2022-06-3049 min
Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to GardenThe Well-Gardened Mind, with Sue Stuart-Smith, BEST OFI think itâs nearly impossible to try and stay abreast of current events, and not simultaneously need to remind ourselves to care for our individual mental health - for ourselves, but hopefully to contribute to the sanity of our collective as well. I was so pleased to read last week that at one of the garden worldâs biggest show events, Londonâs RHS Chelsea Flower Show, held the last week of May, judges awarded a gold medal to a garden entitled the mind garden, designed by Andy Sturgeon and supported by Crocus.Â
With the idea of mental health care be...
2022-06-0256 minCultivating PlaceThe Well-Gardened Mind, with Sue Stuart-Smith, BEST OFI think itâs nearly impossible to try and stay abreast of current events, and not simultaneously need to remind ourselves to care for our individual mental health - for ourselves, but hopefully to contribute to the sanity of our collective as well. I was so pleased to read last week that at one of the garden worldâs biggest show events, Londonâs RHS Chelsea Flower Show, held the last week of May, judges awarded a gold medal to a garden entitled the mind garden, designed by Andy Sturgeon and supported by Crocus.Â
With the idea of mental health care be...
2022-06-0256 min
All in the MindGardening and mental healthClaudia Hammond reports on a trend which has emerged from the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show this year - a growing number of gardens designed with mental health in mind. So what is it about gardens and nature which makes us feel better? The Mothers for Mothers "This Too Shall Pass" garden is designed by Polly Wilkinson - a former counsellor who's worked with adolescents and new mothers with anxiety and depression. The charity's CEO Maria Viner wanted to reflect the joys and pain of motherhood - so Polly constructed a pathway with a crack in it...
2022-05-2428 min
On Jimmy's FarmGardening for Mental Health with Sue Stuart-SmithItâs Mental Health Awareness Week this month, and Jimmy will be joined by a selection of guests who will tell us how nature can have an impact our bodies and our minds.First up, itâs gardener and psychiatrist Sue Stuart-Smith, author of the bestselling book, The Well Gardened Mind. Gardening has been shown to not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. Sue talks about her research on gardeningâs healing...
2022-05-0535 min
BBC Gardenersâ World Magazine PodcastGardening for healthArit explores ways to garden that will help restore our natural balance â with leading psychiatrist and psychologist, Dr Sue Stuart-Smith. Sue believes that tending to our gardens is a good way to tend to our minds, and reveals how a dose of nature is good medecine for us all. LONGER DESCRIPTION: Our heart rate slows, our mood enhancing hormones rise, and our blood pressure lowers. These are just some of the scientific facts that tell us being in nature is good for our health. So Arit explores ways to garden that will help restore our natural ba...
2022-04-1446 minHealthscape"The Well- Gardened Mind"- The Restorative Power of NatureI interview Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith, author of âThe Well- Gardened Mindâ- The Restorative Power of Nature. She is both a psychiatrist and a gardener. The utility and value of this book can hardly be overemphasized, given the pressurized and frankly pathogenic or illness inducing-lifestyles that many of us lead today, often while being quite detached from Nature or Source. The Well Gardened Mind, is a work that both educates and delights. It is a cornucopia of facts, stories, anecdotes, and possibility. Like gardening itself, it opens up the mind and the heart.
Moved by a familial connection to gardening invo...
2022-03-2300 minHealthscape"The Well- Gardened Mind"- The Restorative Power of NatureI interview Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith, author of âThe Well- Gardened Mindâ- The Restorative Power of Nature. She is both a psychiatrist and a gardener. The utility and value of this book can hardly be overemphasized, given the pressurized and frankly pathogenic or illness inducing-lifestyles that many of us lead today, often while being quite detached from Nature or Source. The Well Gardened Mind, is a work that both educates and delights. It is a cornucopia of facts, stories, anecdotes, and possibility. Like gardening itself, it opens up the mind and the heart.
Moved by a familial connection to gardening invo...
2022-03-2300 min
Insight Mind Body TalkThe Nature Prescription: Gardening for Mental Health with guest, Ariyanna TothIn today's world of technology, many people are choosing to turn off their screens and get back to nature. In this episode of Insight Mind Body Talk, Jessica Warpula Schultz, LMFT, and her guest, Ariyanna Toth, MEd, RYT-200, discuss where this shift is coming from, why being outdoors is so important to the psyche, and how the listener can improve both their physical and mental health through the art of horticulture and gardening. Continue LearningAutonomic Nervous System Responses to Viewing Green and Built Settings: Differentiating Between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activityread hereWell Gardened Min...
