Podcasts about botanic gardens

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to the U.S. Botanic Garden and its new exhibit, America's State Flowers.

A magical world is about to come to life at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston! This fall, the garden is transforming into a whimsical fairy village called Fairy Hollow, complete with custom fairy houses created by local artists. Other fun fairy-themed events are on the calendar, too, including a masquerade ball! Marissa Gallant, Director of Education at the Botanic Garden, shares details with Nichole about this charming event and other fall offerings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With spring now in full bloom, the Botanic Gardens of Sydney is bursting with colourful blooms, fragrant flowers and activities for visitors of all ages. Speaking to SBS Kurdish, Paul Nicholson, who has worked at the gardens since 1993 and is now Manager, Volunteer Programs, reflects on the gardens' rich history, their role in the community and why they remain an important part of Sydney today. - Niha ku demsala biharê bi tevahî geş bûye, Baxçeyên Botanîk ên Sydney bi kulîlkên rengîn, kulîlkên bînxweş û çalakiyên ji bo serdankerên ji her temenî tije bûne. Paul Nicholson, ku ji sala 1993yan vir ve li van baxçeyan kar dike û niha Rêveberê Bernameyên Dilxwaziyê ye, di hevpeyvînekê de ligel SBS Kurdî de, behsa dîroka dewlemend a baxçeyan, rola wan a di nava civakê de û sedemên ku çima ew îro jî beşekî girîng a Sydney ne, dike.#sbsaudiopodcast - #sbsaudiopodcast

Lisa and Russell had a chat to Barnsey about his up coming shows at Kings Park & Botanic Gardens in December. They guys talked about the generations of fans who still go to see him live and Jimmy tells a story about a couple of 90 year olds who were in the front row of a recent show. He also discusses being a writer and expanding from song lyrics to books and also his process for doing so. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Visitors come to the U.S. Botanic Garden to enjoy the variety of plants and the peace and serenity of nature. This woman works nearby.游客们来到美国国家植物园观赏各类植物，享受大自然带来的和平与宁静。这位女士在附近工作。"Feels like a forest in a city, so I can be thinking about something else that worked for almost for 5 minutes, which is sometimes very nice."“感觉就像城市里的森林，这样我能有大约五分钟时间思考其他事情。这一点很赞。”Located on the national mall, the Botanic Garden is made up of 65,000 indoor and outdoor plants, some more than 165 years old.这座植物园位于国家购物中心，植物园里共有65000株室内和室外植物，有的已经生长了165年多了。Inside the conservatory, the greenhouse, there are rooms with plants that thrive in different environments, like this tropical room.温室里有很多不同的房间，这些植物在不同的环境里生长，比如这间热带植物房。Since its beginning, visitors have been educated about the value of plants.从建园开始，植物园就一直向参观者们展示植物的价值。"We still have a very important role to play in educating people about the importance of plants,“我们在向公众普及植物重要性方面仍扮演着至关重要的角色。particularly in urban audiences where people may not have a direct connection to a farm, may not understand where food in particular comes from."尤其是对城市居民而言，他们可能从未接触过农场，甚至不清楚食物究竟从何而来。”One of the Garden's main attractions are the four thousand orchid plants that come from around the world.植物园的主要景点之一是来自世界各地的四千株兰花。During the annual spring orchid show, a sea of flowers bloom including some that are endangered.在一年一度的春季兰花展上，花海绽放，其中还包括一些濒危品种。During the Christmas season, a very popular exhibit showcases toy trains, chugging through plants and structures made from plant-based materials.圣诞节期间会有一场很受欢迎的展览，玩具小火车穿梭于由植物材料制成的植物和建筑之间。As part of the bicentennial, the newest exhibit "Deeply Rooted, Branching Outward",作为建园二百周年庆典的一部分，最新的展览“深根延展”，highlights the scientific exploration of plants, which the garden hopes will give visitors.突出展示了人类对植物的科学探索，园方期望借此为游客带来启发。"So just a greater appreciation for plants, for plant discovery, for plant exploration."“我们可以更好地观赏植物、重视植物发现、关注植物探索。”The U.S. Botanic Garden is free and open every day, with more than 1 million visitors a year.美国国家植物园每天都免费开放， 每年有100多万游客。It has enlightened its guests for two centuries and will continue to for generations to come.过去两百年以来，它一直启发着游客，并将继续为后世带来启示。

Deputy Vice President of Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Margaret Swincer joined ABC Talkback Gardening to discuss our 3 Botanic Gardens, the Arboretum & the role of community.

It was one of those moments that got me going back in time. A week and a bit ago (just before that ultra cold time in Christchurch) I stumbled across the very first brilliant magnolia flowers that reminded me of Maggie's Garden Show, all those decades ago. This dark coloured and early flowering Magnolia tree whispered “Black Tulip” to me – one of Mark Jury's earlier hybrids, created at Tikorangi, (Mount Taranaki). Felix Jury was a breeder for a long time and together with his son, Mark, they literally created a huge number of Magnolias. We both love Magnolias and Julie decided to do some research on these trees and shrubs in Canterbury… Of course, she ended up remembering the Lincoln University's Arboretum from all those years ago. And that Arboretum used to have a rather good collection of magnolias. Some “Early Rose” from the 1990s (Jury Family, of course). The Arboretum has been lacking some maintenance, but the good news is that there were quite a few garden staff working at the weeding and restoration of all those sizeable Magnolia trees, as well as other wonderful specimens. Certainly, now is the time to find some Magnolias where you can. Botanic Gardens often give you the variety name so you can hunt for the pretty evergreen and deciduous Magnolia providers. Magnolia Grove, The Plant Company, Southern Woods Nursery, Little Big Tree Company, Wairere Nursery It's always useful to visit The Tikorangi Garden, run by Mark and Abbie Jury. And if you are keen to try to breed New Varieties, that would be brilliant but pretty tricky – it involves hand-pollinating selected parent flowers to create custom hybrid crosses: harvesting the seeds in autumn and growing them out. Good Luck! But it's worth the effort… LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2023: When a US businessman took over a beloved garden a decade ago, he decided on a radical new approach, all in the name of sustainability. But angry critics claim it's just plain neglect By Mark O'Connell. Read by Simon Vance. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Jeremy Foster, Manager of Pollen Bank at the Chicago Botanic Garden, joins John Williams to talk about the rare Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as “corpse flower,” that is currently in bloom at the garden, and why people flock from miles around to experience the pungent smell of the rare flower.