2022-03-0644 min
The Dosha LifeA conversation with Megan Dixon Flynn on Spirituality, Meditation, Politics, Books and The UndergroundMeeting Megan Dixon Flynn ...Nothing like a morning spent with a whole bundle of enthusiasm, joy and connection ..that is this wonderful woman. You just have to listen. And you will enjoy! see her elected https://www.seeherelected.ie/ women for election https://www.womenforelection.ie/ the immigrant council of ireland https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/ le cheile gym lecheilegym@gmail.com the danube project https://www.instagram.com/thedanuproject/?hl=en shining light https://www.shininglightgalway.org/...
2022-02-1843 min
Access Ideas#5 From Languishing to Finding Flow: Well-being at Work with Elena IaconoElena Iacono designs and facilitates well-being and mental health programs to help people thrive in the workplace. Looking back to our initial podcast conversation in 2021 on Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes, we revisit timely themes, including managing stress, toxic positivity, languishing, finding new ways to thrive, and finding flow. 02:07 Our current state and the mental health landscape06:03 Withdrawal and isolation07:00 What is toxic workplace culture?10:00 The dark side of innovative culture14:45 What is toxic positivity?22:31 Languishing in 2021 (Adam Grant)26:44 Flow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)37:59 Book a...
2022-02-1548 min
Things I Forgot Were Good For MeGardening with Sue Stuart-SmithSue Stuart-Smith, a prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Her book,
The Well Gardened Mind was published in 2020 and became a Sunday
Times bestseller. She is married to Tom Stuart-Smith, the celebrated garden
designer, and, over thirty years together, they have created the wonderful
Barn Garden in Hertfordshire. Â
We talk to Sue about what nature brings us in times of challenge and darkness â a sense of hope, of space away from our problems, and a chance to reframe, as well as the well-being benefits. Sue talks about her journey into gardening through growing herbs and how she foun...
2022-02-0435 min
In The Doctor's ChairThe Well-Gardened Mind & the Power of Gardening, Creativity & a Future Looking Perspective with Dr. Sue Stuart-SmithDr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author of The Well-Gardened Mind, the British Sunday Times Bestseller 2020 and Gardening book of the year. In it, she analyses the relationship between gardening and mental health. Wonderfully, Sue reads this book herself as an audiobook, sharing, amongst so many other things, the importance and benefits of cultivating robust relationships in life; and how, like gardening, cultivating relationships requires much care and attention. Join us to hear how the positive anticipation of gardening is such a benefit for our mental and physical health.
Today, Sue joins me to talk...
2022-01-1336 min
The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtCelebrating the Start of Season 4 of Our Podcast, With a Look Back to Season 3!Send us a textCarol and Dee look back on some of their favorite flowers, vegetables, books, and more on this first episode of their fourth season of podcasting.Helpful links:Phyllis African Marigold seeds from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)Zinnia seeds from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)On the bookshelf, some favorites from the last year.Unearthing the Secret Garden by Marta McDowell The Well-Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne WillburnDee's food obsession links:
2021-11-1037 min
The Daily GardenerSeptember 10, 2021 Pumpkin Pie Cereal Treats, Richard Spruce, RedoutĂ©, Robert Koldewey, Lilian Gibbs, Cyril Connolly, Ella Griffin, The Well-Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith, and David HosackToday we celebrate a botanist remembered for his work collecting cinchona trees in South America. Weâll remember the French royal painter known as the "the Raffaele of flowers." We'll also learn about the German architect who thought heâd discovered the Hanging Gardens of Babylon over a hundred years ago. Weâll recognize the work of the British Botanist who is remembered in the name of a bamboo, an English writer who was often inspired by nature, and weâll also take a look back at a discovery by South African botanists. We hear an excerpt from a fun fict...
2021-09-1025 min
Inspiring QuotesInspiring Quotes - Sue Stuart-Smith (9/1/2021)This episode of Inspiring Quotes features a quote from Sue Stuart-Smith.
2021-09-0101 min
The Academic LifeExploring New Paths to Mental Health: A Discussion with Sue Stuart-SmithWelcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you arenât an island and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish weâd bring on an expert about something? DM us your suggestion on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode youâll hear about: Sue Stuart-Smithâs path from English major to psychiatrist, how she went from avoiding gardening to becoming an avid gardener, and a discussion of The W...
2021-08-191h 08
Audiobook Reviews in Five MinutesA conversation with Elena Iacono: What insights can we bring to our post-pandemic lives?In todayâs extended episode, I chat with Elena Iacono. Elena is a professional colleague of mine who helps empower people to support their well-being and mental health, including flexible resources and compassionate workplace practices. Elena has inspired me with her passion for exploring food and gardening. When her grandmother died in April 2020 during the early days of the pandemic, Elena lovingly replicated her Nonnaâs cherished recipes in a cookbook, which she used to raise more than $60,000 for Food Banks Canada, roughly the equivalent of 200,000 meals.
Elena and I share a love of non-fiction, especially evidence-based work...