What does it look like when conservation becomes a long view, a daily practice, and a promise to the future? In Episode 198 of the Adventures in Learning Podcast, Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor welcomes Kevin Jolliffe, reserve manager at Wild Tomorrow, for a rich conversation about rewilding, restoration, community partnership, and the patience it takes to care for a landscape over time.In Part 3 of the Wild Tomorrow series, Kevin shares how a childhood rooted in nature grew into a career in conservation that has taken him around the world and back again. From sea turtles in the Seychelles to habitat restoration in South Africa, he reflects on what it means to steward land, manage wildlife, and think in terms of generations rather than quick fixes.This episode also continues the Wild Tomorrow story through the lens of balance and hope. Kevin and Dr. Diane talk about what it means to let nature lead when appropriate, step in when human action caused the harm, and support the surrounding community as part of the larger conservation mission. If you've loved the earlier Wild Tomorrow conversations with co-founders John Steward and Wendy Hapgood, and community conservation manager Aphiwe Notshaya, this episode deepens that story in a meaningful way.Chapters01:19 A childhood in nature02:45 Studying conservation and meeting his wife03:33 Work in the Seychelles and the Bahamas04:56 How Kevin joined Wild Tomorrow05:56 What a reserve manager does06:53 A "typical day" on the reserve08:42 Rewilding the land10:15 Man-made problems and nature's balance13:05 Species brought back to the reserve14:37 Anti-poaching and community partnership16:29 Working with local herders and land use19:32 Nursery work and growing trees21:22 Reconnecting with nature24:23 Quiet moments with hippos27:01 How to care about conservation29:34 Thinking in generations, not instant fixes30:24 Favorite trees, birds, and animals32:02 What gives Kevin hopeAbout Kevin JolliffeKevin was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. His early holidays with his aunt and uncle in Hluhluwe sparked his love for Zululand and determined the career he would later pursue. As the youngest of five siblings and the odd man out with the neighbourhood children, Kevin developed a passion for nature. Afternoons were spent exploring the Botanic Gardens where he honed his bird watching skills, collected butterflies and developed an interest in plants, including collecting and growing orchids at the age of seven, becoming the youngest orchid grower in South Africa for over 10 years. Kevin is currently writing and illustrating a book on the orchids of KZN and his vast knowledge has been put to good use while working with the Pollination Ecology department at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Kevin was always determined to work in nature conservation. He attained a National Diploma in Nature Conservation from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, where he met his conservationist wife. They have been working together ever since. He has worked at government run, Ndumo Game Reserve as well as a number of private reserves in KZN, the Western and Eastern Cape, Swaziland and Limpopo provinces. He was the conservation manager for Cousine Island in the Seychelles for five 5 years conducting in-depth monitoring of nesting Hawksbill sea turtles, sea birds and endangered land birds. From there he took up the position of landscape manager in the Bahamas, before returning to South Africa to manage a private nature reserve in the Western Cape. He is now proudly Wild Tomorrow Fund's Reserve Manager at The Greater Ukuwela Nature Reserve.Links and resourcesLearn more about Dr. Diane's Adventures in Learning: drdianadventures.comExplore Wild Tomorrowand follow on Instagram and LinkedInListen to the Wild Tomorrow Series, featuring John Steward and Wendy Hapgood and Aphiwe NotshayaJoin Wild Tomorrow for the Junior Wildlife Crime Scene Detective Event on July 20, 2026Support the showShare this episodeIf this conversation sparked wonder, gave you a helpful strategy, or offered a needed reminder of hope, please share it with a friend or colleague.Subscribe • Download • Review • Tell a friendStay updated with our latest episodes and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and the Adventures in Learning website. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! *Disclosure: I am a Bookshop.org. affiliate.

Jeremy Foster, Manager of Pollen Bank at the Chicago Botanic Garden, joins John Williams to talk about the rare Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as “corpse flower,” that is currently in bloom at the garden, and why people flock from miles around to experience the pungent smell of the rare flower.

Jeremy Foster, Manager of Pollen Bank at the Chicago Botanic Garden, joins John Williams to talk about the rare Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as “corpse flower,” that is currently in bloom at the garden, and why people flock from miles around to experience the pungent smell of the rare flower.

The Calyx boasts one of the largest green walls in the southern hemisphere and is home to stunning seasonal horticultural displays. Follow me on Instagram at @douglaswelch, @dewdesignphoto, and @agardenersnotebook and Pixelfed. Read more on this topic: Azalea Flowers, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, CSULB, Long Beach, California [Prints Available] Quince Flowers (Cydonia oblonga ‘Pineapple'), Adelaide, Australia [Photography] Swing Into Spring Show Garden, The 36th Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show, Costa Mesa, California From My Shop: “Purple Explosion…Again” Prints and Products Prize Winning Chrysanthemum 2, Sherman Library and Gardens, Corona del Mar, California [Photography]