2021-07-0634 minGrowing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant CareThe Studies Behind the Plant/Person Connection with Dr Sue Stuart-Smith#plantsmakepeoplehappy, this hashtag has almost 8 million posts so far and thereâs a reason for it. Itâs just true. Plants, nature, and the act of witnessing life itself make people happy, more connected, and more empowered. The plant/person connection is hard to explain, yet everyone knows it. We all feel this connection to our plant collection. Our hearts swell with new growth, and sometimes even grieve losses. Over the last year and a half, Iâve dove rather deeply into exploring this plant-person connection, reading several incredibly inspiring books one being written by our special guest today. Dr Sue...
2021-06-2945 min
Roots and All - Gardening PodcastEpisode 145: Therapy GardeningIn this episode I'm speaking to horticultural therapist Carol Sales. Carol headed up a therapy garden in a prison, before moving over to lead the Therapy Garden at Headley Court, a rehabilitation centre for injured military veterans. Carol was a pioneer in the use of horticultural therapy and is one of the most well-respected professionals in the field. Carol is featured in many books and media articles, including Head Gardeners by Ambra Edwards and Sue Stuart-Smith's The Well Gardened Mind and she was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2019. Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the...
2021-06-2831 min
EcoDoc PodcastDr Sue Stuart Smith discusses how gardening can help our mental health GP Will Liddell talks to Dr Sue Stuart Smith, consulant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, about her best-selling book exploring the links between gardening and our mental and physical health. There is a long history of gardens as places of healing and spiritual nourishment, while modern research in neuroscience is shedding more light on how working with soil and caring for plants helps to achieve beneficial changes in our brains. Gardening on prescription please Mr Hancock!Sound engineering by Jacob Jennings.
2021-06-2151 minThe Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtGrow Some History in Your GardenSend us a textDee and Carol talk about growing hollyhocks and nasturtiums, plus the strange phenomenon which was the Cottingley fairies.A few links:Hollyhocks listed on All-America SelectionsNasturtiums listed on All-America SelectionsBlog Post: Grow Some History with All-America SelectionsOn the Bookshelf:All About Flowers: James Vick's Nineteenth-Century Seed Company by Thomas J. MickeyThe Kew Gardens Girls by Posy LovellThe Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-SmithHistory of the Cottingley Fairies
2021-06-0932 min
This Week In The Garden with Peter SeabrookBody and MindPeter is joined by Dr Sue Stuart-Smith this week to talk about the ways that gardening can play a role in our mental health. Sue gives some fascinating insights into the garden's role in managing stress and trauma, and it's place in history, religion and beyond.Elsewhere Peter offers news and tips.Sue's book, The Well Gardened Mind, is available here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-well-gardened-mind/sue-stuart-smith/9780008100735And you can find out more on her website: https://www.suestuartsmith.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
2021-05-2728 min
Feel Good From Within with Yvette Le Blowitz - #spaitgirl podcastThe Well Gardened Mind with Sue Stuart-Smith, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, AuthorWelcome to the #SPAITGIRL Talk Show with Yvette Le Blowitz Episode 116 - The Well Gardened Mind with Sue Stuart-Smith Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and the author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller, list as one of the 37 best books of 2020 by The Times and gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times. She studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge before qualifying as a doctor and working in the National Health Service for many years, becoming the lead clinician for psychotherapy in Hertfordshire.  She cu...
2021-05-181h 06The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtWe Are Pro-Clover, and Oxalis, TooSend us a textCarol and Dee discuss clover and oxalis on this week's podcast episode.Helpful Links:Proven Winners Proud BerryŸ CoralberryProven Winners CharmedŸ Wine Shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)On the Bookshelf: A Woman's Garden: Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things, by Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens.Incredible Edible, a group started by two women in Todmargen, U.K. plus an inspiring TED talk from Pam Warhust about it. (Also featured in The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith)E...
2021-05-1233 min
CactusCactus #32 - La pazienza del giardiniere - 06/05/2021Coltivare anche un pezzettino di terra impone delle regole: la prima Ăš non avere fretta, la seconda Ăš imparare a stupirsi, la terza Ăš prendersi cura. Siccome fuori Ăš quasi Primavera (finalmente) abbiamo chiesto a un grande esperto cosa si puĂČ coltivare anche sul davanzale di una finestra. Con noi oggi Ăš Matteo Cereda, giovanissimo fondatore di Ortodacoltivare.it il portale dedicato alla coltivazione biologica piĂč visitato dâItalia. Ă socio fondatore di Vallescuria, societĂ agricola con cui coltiva zafferano in Brianza. Nel 2008 ha passato sei mesi sulle Ande del Peru, conoscendo da vicino la vita dei campesinos che coltivano a 4.000 metri dâaltura. Presentiamo il suo ultimo li...
2021-05-0656 min
On The Couch PodcastSue Stuart-Smith - The Well-Gardened MindSue Stuart-Smith (https://www.suestuartsmith.com) is the author of the Well-Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller, listed as one of the 37 best books of 2020 by The Times and gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times.  She shares about her research, observations and life's work in the space where mental health, plants and nature meet.