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In this episode of the HortWeek Podcast, Matt Appleby speaks to Sara Blair-Manning to discuss the ambitious Growing Our Green Heritage project at the Birmingham Botanic Gardens. Facing the dual challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, Blair-Manning outlines the transformative £25 million “Growing Our Green Heritage” project, aimed at restoring the historic venue while ensuring 21st-century sustainability. At the heart of the project is the massive challenge of temporarily relocating over 10,000 plants to allow for glasshouse restoration. Sarah describes this "museum of plants" as a living collection that carries inherent jeopardy, as plants, unlike static museum artifacts, react unpredictably to being moved. To mitigate this, the horticultural team has spent years auditing the collection, setting up specialised nursing glasshouses, and actively propagating backup plants to ensure the gardens' global botanical legacy is safeguarded. Simultaneously, the physical footprint of the gardens is being redesigned to vastly improve the day-to-day visitor experience. The current, echoing UPVC entrance building, which she jokingly refers to as the "swimming pool entrance" due to its extreme seasonal temperatures, will be replaced by an extended, fully accessible visitor centre. Existing architectural footprints will be reused rather than demolished to lower carbon impact. Additions include accessible facilities including a prayer room, changing places facility and a significantly larger cafe run in partnership with Medicine Bakery. The new layout will allow locals to access the shop and cafe without buying a garden ticket, a move expected to better integrate the gardens into the local community. "Education by stealth" will be delivered via multi-layered digital interpretation.The curation strategy is also shifting to meet modern environmental and cultural realities. Rather than relying on high-maintenance, water-heavy municipal bedding, the gardens are transitioning to drought- and pest-resilient perennial plants better suited to extreme weather:"We've changed the approach in terms of areas of planting to go to a drought-resilient and pest-resilient perennial framework of planting that is more sensible given the extremes of weather that we're getting," she says.The gardens are also moving away from traditional, colonial-era botanical narratives toward a co-curated model. By partnering with Birmingham's "hyper-diverse" communities, the gardens are incorporating multicultural knowledge about the plants' origins and implementing multi-layered interpretation, including digital tools like Bloomberg Connects, to ensure that history, science, and cultural relevance are shared transparently with every visitor.As Blair-Manning says, "I've always believed that if you can get the values and behaviours right of the organisation and the people working or volunteering for the organisation, then everything else will follow." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A great public garden can change your whole day and sometimes your whole life. We sit down with Seth Hamby, Director of Living Collections at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, to talk about the real work behind a place that feels effortless to visitors: the plant records, the people, the science, and the stories that turn a landscape into a living collection. We trace Seth's path into horticulture through volunteering, fieldwork, and conservation genetics, including research on an endemic Texas prairie clover and statewide genome collecting tied to the Smithsonian Global Genome Initiative for Gardens. Then we go behind the scenes at Fort Worth Botanic Garden as it earns the ASHS HortLandmark designation, exploring what makes it a standout public garden in the Dallas Fort Worth area, from the Rose Garden and famously peaceful Japanese Garden to a rainforest conservatory and seasonal Butterflies in the Garden.We also get practical about collections management including why GPS mapping matters and how a modern plant database supports research, education, and better visitor experiences. Seth also shares how volunteers help sustain the accredited Begonia collection and other details. We close with what we wish every student knew about careers in public horticulture, internships, and building opportunities by showing up consistently.Subscribe for more conversations on Plants, People, Science, then share this episode with a friend who loves botanic gardens and leave us a review. What's the public garden that always resets your brain?Learn more about Fort Worth Botanic Garden at https://fwbg.org/.Send us Fan MailLearn more about the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) at  https://ashs.org/.HortTechnology, HortScience and the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science are all open-access and peer-reviewed journals, published by the American Society of Horticultural Science (ASHS). Find them at journals.ashs.org.Consider becoming an ASHS member at https://ashs.org/page/Becomeamember!You can also find the official webpage for Plants, People, Science at ashs.org/plantspeoplesciencepodcast, and we encourage you to send us feedback or suggestions at https://ashs.org/webinarpodcastsuggestion. Podcast transcripts are available at https://plantspeoplescience.buzzsprout.com.On LinkedIn find Sam Humphrey at linkedin.com/in/samson-humphrey. Curt Rom is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/curt-rom-611085134/. Lena Wilson is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-wilson-2531a5141/.Thank you for listening!...

Coming up on the Pat Kenny Show this Saturday & Sunday between 10am and 12 noon:Newstalk's Summer Tour kicks off in Avondale House, birthplace of Charles Stewart Parnell. Historian Patrick Geoghan looks at the legend and legacy of that great Irishman; Diarmuid Gavin on another Wicklow treasure – the Botanic Gardens at Kilmacuragh. As peace breaks out between the US and Iran, we ask whether it can last; Writer Heidi Blake on the hateful empire of the Tate Brothers; And Paul Harrington revisits a Led Zeppelin classic. Heavenly stuff.That's the Pat Kenny Show this Saturday & Sunday between 10am and 12 noon.

A new art exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden that was inspired by the pandemic aims to get people out to enjoy fleeting beauty. Shimmering Summer features dozens of inflated balls, made out of a reflective, iridescent material that shines among the plants.

A new art exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden that was inspired by the pandemic aims to get people out to enjoy fleeting beauty. Shimmering Summer features dozens of inflated balls, made out of a reflective, iridescent material that shines among the plants.

A new art exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden that was inspired by the pandemic aims to get people out to enjoy fleeting beauty. Shimmering Summer features dozens of inflated balls, made out of a reflective, iridescent material that shines among the plants.

Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media, and publisher of Love, Money + Real Estate on Substack, joins John Williams to talk about Anthropic filing for an IPO with the SEC, and a new study that shows nearly half (44%) of U.S. parents with adult children ages 18–35 say a child has moved back home […]