2021-05-041h 02The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtTime to Dig and Divide!Send us a textDee and Carol talk about digging and dividing perennials and spring flowering bulbs and themed vegetable gardens.A few links:Podcast Episode on Three Sisters GardensCarol's BlogPost on Book Spine PoetryUsing Trello to stay organized in the garden - YouTube VideoOn the Bookshelf:  The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-SmithBustani Plant Farm, Stillwater, OklahomaEmail us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com  For more info on Carol and her bo...
2021-04-2134 min
2021-04-1601 min
TheHealthHubThe Healing Power Of Gardening With Dr. Sue Stuart - SmithIn this episode we speak with Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith about the healing and therapeutic power of gardening.
Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller. She studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge before qualifying as a doctor and working in the National Health Service for many years, becoming the lead clinician for psychotherapy in Hertfordshire. She currently teaches at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London and is a consultant at DocHealth, a not for profit, psychotherapeutic consultation service for doctors. She is married to Tom...
2021-04-1453 min
What's Wrong With: The PodcastThe Relationship between Gardening and Mental Health. Ft. Sue Stuart SmithFollow Sue Stuart Smith on Instagram and Twitter!Follow us on Instagram and on Twitter!Created by SOUR, this podcast is part of the studio's "Future of X,Y,Z" research, where the collaborative discussion outcomes serve as the base for the futuristic concepts built in line with the studio's mission of solving urban, social and environmental problems through intelligent designs.Make sure to visit our website - podcast.whatswrongwith.xyz- and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts so you never miss an episode. If you f...
2021-03-2952 min
ART FICTIONSEarthly Nourishment and Landscape Potential (LIZ ELTON)Guest artist LIZ ELTON
joins me to chat about her work via Max Porter's 2019 novel 'Lanny'. The story revolves around a young boy named Lanny and his disappearance in the setting of an English village bordered by a forest. Little lad Lanny is as captivating as his author's ability to envelope us deep within the seams of the village's social and ecological networks, where Dead Papa Toothwort oversees all, over all time.Â
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Bouncing off nature and infinite ephemerality, Liz and I go on to discuss her work selected for the John Moores Painting Pr...
2021-03-1055 min
POSTHOC Salons LIVE w/ Susan MacTavish Best - Intimate Conversations on Topics of the ZeitgeistGardening for Mental Health with Sue Stuart-SmithSue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller, listed as one of the 37 best books of 2020 by The Times and gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times. It is available now in audiobook format as well.
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2021-02-2637 min
La verdura de hoyT1 E6. ÂĄPor AMOR al Planeta, añådele mĂĄs verde a tu vida!Reconectar con la Naturaleza, conservar el medioambiente y llevar a cabo acciones para mejorar la salud del Planeta tambiĂ©n son manifestaciones de amor y respeto hacia nosotros, la comunidad y las generaciones futuras. Foto: Unsplash En La Verdura de hoy, episodio nĂșmero seis, aprenderĂĄs sobre cĂłmo podrĂas establecer tu propias metas ecolĂłgicas, quĂ© estrategias podrĂas implementar y ejemplos de actividades para comenzar ahora mismo a quererte mĂĄs cuando quieres lo mejor para la madre tierra. En estos dĂas me estoy leyendo el...
2021-02-1254 minGardeners' CornerGrowing tea, revitalising your soil and gardening the mindJoin David Maxwell for another Gardenersâ Corner episode full of inspiration. This week - everyone loves a cuppa in the garden, but have you thought about growing your own teas? Whether your tipple is builders brew or fragrant herbs, Amy Kelly has some advice. One listener is pulling down an old garage and is wondering how he can bring soil buried under concrete for decades back to life. And whatâs the evidence that gardening is really good for us? Psychiatrist Sue Stuart Smith chats to David about the relationship between our minds and the garden. Also on the prog...
2021-01-3055 minThe Academic LifeHow to Stop Chasing Happiness and Make a Meaningful Life InsteadWelcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you arenât an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish weâd bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode youâll hear about: why pursuing happiness wonât make you happy [but pursuing meaning can make you happier], w...
2021-01-2149 min
New Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessHow to Stop Chasing Happiness and Make a Meaningful Life InsteadWelcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you arenât an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish weâd bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler@gmail.com or dr.danamalone@gmail.com. Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN.In this episode youâll hear about: why pursuing happiness wonât make you happy [but pursuing meaning can make you happier], w...