In this solo episode of the Anglotopia Podcast, Jonathan Thomas delivers his definitive guide to Oxford — his favorite city in England outside of London and the subject of his guidebook 101 Oxford Travel Tips and Tricks. From the bleary-eyed chaos of his first visit in 2012 with an angry 16-month-old and the Mini Cooper factory ring road at midnight, to two stays as a student on the Oxford Experience program, Jonathan brings nearly 15 years of personal history with the city to bear on a comprehensive, enthusiastic, and practically useful travel guide. The episode covers how to get there, how long to stay, the Oxford Experience immersive student program, the colleges you must see, the Bodleian Library's remarkable layers, the essential museums, the unrivaled bookstore scene led by Blackwell's and its famous five-mile Norrington Room, Oxford's extraordinary literary connections from Lewis Carroll to Tolkien to Philip Pullman, the day trips that demand your time — including Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds — and the practical tips that will make your visit infinitely more enjoyable. Links 101 Oxford Travel Tips and Tricks by Jonathan Thomas — [Anglotopia Store link] Oxford Experience at Christchurch English-Speaking Union Oxford Course Bodleian Library Tours — bodleian.ox.ac.uk Blackwell's Bookshop Oxford — blackwells.co.uk Oxford University Press Bookshop Scriptum, Turl Street Ashmolean Museum — ashmolean.org Pitt Rivers Museum — prm.ox.ac.uk Blenheim Palace — blenheimpalace.com Rousham House & Garden — rousham.org Didcot Railway Centre — didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk Oxford Walking Tours Morse Walking Tour Oxford The Randolph Hotel (now Graduate Oxford) Friends of Anglotopia ⠀ Takeaways Oxford is Jonathan's favourite city in England outside London — and most Americans either skip it or see it in a rushed half-day bus tour that barely scratches the surface. Two days minimum is the right call; three is better. Oxford is just 60 miles and 40-45 minutes by direct train from London Paddington, making it one of the easiest day trips or overnights in Britain — and you can also get there direct by bus from Heathrow without going into London at all. The Oxford Experience — a residential immersive programme at Christchurch offering one-week courses for adults in July and August — is Jonathan's single highest recommendation for anyone who wants to truly inhabit the city. Courses cost £1,500–£2,000 all-in and include room, board, lectures, and excursions; book in November when the schedule is released as popular courses fill within hours. The Bodleian Library is not one library but several — the Divinity School, Duke Humphrey's Library, the Radcliffe Camera, and the Weston Library — and the best way to see them properly is to book a guided tour well in advance, as they sell out. Blackwell's bookshop on Broad Street is arguably the greatest bookshop in the world — the underground Norrington Room alone has five miles of shelving beneath Trinity College — and Jonathan has never left without spending several hundred pounds. Staff will package books in brown paper and ship them back to the US at reasonable rates. Oxford's literary connections are extraordinary: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland at Christchurch (Alice was the Dean's daughter); Tolkien and C.S. Lewis met with the Inklings at the Eagle and Child every Tuesday through the 1930s and 40s; Philip Pullman set His Dark Materials here; Oscar Wilde studied at Magdalen; and Inspector Morse has made every corner of the city feel like a crime scene. The Eagle and Child — the Inklings' famous pub on St. Giles' Street — has been closed since COVID and is currently being refurbished by new owners. It must reopen as a pub by heritage law, and is expected to reopen either in 2026 or 2027; keep an eye on the show notes link for updates. If you're in Oxford for even one day, you must go to Blenheim Palace — just eight miles away by bus, the only non-royal non-episcopal palace in England, birthplace of Winston Churchill, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and arguably the greatest country house in Britain. A bus from Oxford drops you at the gates. Jonathan's top Oxford hack: stay for at least one night. By 4-5pm the tour buses are gone, Oxford becomes a completely different city, and the cultural life — theatre, bookshop talks, music — begins. Arrive early to beat crowds at the sights, then save the evenings for culture and quieter exploration. Avoid mid-April to mid-June (exam season, colleges restrict access), avoid July if you run hot (medieval stone buildings have no air conditioning and bake in the heat), and buy a fan the moment you arrive if visiting in summer. September and October are ideal months to visit. ⠀ Soundbites "Most of my early memories of Oxford were driving the ring road at midnight with a toddler who would not go to sleep and who would only stop crying if he was in the car. We drove round and around, seeing nothing other than the Mini Cooper plant every time we went past." — Jonathan on his first trip to Oxford in 2012. "Oxford has this warmth to it — that yellow beige Cotswold stone, weathered and warm. And there's this scholarly, bookish vibe from the place that you don't really get anywhere else. It's not just a campus. Oxford University is the town of Oxford." — Jonathan on why Oxford grabs you. "I was immediately spellbound. I loved it immediately. And that's the thing about Oxford — it grabs you once you visit, and you're walking around this beautiful architecture surrounded by deep, deep history. They don't even know exactly how old the university is. It's over 800 years old. When Oxford was founded, the Aztec Empire hadn't even reached its peak." — Jonathan on falling in love with Oxford in 2016. "There were riots. There was full scale urban warfare in Oxford in 1355 — the St. Scholastica's Day riot. 63 scholars and 30 townspeople were killed. As a result, the town was forced to pay annual reparations to the university in a formal ceremony that continued into the Victorian era." — Jonathan on Oxford's violent town vs. gown history. "You basically get to live as an Oxford student for a week. Morning is lectures, afternoon is tours and excursions, evening is formal dinner in the Great Hall. And one night you're invited to high table — suit and tie, port, mingling with the professors. It's a very quintessentially British experience." — Jonathan on the Oxford Experience programme. "I've never gotten out of the Norrington Room without spending several hundred pounds. Let me just say that. Five miles of shelving underground beneath Trinity College. So many books." — Jonathan on Blackwell's legendary underground bookshop. "The Pitt Rivers Museum is like the Victorian cabinet of curiosities. Dimly lit, quiet — maybe people don't even know it's there. Polynesian canoes, samurai outfits, weapons, armour. A strange and wonderful melange of human culture from all over the world." — Jonathan on one of Oxford's most atmospheric museums. "If you're in Oxford and you don't go to Blenheim Palace, you've wasted a trip to Oxford. It's the only non-royal, non-episcopal palace in England. I would argue it's probably the greatest house in Britain. And a bus from Oxford drops you right at the gates." — Jonathan on Blenheim Palace. "By four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the tour buses are gone. And it's just you and the people who live and work and study in Oxford. Oxford becomes a completely different place. That's when the cultural life wakes up." — Jonathan's key Oxford overnight hack. "Scriptum on Turl Street — if you're a bookish type, you will love this place. Beautiful blank books, journals, diaries, fancy pens. I have a beautiful leather book from there with gorgeous cream pages that I cherish so much I haven't written anything in it. I'm afraid to ruin it." — Jonathan on his favourite hidden gem shop in Oxford. ⠀ Chapters 00:00 Introduction — Jonathan sets up the Oxford guide episode and plugs his Oxford guidebook 01:48 Jonathan's Relationship with Oxford — Brideshead Revisited, American universities, and the Oxford DNA in US campus culture 03:30 First Visit: Oxford 2012 — Diamond Jubilee trip, an angry toddler, and the ring road at midnight 06:20 Second Visit: Oxford 2016 — The train from Paddington, the proper day, and falling in love properly 08:42 A Brief History of Oxford — Ford of the Oxen, Alfred the Great, Henry II, 800 years, and the St. Scholastica's Day riot 13:30 The University Explained — 44 colleges, town vs. gown, the founding of Cambridge by Oxford exiles, and Oxford today 16:10 How to Get There — Train from Paddington, Oxford Tube bus, direct from Heathrow, and why not to drive 19:30 Getting Around Oxford — Walking, taxis, park-and-ride pitfalls, and Tolkien's grave 21:10 Day Trip vs. Overnight — Why staying beats leaving, and how Oxford transforms after 4pm 23:40 The Oxford Experience Programme — Christchurch, Worcester College, the Nelson course, high table, and the Enigma course Jonathan wants to do next 33:15 Accommodation Options — Hotels, staying in colleges out of term time, and the Randolph (Inspector Morse's pub) 35:20 The College System Explained — 44 semi-independent colleges, how to apply, porters, scouts, and visiting hours 38:00 Must-See Colleges — Christchurch, Magdalen, Worcester, Merton, Wadham (Brideshead), and the peculiar All Souls 43:00 The Bodleian Library — Five buildings, Duke Humphrey's Library, the Radcliffe Camera, the Divinity School, and why you must book a tour 47:00 Radcliffe Square & St. Mary's Church Tower — The most beautiful urban space in Britain and the best views in Oxford 48:40 The Ashmolean Museum — Britain's first public museum, the Alfred Jewel, Guy Fawkes's lantern, Turner paintings, and it's free 51:00 The Pitt Rivers Museum — Through the Natural History Museum, the shrunken heads, Polynesian canoes, and the Victorian cabinet of curiosities 53:00 Carfax Tower, Oxford Castle & Prison, and the Covered Market — Views, ruins, Brown's Café, and Ben's Cookies 55:30 The Botanic Garden & Broad Street — Riverside walks, the Martyrs' Cross, and the Reformation in Oxford 56:30 Shopping in Oxford — The High Street, Blackwell's, the Norrington Room, OUP Bookshop, Scriptum, The Last Bookshop, and why to skip the Harry Potter tat 01:03:00 Literary Oxford — Lewis Carroll, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Oscar Wilde, Philip Pullman, Inspector Morse, and the Eagle and Child update 01:09:00 Harry Potter Oxford — Divinity School, Duke Humphrey's Library, Bodleian courtyard, Christchurch Great Hall, and the new TV series 01:12:00 Day Trips from Oxford — Blenheim Palace, the Cotswolds, Stratford-upon-Avon, Rousham House, Didcot Railway Centre, and Bicester Village 01:18:00 Practical Tips — Book ahead, avoid exam season, avoid July heat, arrive early, save museums for the afternoon, walk everywhere, punt the river, visit Scriptum 01:24:00 Wrap-Up — Oxford rewards time and attention; two days minimum, the Oxford Experience if you can, and a call for listeners to share what they love about Oxford Video Version

Wellington's mayor is talking up cost savings, as the council chases a lower 5.8 percent rates rise. It proposed 7.4 percent during public consultation. Some fees and user charges are increasing and big projects like the Town Hall and refurbishing the Botanic Gardens' Begonia House will continue. Andrew Little says they made cuts to keep rates down. "Finding savings isn't an annual activity, it's a daily activity - so they carried on working, they found these projects that aren't going to be finished, that don't have to be depreciated , so we could donate to budget for that." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On MoneyFM 89.3 Saturday Mornings Show host Glenn van Zutphen and co-host Neil Humphreys we celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of Dr Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most influential voices for wildlife and conservation. Joining us in the studio are Carmen Pang, the Jane Goodall Institute Singapore’s Executive Director. On Good Friday, 3 April, which would have been Dr Goodall’s birthday, JGIS will host “A Night to Remember Dr Jane Goodall” at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Set by the serene Eco Lake, the evening features a special outdoor screening of her acclaimed documentary — an invitation for Singaporeans to gather, picnic under the stars, and reflect on the values she championed: compassion, courage, and coexistence with nature. Carmen shares why this tribute matters now more than ever, especially as conservation challenges intensify across the region. She discusses Dr Goodall’s profound impact on global primate research, youth activism, and community‑driven conservation, as well as JGIS’ ongoing work in Singapore through education, outreach, and the Roots & Shoots programme.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we explore approaches to science and plant medicines beyond Western European contexts, where botanic gardens would have played an integral role. We also explore the origins and historical associations of Botanic Gardens, including Gardens of Paradise and Monastic Gardens. This episode features the  pomegranate (Punica granatum) and its many associations, and the Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina (c. 980–1037 AD).Molly Marsh is the Visitor Experience Manager at Chelsea Physic Garden and has expertise in the medical humanities. Maya Jayaweera Thomas is a herbologist specialising in plant medicine, as well as a trained chef and market garden grower. Her work centres on finding innovative ways to connect people with their environments through the stories of plants.Wormcasts is a podcast from Chelsea Physic Garden, created by the Young Producers – a group of 16 – 24 year olds working to engage more young people with the garden.  This series explores the global histories of botanic gardens, deceptive plants, working in the garden, and plants in the context of health and wellbeing. Wormcasts are the microbially rich and fertile clumps of soil that worms leave next to their burrows as they forage for food. The Young Producers hope you enjoy the arisings that come from this little patch of green in South West London.  This series was collaboratively produced by the Young Producers at Chelsea Physic Garden (Hwei-Linn Khoo, Amelie Rossati, Zachary Sukonkin, and Tymon Zgorzelski), coordinated by Richard Choksey. The lead producer is Jelena Sofronijevic. Editing and Sound Design by Tymon Zgorzelski. 