2021-01-2149 minLife in the Garden#7. Il giardino che cura...Episodio dedicato ai Giardini terapeutici (Healing Gardens). Ne parliamo con Monica Botta (www.monicabotta.com) architetto paesaggista che progetta giardini terapeutici da anni. Monica Ăš anche autrice di uno splendido libro su questo argomento intitolato "Caro giardino, prenditi cura di me", edito da Libreria della Natura. Parliamo di giardini terapeutici per persone affette da Alzheimer insieme a Maddalena Polverelli, che si Ăš appena laureata con una tesi su questo argomento con correlatrice proprio Monica Botta. Eleonora Giuliodori invece ci parla del libro di Sue Stuart-Smith intitolato "The Well Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature". Account Facebook: Enrico Della. Pagina FB: Life in...
2021-01-1426 min
Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to GardenVIRIDITAS & Attachment Gardening, With Sue Stuart-SmithThis week on Cultivating Place we speak with British gardener and psychiatrist/psychotherapist Sue Stuart-Smith, whose book, "The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature", and very explicitly of gardening, explores her many years of research and findings on the physiology of the brain and the creativity and connections cultivated in the brain when gardening.
In this work âof science, insight, and anecdote,â Sue demonstrates that âour understanding of nature and its restorative powers is just beginning to flower.â Listen in!
Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you...
2020-10-1555 minCultivating PlaceVIRIDITAS & Attachment Gardening, With Sue Stuart-SmithThis week on Cultivating Place we speak with British gardener and psychiatrist/psychotherapist Sue Stuart-Smith, whose book, "The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature", and very explicitly of gardening, explores her many years of research and findings on the physiology of the brain and the creativity and connections cultivated in the brain when gardening.
In this work âof science, insight, and anecdote,â Sue demonstrates that âour understanding of nature and its restorative powers is just beginning to flower.â Listen in!
Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you...
2020-10-1555 min
my garden, my lifeSeason two: episode three: Sue Stuart-Smith, Author of The Well Gardened MindIn this episode, recorded during Lockdown, Sue reads a chapter from her book, we discuss the concept of Garden Time, the extraordinary Arnap Rehabilitation Garden in Sweden and the amazing Microglial Cells, known as gardeners of the mind for the way in which they are able to prune and tidy debris in the mind whilst we sleep.
2020-10-0700 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesSue Stuart-Smith, "The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature (Scribner, 2020)Sue Stuart-Smith, who is a distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener, offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the ârealâ life that lies outside. But when we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life in nature through which destruction and decay are followed by regrowth and renewal. Gardening is one of the quintessential nurturing activities and yet we u...
2020-09-181h 08New Books in PsychologySue Stuart-Smith, "The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature (Scribner, 2020)Sue Stuart-Smith, who is a distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener, offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the ârealâ life that lies outside. But when we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life in nature through which destruction and decay are followed by regrowth and renewal. Gardening is one of the quintessential nurturing activities and yet we u...
2020-09-181h 08New Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessSue Stuart-Smith, "The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature (Scribner, 2020)Sue Stuart-Smith, who is a distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener, offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the ârealâ life that lies outside. But when we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life in nature through which destruction and decay are followed by regrowth and renewal. Gardening is one of the quintessential nurturing activities and yet we u...
2020-09-181h 08
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsAmerica's first space stationSkylab's perilous and dramatic mission, life on Venus, the religion of Cosmism, and Brexit all get discussed this month. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer and writer Dr Stuart Clark to chat about our relationship with the night sky. Also aboard are David Hitt, author of Homesteading Space - the Skylab Story, and Arfan Chaudhry, from the UK Space Agency, on new UK space programmes... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2020-09-1742 min
The Book Club Review76. Emily's Walking Book ClubMore than ever as we gradually emerge from lockdown we find ourselves appreciating the natural world and the joys of walking. The perfect time then to revisit our interview with Emily's Walking Book Club to hear about the inherent pleasures of walking and talking about books. And picking up on the theme we have some handpicked recommendations for you, perfect for topping up your TBR pile. From past-podcast favourites such as Peter Matthiessen's Snow Leopard to new release The Well Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith, we found walking and the natural world an easy fit when it...
2020-09-1335 min
Moments with MarianneThe Well Gardened Mind with Sue Stuart-SmithWith anxiety and depression at records levels, can being outside restore well-being? A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.Sue Stuart-Smith, a prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist, took her degree in English literature at Cambridge before qualifying as a doctor. She worked in the National Health Service for many years, becoming the lead clinician for psychotherapy in Hertfordshire. She currently teaches at The Tavistock Clinic in London, is consultant to the DocHealth service, the c...
2020-08-2134 min
Explore SpiritualityPodcast: Sue Stuart-Smith, on the Well-Gardened MindThis week, Rabbi Rami puts on his wellies and garden gloves to interview celebrated gardener Sue Stuart-Smith. She is also a prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and the author of the book The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. It weaves together stories about neuroscience, psychoanalysis, and how gardening can heal us mentally and physically.The book is especially timely in the time of COVID-19, she and Rabbi Rami discuss, as planting seeds and caring for living things helps us feel grounded when the future feels so uncertain. To feel calmer and more relaxed in a flourishing l...
2020-08-1525 minExplore SpiritualityPodcast: Sue Stuart-Smith, on the Well-Gardened MindThis week, Rabbi Rami puts on his wellies and garden gloves to interview celebrated gardener Sue Stuart-Smith. She is also a prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and the author of the book The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. It weaves together stories about neuroscience, psychoanalysis, and how gardening can heal us mentally and physically.The book is especially timely in the time of COVID-19, she and Rabbi Rami discuss, as planting seeds and caring for living things helps us feel grounded when the future feels so uncertain. To feel calmer and more relaxed in a flourishing l...
2020-08-1525 min
A Little Bit of PositiveShaggy Grass and Flower PowerIn this weeks episode Julia tells Giles about a dangerous plant that can turn you into a âbeserkerâ and the pair talk to psychiatrist and author Sue Stuart-Smith, a passionate amateur gardener who has explored the healing power of gardens, plants and nature. The Well Gardened Mind is a fascinating book that delves into the positive impact of âgreen therapyâ on our mental health and explores how certain garden environments can aid therapy for conditions like autism and PTSD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-07-1553 min
WORLD: we got thisLockdown spaces (Live)In this special event with the Centre for Society and Mental Health and Department of Geography we discuss how nature and our environment is critical to our mental and physical wellbeing. Why this crisis has given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our green space and environment to our wellbeing. And why this crisis has further demonstrated inequalities of access to space.We are joined by special guest Dr Sue Stuart-Smith whose recent book The Well Gardened Mind explores how gardening can help us heal. She is joined by Kingâs College London expert panelists Dr Helen Fi...
2020-07-081h 01
Listen To The Immersive Full Audiobook Now, Curious Minds!The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418241to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
Author: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrator: Sue Stuart-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents âa truly uplifting book on the power of gardeningâand how it can change peopleâs livesâ (Stylist, UK). The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the ârealâ life that lies outside. When we get our hand...
2020-07-0711h 31Explore New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418241to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
Author: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrator: Sue Stuart-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Release date: July 7, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents âa truly uplifting book on the power of gardeningâand how it can change peopleâs livesâ (Stylist, UK). The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the ârealâ life that lies outside. When we get our hand...
2020-07-0711h 31
The TLS PodcastGrotesquely goodIan Buruma on the twentieth-century Italian writer Curzio Malaparte, a fascist and a fabulist with a hunger for war and a remarkable way of capturing it; Sue Stuart-Smith on gardening in the trenches of the First World War and the concept of horticultural therapy; to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the TLS's history editor David Horspool talks us through a range of books, articles and essays covering the Second World WarSelected booksDiary of a Foreigner in Paris, by Curzio Malaparte, translated from the Italian and the French by Stephen Twilley
2020-05-0759 min
Dive Into This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook â Perfect During Your Workout.The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World by Sue Stuart-SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348797to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World
Author: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrator: Sue Stuart-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Release date: April 16, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
Publisher's Summary:
âThe wisest book Iâve read for many years ⊠Much more than a gardening book, much more than a guide to mental health ⊠Hugely recommendedâ Stephen Fry THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 How can gardening relieve stress and help us look after our...
2020-04-1611h 31Unlock The Most Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook Today!The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World by Sue Stuart-SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348797to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World
Author: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrator: Sue Stuart-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Release date: April 16, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
âThe wisest book Iâve read for many years ⊠Much more than a gardening book, much more than a guide to mental health ⊠Hugely recommendedâ Stephen Fry THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 How can gardening relieve stress and help us look after...
2020-04-1611h 31Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & MeditationThe Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World by Sue Stuart-SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348797to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World
Author: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrator: Sue Stuart-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Release date: April 16, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
Publisher's Summary:
âThe wisest book Iâve read for many years ⊠Much more than a gardening book, much more than a guide to mental health ⊠Hugely recommendedâ Stephen Fry THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 How can gardening relieve stress and help us look after our...
2020-04-1611h 31
Start the WeekNature worshipOn Easter Monday, Andrew Marr talks to the psychiatrist and keen gardener Sue Stuart-Smith on our love for nature. In The Well-Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World, she blends neuroscience, psychoanalysis and real-life stories. She reveals the remarkable effects that gardens and the great outdoors can have on us.William Wordsworth was the great poet of the British countryside, celebrated for his descriptions of daffodils and the passing of the river above Tintern Abbey. But in a new biography, Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World, Sir Jonathan Bate shows how Wordsworth also made...
2020-04-1341 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsSolar Orbiter, stamps and exoplanetsThe Sun, stamps and exoplanets in this edition. ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean reflects on the emotional launch of Solar Orbiter, Nobel Prize winner Didier Queloz talks CHEOPS as the telescope prepares to start studying planets outside our Solar System, and Stuart Clark reveals his role in the UK's recently released Visions of the Universe space stamps. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2020-03-1045 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsRobot Arms and Space ToiletsShuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets and M and Ms in the first Space Boffins podcast of 2020. We also meet the engineer developing the controls for a new robotic arm for the space station - or 'Man Machine Interface' - and Richard and Sue are joined by science writer Colin Stuart to look ahead to the next year in space. Warning: this podcast features some disturbing audio of a space toilet malfunction. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2020-01-1041 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsAstrofest Live!Space Boffins are live on stage at Astrofest 2019 in London with a stellar line-up of guests to discuss landing on Phobos, weirdly-shaped space rocks and Europe's mission to Mercury. They're joined by science writer Stuart Clark, the Japanese Space Agency's Elizabeth Tasker, New Horizons scientist Simon Porter and Suzie Imber, who's working on the BepiColombo mission. Also featuring live audience participation with how best to pronounce Houston and, completely unrehearsed, audience whooping.
2019-02-1129 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsAstrofest Live!Space Boffins are live on stage at Astrofest 2019 in London with a stellar line-up of guests to discuss landing on Phobos, weirdly-shaped space rocks and Europe's mission to Mercury. They're joined by science writer Stuart Clark, the Japanese Space Agency's Elizabeth Tasker, New Horizons scientist Simon Porter and Suzie Imber, who's working on the BepiColombo mission. Also featuring live audience participation with how best to pronounce Houston and, completely unrehearsed, audience whooping. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2019-02-1129 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsSpace Boffins Blast Off!It's a rocket special on this month's Space Boffins with Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. As the UK's plans for a Spaceport forge ahead, two microlauncher companies are at the forefront of a commercial space race for launching small satellites from the UK. Sue hears from Orbex's Chris Larmour and Skyrora's Daniel Smith to find out what they have planned. Richard reports from the European spaceport Vega C launch pad in French Guiana with engineer Marco Calcabrini and inside the Ariane 5 and Vega control room with Jean-Marc Durand from Arianespace. Astronomer and science writer Stuart Clark... Like this podcast? Please...
2018-08-1042 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsSpace Boffins Blast Off!It's a rocket special on this month's Space Boffins with Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. As the UK's plans for a Spaceport forge ahead, two microlauncher companies are at the forefront of a commercial space race for launching small satellites from the UK. Sue hears from Orbex's Chris Larmour and Skyrora's Daniel Smith to find out what they have planned. Richard reports from the European spaceport Vega C launch pad in French Guiana with engineer Marco Calcabrini and inside the Ariane 5 and Vega control room with Jean-Marc Durand from Arianespace. Astronomer and science writer Stuart Clark joins the Space Boffins...
2018-08-1042 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsMission To MercurySpace Boffins Sue Nelson and the Guardian's Stuart Clark are at the European Space Agency's ESTEC facility in The Netherlands to see the BepiColombo spacecraft - Europe's mission to Mercury. As the LISA Pathfinder mission comes to a successful end, we meet Paul McNamara who's developing the LISA mission for detecting gravitational waves in space. And is Earth really a planet? A new exhibition captures the view from Pluto. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2017-07-1031 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsMission to MercurySpace Boffins Sue Nelson and the Guardian's Stuart Clark are at the European Space Agency's ESTEC facility in The Netherlands to see the BepiColombo spacecraft - Europe's mission to Mercury. As the LISA Pathfinder mission comes to a successful end, we meet Paul McNamara who's developing the LISA mission for detecting gravitational waves in space. And is Earth really a planet? A new exhibition captures the view from Pluto.
2017-07-1031 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsMissions to MarsThe Space Boffins return to Mars to hear about progress on the plus-sized US and petite European rovers. Recorded in the Mars Yard in Stevenage, Richard and Sue are joined by guests Abbie Hutty from Airbus and science journalist Stuart Clark. Richard also talks to the Project Scientist for NASA's 2020 Mars rover, Ken Farley, and British astronaut, Tim Peake, discusses his 'dynamic' return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft.
2017-06-1036 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsMissions to MarsThe Space Boffins return to Mars to hear about progress on the plus-sized US and petite European rovers. Recorded in the Mars Yard in Stevenage, Richard and Sue are joined by guests Abbie Hutty from Airbus and science journalist Stuart Clark. Richard also talks to the Project Scientist for NASA's 2020 Mars rover, Ken Farley, and British astronaut, Tim Peake, discusses his 'dynamic' return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2017-06-1035 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsNursing NASA's AstronautsThe Space Boffins meet the Mercury 7 nurse, Dee O'Hara, recalling what it was like to work with America's first astronauts. SETI's Seth Shostak explains why we should target AI to discover ET, and - in this US themed podcast - Spaceflight's David Baker reveals what role space plays in the forthcoming presidential elections. Studio guest is astronomy writer, novelist and broadcaster Dr Stuart Clark. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2016-09-1045 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsNursing NASA's AstronautsThe Space Boffins meet the Mercury 7 nurse, Dee O'Hara, recalling what it was like to work with America's first astronauts. SETI's Seth Shostak explains why we should target AI to discover ET, and - in this US themed podcast - Spaceflight's David Baker reveals what role space plays in the forthcoming presidential elections. Studio guest is astronomy writer, novelist and broadcaster Dr Stuart Clark.
2016-09-1045 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsRosetta: Six Months LaterSpace Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer, Guardian writer and guitarist Stuart Clark for a Rosetta mission special - six months after it made history by landing on a comet. Pick up your backstage pass for behind the scenes interviews with key players in the European Space Agency mission: Rosetta project scientist Matt Taylor, former mission manager Fred Jansen, spacecraft operations manager Andrea Accomazzo and Koen Geurts from the German Space Agency's Philae Lander team. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2015-05-1028 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsRosetta: Six Months LaterSpace Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer, Guardian writer and guitarist Stuart Clark for a Rosetta mission special - six months after it made history by landing on a comet. Pick up your backstage pass for behind the scenes interviews with key players in the European Space Agency mission: Rosetta project scientist Matt Taylor, former mission manager Fred Jansen, spacecraft operations manager Andrea Accomazzo and Koen Geurts from the German Space Agency's Philae Lander team.
2015-05-1028 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsOrion: the first step to Mars?Sue Nelson joins space fans in Florida to witness the Orion launch and meets Mars candidate Elmo. Meanwhile, Richard Hollingham talks to the DG of the UK Space Agency, David Parker, about the International Space Station and we hear from the people bringing espresso coffee to astronauts. Richard is joined by science writer Stuart Clark and broadcaster Sarah Cruddas, who also discuss the future of NASA's space programme, European space success and luxury items in space.
2014-12-1036 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsOrion: the first step to Mars?Sue Nelson joins space fans in Florida to witness the Orion launch and meets Mars candidate Elmo. Meanwhile, Richard Hollingham talks to the DG of the UK Space Agency, David Parker, about the International Space Station and we hear from the people bringing espresso coffee to astronauts. Richard is joined by science writer Stuart Clark and broadcaster Sarah Cruddas, who also discuss the future of NASA's space programme, European space success and luxury items in space. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
2014-12-1036 min
Space Boffins, from the Naked ScientistsDodging Space HarpoonsSpace Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge space harpoons, discuss whether Mars One will encourage Big Brother in space and report from the Mojave desert on why risk is encouraged at its spaceport. Recorded on location at Astrium, Europe's largest space company, engineer Katherine Bennell and space scientist Ralph Cordey join the Space Boffins to demonstrate how to remove space junk with a flying harpoon. Interview guests include Mars One's Bas Lansdorp, as well as the CEO of the Mojave Air and Space port Stuart Witt, plus David Masten, founder of Masten Space Systems. ... Like this podcast? Please help...
2013-05-1034 min
Space Boffins Podcast, from the Naked ScientistsDodging Space HarpoonsSpace Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge space harpoons, discuss whether Mars One will encourage Big Brother in space and report from the Mojave desert on why risk is encouraged at its spaceport. Recorded on location at Astrium, Europe's largest space company, engineer Katherine Bennell and space scientist Ralph Cordey join the Space Boffins to demonstrate how to remove space junk with a flying harpoon. Interview guests include Mars One's Bas Lansdorp, as well as the CEO of the Mojave Air and Space port Stuart Witt, plus David Masten, founder of Masten Space Systems. Finally, Kate Arkless-Gray questions NASA's...
2013-05-1034 min
Savvy Homeschool Moms PodcastUsing Music to Enrich your Homeschool (Ep 29, 4/14/13)In this episode the moms talk about Biddy Bedtime Stories, more family-friendly game recommendations, and ways of using music to enrich your homeschool.
Links in this Episode:
Biddy Bedtime Stories
Coffee Dough Fossils
Salt Crystals
Root Viewer
Sakura Quick Math
Books in this Episode:
Magyk by Angie Sage
Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Snake and Lizard by Joy Crowley
Stuartâs Cape by Sara Pennypacker
Bethany the Ballet Fairy by Daisy Meadows
A...
2013-04-221h 01Savvy Homeschool Moms PodcastUsing Music to Enrich your Homeschool (Ep 29, 4/14/13)In this episode the moms talk about Biddy Bedtime Stories, more family-friendly game recommendations, and ways of using music to enrich your homeschool.
Links in this Episode:
Biddy Bedtime Stories
Coffee Dough Fossils
Salt Crystals
Root Viewer
Sakura Quick Math
Books in this Episode:
Magyk by Angie Sage
Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Snake and Lizard by Joy Crowley
Stuartâs Cape by Sara Pennypacker
Bethany the Ballet Fairy by Daisy Meadows
A...
2013-04-221h 01