On this special interview episode, Erin sits down to talk to composer Lindsay Jones to discuss his work on Botanic Garden the Musical. Botanic Garden the Musical (Podcast Musical) tells the story of Kate and Jake, a married couple navigating love, loss, and memory. As Kate considers going on a date with another man at the botanical garden, Jake—her deceased husband—walks her (and the audience) through what that date might mean, revisiting the highs and lows of their relationship and ultimately reaching a place of resolution and moving forward.Find out more about Botanic Garden the Musical here: https://botanicgardenthemusical.com/You can follow us on Letterboxd at: https://letterboxd.com/itsafandomthing/Consider supporting us on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/itsafandomthingpod⁠⁠.For links to our social media, visit our website: ⁠⁠https://itsafandomthingpod.com/⁠⁠Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/7aTTCAWZRx⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can follow Fergie on TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@schroederandfergs⁠⁠Cover art by Carla Temis.Podcast logo by Erin Amos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Todd Logan invites Lindsay Jones to help adapt Todd's play Botanic Garden into a musical and almost immediately Lindsay realizes he has no idea how to write a musical. Lindsay writes the perfect opening song which everyone loves until they all realize that perhaps it's not the perfect opening song. Inspired by Stephen Sondheim's struggle to write “Comedy Tonight”, Lindsay creates “Why Am I Here” which is actually becomes the perfect song to open the show. Lindsay then vows to write an entire musical using only a piano, then immediately breaks this vow by adding in a metronome as musical instrument on “An Honest Lie”. This journey may have more twists than we thought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices