Podcast appearances and mentions of Mary Reynolds

The Art Institute's Frida Kahlo's Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds explores a pivotal moment in Kahlo's career. Reset sits down with Caitlin Haskell, Gary C. and Frances Comer senior curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, one of the curators behind the exhibition to learn more about the two artists' friendship and their connection to the surrealist art movement. This exhibition will be open now until Sunday, July 13, 2025. Tickets are an additional $5 in addison to a general admission. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Today I chat with the amazing Mary Reynolds, founder of we are the ARK.She has transformed her garden and many more gardens into wild spaces for nature, including growing your own food, while incorporating = native pant communities which all our wildlife depend on.She will have a series out in TG4 this year so stay tuned for that!Check her website for how to build an ARK https://wearetheark.org.Patreons, thank you for supporting , please consider a contribution via patreon, you allow me to keep the episodes going!BEEWILD Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/adventures-with-kate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send Me A Message!! Unlock the secrets of timeless gardening wisdom and discover how vintage insights can transform your garden today. Join us on this week's Master My Garden Podcast as we stroll through the pages of iconic gardening books and explore their lasting impact on modern horticulture.  We'll also touch on Mary Reynolds' compelling "We Are Ark," a call to action for creating wildlife sanctuaries within our own backyards. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just beginning, this episode promises to enrich your gardening journey with historical perspectives and fresh ideas.Our journey continues with a spotlight on home gardening and no-dig techniques that are reshaping the way we cultivate our crops. Bailey Van Tassel's "The Kitchen Garden Living" leads the way with its rich illustrations and practical guides, followed by insights from the renowned DG Hessayon's "Expert" series. We'll delve into Charles Dowding's influential teachings on no-dig gardening and Richard Perkins' transformative work in "Regenerative Agriculture." To wrap up, we're excited to share our top book recommendations for gifting, including Jimmy Blake's "A Beautiful Obsession" and TJ Maher's exquisite take on garden color harmony with his book "Grounded in the garden" These selections are sure to inspire and captivate any garden lover, providing a bounty of knowledge and a feast for the eyes. Be sure to tune in next week for a special recap of our most popular discussions from the past year!Support the showIf there is any topic you would like covered in future episodes, please let me know. Email: info@mastermygarden.com Master My Garden Courses: https://mastermygarden.com/courses/Check out Master My Garden on the following channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mastermygarden/ Instagram @Mastermygarden https://www.instagram.com/mastermygarden/ Until next week Happy gardening John

This episode was initially published on April 21, 2023 under the title The Urgent Need for Restorative Gardening Internationally acclaimed landscape designer, activist and bestselling author of The Garden Awakening and her newly released title We are the Ark, Mary Reynolds discusses her efforts to restore the earth through her global ARK campaign, (Acts of Restorative Kindness). She launched her career by achieving a gold medal for garden design at the Chelsea flower show in 2002, the story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”. She later founded the global movement “We are the ARK”, an organization advocating for more wild spaces and to raise awareness of our current extinction event. Topics Discussed Mary's new book We Are the Ark: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness with illustrations by Ruth Evans Mary's story of the pivotal moment that changed her career How Mary reframes the concept of gardens The ARK concept How the idea of feeding the world is greenwashing, when we should support the world to feed itself. Floral designer Amber Tamm @ambertamm Doug Tallamy, founder of Home Grown National Park - a grassroots organization regenerating local biodiversity Native species vs non-native plants and how they affect local eco-systems The 100th monkey syndrome Shifting Baseline Syndrome/ Daniel Pauly  How has Mary's mission evolved from The Garden Awakening to We Are the Ark Mary's project in Westport, County Mayo The difference between a garden and an ark is intention How can people become less afraid of the wildness? Where does Mary find hope that we will be able to save the planet and ourselves?  Spreading the message of The ARK all over the world From What is to What If written by Rob Hopkins The book Silent Spring  written by Rachel Carson Connect with Mary: Website: We Are the Ark Instagram: wildmarymary

This episode was initially published on April 21, 2023 under the title The Urgent Need for Restorative Gardening Internationally acclaimed landscape designer, activist and bestselling author of The Garden Awakening and her newly released title We are the Ark, Mary Reynolds discusses her efforts to restore the earth through her global ARK campaign, (Acts of Restorative Kindness). She launched her career by achieving a gold medal for garden design at the Chelsea flower show in 2002, the story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”. She later founded the global movement “We are the ARK”, an organization advocating for more wild spaces and to raise awareness of our current extinction event. Topics Discussed Mary's new book We Are the Ark: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness with illustrations by Ruth Evans Mary's story of the pivotal moment that changed her career How Mary reframes the concept of gardens The ARK concept How the idea of feeding the world is greenwashing, when we should support the world to feed itself. Floral designer Amber Tamm @ambertamm Doug Tallamy, founder of Home Grown National Park - a grassroots organization regenerating local biodiversity Native species vs non-native plants and how they affect local eco-systems The 100th monkey syndrome Shifting Baseline Syndrome/ Daniel Pauly  How has Mary's mission evolved from The Garden Awakening to We Are the Ark Mary's project in Westport, County Mayo The difference between a garden and an ark is intention How can people become less afraid of the wildness? Where does Mary find hope that we will be able to save the planet and ourselves?  Spreading the message of The ARK all over the world From What is to What If written by Rob Hopkins The book Silent Spring  written by Rachel Carson Connect with Mary: Website: We Are the Ark Instagram: wildmarymary

In this episode, Mary and Emma sit down with a longtime listener Nathalie Girod, a designer with a rich multicultural background, who shares her journey and experiences in slow and sustainable living. Nathalie discusses how her upbringing in a family with French and Bolivian roots has influenced her sustainable practices, her professional career in fashion design, and her commitment to living a life that minimizes environmental impact. Key Takeaways Cultural Influences on Sustainability: Nathalie talks about how growing up with French and Bolivian grandparents who valued resourcefulness and minimal waste deeply impacted her lifestyle choices. Sustainable Fashion: Nathalie shares insights from her career in fashion, emphasizing the importance of custom-made, slow fashion as opposed to mass-produced, fast fashion. Daily Sustainable Practices: Nathalie outlines her daily habits and choices that contribute to a sustainable lifestyle, from cooking seasonal food to making her own cleaning products. Independent Thinking: Embracing slow living requires courage and independent thinking, especially in a world driven by consumerism and convenience. Topics Discussed Differences in sustainable practices between Europe and the United States Nathalie's journey in the fashion industry and her focus on slow, custom-made fashion Practical sustainable living tips, including: Cooking seasonal and homemade food Making homemade cleaning products Using reusable and low-waste products The importance of independent thinking in adopting a sustainable lifestyle Resources Mentioned Karen Logan's Book: Clean House Clean Planet – A guide for making homemade cleaning products. Mary Reynolds' Wildlife Sanctuary: Nathalie mentions being inspired by Mary Reynolds to create a wildlife sanctuary. Sustainable Fashion Tips: Insights on slow fashion and custom-made clothing from Nathalie's experience. Connect with Nathalie: @isa.maisa on Instagram _______________________________________

In this episode, Mary and Emma sit down with a longtime listener Nathalie Girod, a designer with a rich multicultural background, who shares her journey and experiences in slow and sustainable living. Nathalie discusses how her upbringing in a family with French and Bolivian roots has influenced her sustainable practices, her professional career in fashion design, and her commitment to living a life that minimizes environmental impact. Key Takeaways Cultural Influences on Sustainability: Nathalie talks about how growing up with French and Bolivian grandparents who valued resourcefulness and minimal waste deeply impacted her lifestyle choices. Sustainable Fashion: Nathalie shares insights from her career in fashion, emphasizing the importance of custom-made, slow fashion as opposed to mass-produced, fast fashion. Daily Sustainable Practices: Nathalie outlines her daily habits and choices that contribute to a sustainable lifestyle, from cooking seasonal food to making her own cleaning products. Independent Thinking: Embracing slow living requires courage and independent thinking, especially in a world driven by consumerism and convenience. Topics Discussed Differences in sustainable practices between Europe and the United States Nathalie's journey in the fashion industry and her focus on slow, custom-made fashion Practical sustainable living tips, including: Cooking seasonal and homemade food Making homemade cleaning products Using reusable and low-waste products The importance of independent thinking in adopting a sustainable lifestyle Resources Mentioned Karen Logan's Book: Clean House Clean Planet – A guide for making homemade cleaning products. Mary Reynolds' Wildlife Sanctuary: Nathalie mentions being inspired by Mary Reynolds to create a wildlife sanctuary. Sustainable Fashion Tips: Insights on slow fashion and custom-made clothing from Nathalie's experience. Connect with Nathalie: @isa.maisa on Instagram _______________________________________

Lori Wallace MPF DiscussionHow Authenticity Drives Success At Work and In Life with Lori Wallace  About LoriLori Wallace is the Founder and CEO of Career Ecology – a hub spot for WorkLife Empowerment. She's mentored job seekers for over twenty years as the owner of her own search agency where she matched prominent hospital systems like Cedars Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, and Sutter Health to skilled and passionate professionals ranging from CEO to Lab Assistant. But Lori brings much more than meets the eye. She calls herself a “Work-Life Doula”. Out of the angst of 2016, Lori founded Career Ecology in order to, as she puts it, “help every human shed the old, awaken the imaginal, and fly free.” Lori has a degree in Psychology from UCLA and certifications from the Nurtured Heart Institute and with Mary Reynold's Thompson's Wild Soul facilitation. She brings a “practical + poetic” approach to work-life across all critical touch points, including job search, resume, interviewing, as well as the touch point to self. Lori views the realm of “work” as the modern day “hero's  On this episode of My Perfect Failure (How Authenticity Drives Success At Work and In Life) If you are keen to change the direction of your and find your flow, live your life with authenticity and joy then this episode with Lori is a must listen for you.  Some of the themes we cover.·       The importance of authenticity·       Experience a live with authenticity, integrity and love.·       We discuss Career Ecology & how we can have thriving Careers.·       Lori reveals how nature has the answers to all our problems.·       Learn how you can lean into your guidance system.·       Lori discusses the; 'Way of the Monarch'. Links to LoriSpecial Offer Career Ecology: www.careerecology.com/podcast/mpf  Your Special Offer from Lori·       Your Gift for MPF listeners 10% off of any service. ·       'Way of the Monarch' interactive journey book (first chapter free).·       link to my weekly open "Ask Lori" Zoom where anyone can join and ask any question or request any guidance on their Work Life.  Recommendations & Insights from LoriBiggest Little Farm Movie (Trailer): https://youtu.be/fcQKWkpPB3U?si=M8nIJXA1QHpbD3br Biomimicry Institute: https://biomimicry.org/about/ Book, "Reclaiming the Wild Soul" by Mary Reynolds ThompsonReclaiming the Wild Soul: How Earth's Landscapes Restore Us to Wholeness: Amazon.co.uk: Thompson, Mary Reynolds: 9780982889404: Books  Michael Meade (Mythologist): https://www.mosaicvoices.org/  Dr. Gabor Maté:https://drgabormate.com/  Please Leave A Review Like this show? Please leave us a review here, even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!   Paul: Contact Details  ·         Work with me: paul@myperfectfailure.com ·         MPF Website: http://www.myperfectfailure.com/  ·         Insta: follow: ht

Welcome to episode 32 of the Nurtured by Nature podcast, today I'm delighted to be joined in conversation by Claire from the Irish Forest Garden. Claire is an incredible force for nature, having been friends with Mary Reynolds, the inspirational Chelsea award winning landscape designer for many years. In 2014 Claire and her family worked with Mary to bring the Forest Garden from her book the Garden Awakening to life on a small disused 1/8 acre paddock. This was the start of their incredible journey embracing their responsibility to become true guardians of the earth, no longer fighting against nature but working in harmony to nurture all creatures both rooted and un-rooted. As both Mary, Claire and her family's vision has evolved so too has their approach and most recently they have expanded beyond the forest garden to embrace ARKing and offering up even more land to nurturing the native flora and fauna.During this magical and laughter filled conversation, Claire takes us along on their journey from the challenges of starting at below zero in a nature depleted couch-grass filled landscape to the highs of seeing their hard work literally bare fruit and witnessing the myriad of creatures that have benefitted during their beautiful journey of co-creation with the earth. We share our mutual hopes as we acknowledge the changes that have occurred in our lifetime and how discussions around nature are seeping into the reality of more people. Claire imparts two profoundly simple but empowering pieces of wisdom for us all to embrace: Before doing something, always pause and ask Why? And Just Do It, no matter how small the action may feel, just make the decision at the start of this new year to just do something and take that first step to becoming part of the solution, you will surprised at how quickly nature steps into the spaces we make for her. Learn more about ClaireI'm Claire Leadbitter and I'm sharing about our Forest Garden and ARK designs here in Wexford, Ireland which were inspired by Mary Reynolds and her books The Garden Awakening and We Are the ARK.  Trying for a gentle, organic approach to living with the land under our care, to feed ourselves and creating as much habitat as possible for native flora and fauna.Website: www.irishforestgarden.ieInstagram: www.instagram.com/irishforestgardenOther Useful Links:Mary Reynolds - https://marymary.ie/We Are The Ark - https://wearetheark.org/Books The Garden Awakening: Designs to nurture our land and ourselves - Mary ReynoldsWe Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness - Mary ReynoldsThank you for being a part of this journey with me, please Subscribe to make sure you don't miss our future episodes, and share with your friends to help these messages ripple out across the world. More information about the Nurtured by Nature Podcast and our host Fiona MacKay: Fiona Mackay Photography WebsiteConnect with us and join the conversation on social media:Instagram @FionaMacKayPhotographyFacebook @FionaMacKayPhotographyTwitter @FiMacKay

Lisette Kreischer is herborist, activist, schrijver en fotograaf. In haar werk deelt ze de prachtige verhalen van Moeder Aarde, over de wonderen van onze kostbare planeet en al haar inwoners. Ze maakt herborisme en veganisme hip, op haar manier. We hadden een lang en inspirerend gesprek.Over hoe haar liefde voor dieren haar naar de planten begeleidde.Over de stap van vegetariër naar veganist, en hoe haar waardering voor het plantenrijk als voedselbron de eerste stap was naar kruidengeneeskunde gaan studeren.Over haar verhuis van de stad naar het platteland en hoe dat haar relatie met de planten veranderd heeft.Over onderdeel zijn van een meer dan menselijke wereld, en hoe de mens daar slechts een passant in is.Over handelen door niet te handelen en de natuur zijn werk laten doen, geïnspireerd door de boeken "We Are the Ark" van Mary Reynolds en "Braiding Sweetgrass" van Robin Wall Kimmerer. Over het oordeel dat we hebben over verwilderde tuinen en hoe denigrerend ons taalgebruik rond dieren en planten is. Over de verschillende boeken die Lisette schreef en hoe sommige reacties daarop leidden tot brandstapelangst. Over haar rol als activiste, het belang om daarbij ruimte te geven aan je emoties en te blijven geloven dat de meeste mensen deugen. Over haar project Floral Nectar for Honeys.En nog veel meer...Meer info over Lisette en alles wat ze doet vind je op haar website: www.lisettekreischer.com.  Je kan haar ook volgen op Instagram. 

Where do we find Sophia's wild garden of awakening and love? We're it. And we can see that garden in every direction, if we look with awakening eyes, eyes of love, eyes of wisdom, eyes of beauty. And we need to cultivate that garden, with "Acts of Restorative Kindness". We find references to Sophia as a presence in the Earth, a presence in soil and soul. She calls to us to attend to Her, and to all Her sacred beings.In this episode, we enjoy a deep dialogue with Mary Reynolds, emissary of Sophia, and botanical bodhisattva of magic and grace—one of my favorite guests! She helps us reflect on the living loving world as our path of wisdom and wonder, and invites us to become the Ark of Being through Acts of Restorative Kindness.Mary Reynolds is a reformed international landscape designer who launched her career by achieving a gold medal for garden design at the Chelsea flower show in London in 2002, the story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”. Bestselling author of The Garden Awakening, and We are the ARK, she is an occasional television presenter and the founder of the global movement “We are the ARK”. She's not the worst cook and she likes to campaign against evil corporate/political efforts to cull us all off with pesticides, herbicides, GMO's, greenwashing, and fossil fuel craziness. Her aim in life is to restore the Earth's native plant and creature communities (her clothing of choice), and remind people that our role here on this beautiful home of ours is one of guardian, not gardener. Find out more:www.marymary.iewww.wearetheark.org

In episode 6, Seamus speaks with author, environmentalist & reformed landscape designer Mary Reynolds about Acts of Restorative Kindness, stewardship of nature, and navigating a path towards a sustainable future. https://wearetheark.org/We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness

This week on Historia Obscura: how a teacher from rural South Dakota became one of the foremost figures in the Puerto Rican nationalist movement. Special thanks to Patreon subscribers Barbara, Cameron Sherman, Scott Sherman, David Cahn, Lisa Chase, and Tom! Subscribe to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historiaobscura! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historiaobscura/message

In a podcast-only program, we return to The National Botanical Gardens, Kilmacurragh. Co Wicklow for the Q&A session from this month's Culture File Debate on the pasts, presents and futures of gardens, with Paddy Woodworth, Mary Reynolds, Seamus O'Brien, Colin Stafford-Johnson.

The pasts, presents and futures of gardens are under discussion, as Paddy Woodworth shepherds a panel of Mary Reynolds, Seamus O'Brien and Colin Stafford-Johnson in discussing the possibilities and responsibilities in a time of crisis. Recorded at The National Botanical Gardens, Kilmacurragh. Co Wicklow.

This week's show is with Mary Reynolds. Mary Reynolds is an accomplished landscape designer who gained international recognition after debuting at the Chelsea flower show in 2002. Her inspiring story was featured in the 2016 film "Dare to be Wild". In addition to being a bestselling author and occasional television presenter, she also founded "We are the ARK", a global movement aimed at promoting practical solutions for preserving the environment. Mary is also an advocate for safe and sustainable food production, and actively campaigns against harmful practices such as the use of pesticides, herbicides, GMOs, and fossil fuels. Despite her many accomplishments, Mary remains humble and is known to dabble in cooking. In this conversation, Mary and I explored the arking movement, why she sees its so necessary, what can get in the way of us going from gardeners to guardians, the small changes we can all make to be part of healing the land, and how ultimately it's healing ourselves. We'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below or share in our fb group. What you'll learn from this episode: Arking is something tangible and accessible that we can all do in some way, rather than waiting for someone or something else to create the solution, and if enoigh of us do it it could create a tipping point in consciousness As we support the land to heal, it will provide a reflection of and support our own healing in ways that are truly magical We can begin small and simply by stopping the use of chemicals, creating small passageways between our garden and surrounding land, turning land back to nature, removing non-native species, and watching and waiting. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Visit her website: wearetheark.org Mary Reynolds Follow Mary in Social Media: Facebook Group: We Are The Ark Twitter: @WearetheArk1 Instagram: @wildmarymary @letsbuildanark   Thank you for listening! There's a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Wild Wednesday (that way you'll never miss a show): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

Our celebration of Pentecost will lift up the wild disrupting design of the Holy Spirit which crosses boundaries in unexpected ways as we read Acts 2 alongside the life of Mary Reynolds with music by Corey Henry and Solabel. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

Our guest today on the NeighbourFood podcast is Mary Reynolds, one of Ireland's leading advocates for nature. She describes herself as a reformed landscape gardener who won the Chelsea Flower Show in 2002. Mary is also an author and public environmental activist, and in this conversation today, we focus on her present campaign of healing the earth and the natural world.Mary explains the importance of connecting with nature and learning from it, allowing it to teach us valuable life lessons. She talks about building an "ARK" (Act of Restorative Kindness) by donating part of your land or garden, creating sanctuary corridors, and restoring natural ecosystems and habitats.Throughout the conversation, Mary emphasises the crucial role of biodiversity and the need to take personal responsibility for our impact on the environment, encouraging us to listen and work with our natural world, making conscious choices in our daily lives to become true guardians of the earth and all life it carries.To learn more about Mary's work, visit her website at marymary.ie or find her on Instagram @wildmarymary. You can also visit wearetheark.org to learn more about building ARKs and the movement that Mary has started. And don't forget to pick up one of Mary's beautiful books, "The Garden Awakening" (2016), or "We are the Ark" (2022). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Internationally acclaimed landscape designer, activist and bestselling author of The Garden Awakening and her newly released title We are the Ark, Mary Reynolds discusses her efforts to restore the earth through her global ARK campaign, (Acts of Restorative Kindness). She launched her career by achieving a gold medal for garden design at the Chelsea flower show in 2002, the story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”. She later founded the global movement “We are the ARK”, an organization advocating for more wild spaces and to raise awareness of our current extinction event. Topics Discussed Mary's new book We Are the Ark: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness with illustrations by Ruth Evans Mary's story of the pivotal moment that changed her career How Mary reframes the concept of gardens The ARK concept How the idea of feeding the world is greenwashing, when we should support the world to feed itself. Floral designer Amber Tamm @ambertamm Doug Tallamy, founder of Home Grown National Park - a grassroots organization regenerating local biodiversity Native species vs non-native plants and how they affect local eco-systems The 100th monkey syndrome Shifting Baseline Syndrome/ Daniel Pauly  How has Mary's mission evolved from The Garden Awakening to We Are the Ark Mary's project in Westport, County Mayo The difference between a garden and an ark is intention How can people become less afraid of the wildness? Where does Mary find hope that we will be able to save the planet and ourselves?  Spreading the message of The ARK all over the world From What is to What If written by Rob Hopkins The book Silent Spring  written by Rachel Carson Connect with Mary: Website: We Are the Ark Instagram: wildmarymary This Episode is Sponsored by Pinetree Seeds! Order their seeds today from superseeds.com and use our promo code: GOODDIRT15 for 15% off your entire order! About Lady Farmer: Our Website @weareladyfarmer on Instagram Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC Leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you! Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com Original music by John Kingsley. Our technical partner for this series is CitizenRacecar, Post-Production by Alex Brouwer and José Miguel Baez, Coordinated by Gabriela Montequin and Mary Ball. The Good Dirt is a part of the Connectd Podcasts Network. Statements in this podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not to be considered medical or nutritional advice. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and should not be considered above the advice of your physician. Consult a medical professional when making dietary or lifestyle decisions that could affect your health and well-being.

Internationally acclaimed landscape designer, activist and bestselling author of The Garden Awakening and her newly released title We are the Ark, Mary Reynolds discusses her efforts to restore the earth through her global ARK campaign, (Acts of Restorative Kindness). She launched her career by achieving a gold medal for garden design at the Chelsea flower show in 2002, the story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”. She later founded the global movement “We are the ARK”, an organization advocating for more wild spaces and to raise awareness of our current extinction event. Topics Discussed Mary's new book We Are the Ark: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness with illustrations by Ruth Evans Mary's story of the pivotal moment that changed her career How Mary reframes the concept of gardens The ARK concept How the idea of feeding the world is greenwashing, when we should support the world to feed itself. Floral designer Amber Tamm @ambertamm Doug Tallamy, founder of Home Grown National Park - a grassroots organization regenerating local biodiversity Native species vs non-native plants and how they affect local eco-systems The 100th monkey syndrome Shifting Baseline Syndrome/ Daniel Pauly  How has Mary's mission evolved from The Garden Awakening to We Are the Ark Mary's project in Westport, County Mayo The difference between a garden and an ark is intention How can people become less afraid of the wildness? Where does Mary find hope that we will be able to save the planet and ourselves?  Spreading the message of The ARK all over the world From What is to What If written by Rob Hopkins The book Silent Spring  written by Rachel Carson Connect with Mary: Website: We Are the Ark Instagram: wildmarymary This Episode is Sponsored by Pinetree Garden Seeds! Order their seeds today from superseeds.com and use our promo code: GOODDIRT15 for 15% off your entire order! About Lady Farmer: Our Website @weareladyfarmer on Instagram Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC Leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you! Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com Original music by John Kingsley. Our technical partner for this series is CitizenRacecar, Post-Production by Alex Brouwer and José Miguel Baez, Coordinated by Gabriela Montequin and Mary Ball. The Good Dirt is a part of the Connectd Podcasts Network. Statements in this podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not to be considered medical or nutritional advice. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and should not be considered above the advice of your physician. Consult a medical professional when making dietary or lifestyle decisions that could affect your health and well-being.

It is now Mid-April, and this week we are celebrating both California Native Plant Week AND the week of Earth Day. Wildflowers are blooming and being admired across the country! In honor of Earth Day 2023 and all of the fierce and tender hopes we have for it, we are back in conversation with Ireland's Mary Reynolds, self-described as an ex-garden designer, actively reimagining and rebuilding a relationship with nature through her most recent founding of a movement known as We Are the Ark in which we transform our gardens and gardening into Acts of restorative Kindness welcoming and supporting all manner of life. Some of you may remember that my previous conversation with Mary in 2019 after her last book, The Garden Awakening, was published, and just as she was founding We Are the Ark. Mary's dedication and persistence around the importance of each of us in stewarding the land we can is a bright spot in our world. Enjoy! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Mary is a reformed internationally acclaimed landscape designer turned revolutionary who launched her career at the Chelsea flower show in 2002, being the youngest contestant to win gold. The story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”.She is a bestselling author, inspirational speaker, occasional television presenter and founder of the global movement “We are the ARK”, a practical groundswell movement who's aim is to shift the environmental game in nature's favour.“The time for gardens as canvases for our creative pleasure is over. Everything must change and if we are to save the planet, then we must start with our own patches of it. It's time to reimagine our work as gardeners, to become leaders in the race to save our beautiful planet, to save ourselves.”"We need to stop thinking of ourselves as gardeners of the land and start becoming guardians of the land"We had the privilege of recording this episode in person, it was truly inspiring, chilling and brilliant. Mary is wonderful!Enjoy!Lots of Love,Dave & SteveTo find our more about Mary, her book and her work, visit: https://marymary.ie/Produced by Sean Cahill & Sara Fawsitt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please Support Our Show: Join us on SubstackLove KnotWork Storytelling? Support the show, find the in-depth show notes, and get even more stories on our Substack, Myth Is Medicine.Our StoryIreland doesn't have a creation story, but it does have Lebor Gabála Érenn, the Book of Invasions. The first invasion was led by Cessair, a granddaughter of Noah who took her own boat to Ireland to avoid that great Biblical flood.Our GuestCarmen is a marketing consultant who works with purpose-driven entrepreneurs. She gives entrepreneurs the tools to cultivate rich and diverse ecosystems where they can thrive. She believes in connecting with your natural gifts—intuition, curiosity, and discernment—to guide the creation of a sustainable business that meets your needs and goals. Join Carmen on Substack for inspiration on weaving the threads of your life and business into a thriving ecosystem. You can find more information on her website, wildpreneur.com. Follow Carmen on Instagram and Facebook.Our ConversationThe big questions we explore in this episode: What stories get told and passed on. What makes a myth “real”? Who are the “winners of culture”? Which parts of civilisation, culture are we meant to rewrite and rewild? Rather than tearing down the master's house, what if we are meant to build a new boat? Is technology, including artificial intelligence “the next flood”?What's the source of this story? Scholars say it was conceived to further Ireland's desire to establish Christianity and a Biblical pedigree, but the myth may have been rooted into something much older: an older goddess or memory of the floods that would have come with the end of the last ice age. Marisa's inventions: the reason Cessair and family were not included on the Ark and her meeting with the trinity of goddesses who gave Ireland its name: Éiru, Banba and Fódla.The power of sharing your unique story and art and bringing it through your unique lens in this age of ChatGPT and AI, as entrepreneurs and creativesThe stories of navigation and destinations reached and the myths of the rudderless boat, sent beyond the ninth wave to enter a new adventureThe way we look at business is like how we look at our gardens. Ecological consciousness, applied to business and marketing, but also to the very practical way we live upon the earth, like choosing plants that are truly helpful for butterfliesThe work of Mary Reynolds, a “recovering landscape designer,” and author of We Are the Ark. Her work of Acts of Restorative Kindness in order to live in relationship with the earth.Article in the New Yorker, The End of the English Major: liberal arts as a way into so many different ways of knowing.Carmen's guiding principle, a quote from Gurudev Shri Amritji: “We exist in perpetual creative response.” We...

Hvis man slipper litt natur inn i hagen, blir hagen straks attraktiv for flere. Den vil tiltrekke seg insekter, fugler og kanskje noen små dyr som frosk og pinnsvin. Det er ikke slik at hagen skal vanskjøttes, eller at å slippe naturen inn betyr at man ikke behøver å gjøre noe hagearbeid. Vi må fortsatt styre hva som skal få være og hva som bør bort. Ja takk, til en kvisthaug og en morken stubbe, men hele tomten behøver ikke se ut som et hogstfelt.I denne episoden forteller jeg blant annet om eks-hagedesigner og aktivisten Mary Reynolds. Informasjon om henne og bevegelsen hennes 'We Are the ARK', kan dere finne her: https://wearetheark.org/Filmen om Mary ligger på Viaplay og heter "Dare to Be Wild".Podkastepisoden jeg refererer til, finnes i podkasten The joe gardener Show og er episode nummer 303.Du finner Hagespiren her:https://hagespiren.no/Mail:podcast@hagespiren.noFølg gjerne Hagespiren Podcast på Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/hagespirenpodcast/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/hagespirenYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBHDkK1G9iu3Ytv_pgLCOjgTusen takk for at du lytter til Hagespiren Podcast!Del gjerne podkasten med andre som du tenker vil ha glede av den. Episoden kan inneholde målrettet reklame, basert på din IP-adresse, enhet og posisjon. Se smartpod.no/personvern for informasjon og dine valg om deling av data.

Those of us who control a patch of land can't count on there being someplace else for wildlife to find a home. There are too few wild spaces left, so it's up to each of us to steward our properties in a way that fosters biodiversity. That's the message shared by my guest this week, gardener, landscape designer and activist Mary Reynolds, the founder of We Are the ARK (Acts of Restorative Kindness). Podcast Links for Show notes Download my free eBook 5 Steps to Your Best Garden Ever - the 5 most important steps anyone can do to have a thriving garden or landscape. It's what I still do today, without exception, to get incredible results, even in the most challenging conditions. Subscribe to the joegardener® email list to receive weekly updates about new podcast episodes, seasonal gardening tips, and online gardening course announcements. Check out The joegardener® Online Gardening Academy for our growing library of organic gardening courses. Follow joegardener® on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter, and subscribe to The joegardenerTV YouTube channel.

The Rivalry (and the cast) continue to roll and role-play their way through a series of flashbacks to discover how they've come to be in a barn preparing to ambush the Pole's incoming security team.   SHOW NOTES INFORMATION COMMUNITY INFO Send us pics of you rocking D2C Merch and we will publish them on the Community page of our website. Click HERE to check it out! CHARACTER ART Official D20 to Curtain Character Art created by Nsikak Udofia Check out some of Nsikak Udofia's amazing work at https://www.deviantart.com/hodahcity MUSIC / SOUND EFFECTS LICENSE INFORMATION: Rock Scissor Rock by Louise Goldberg Hero's Call by Louise Goldberg To hear more of Louise Goldberg's work, visit her profile at https://soundcloud.com/louise-goldberg For information about Louise's band, Miss Brown to You, visit https://www.reverbnation.com/missbrowntoyou   The following music was used for this media project: The Farmers's Daughter and the Green, Green Grass  lyrics by Jennifer Stevenson music by W. Jerome Stevenson and Mary Reynolds  vocals and instruments by Mary Reynolds

In this weeks episode John is joined by Ingrid Smyth, garden designer and member of GLDA to speak about the much anticipated 2023 GLDA seminar "Letting Nature In" With excellent speakers including Barry Kavanagh, Mary Reynolds, Randall Plunkett & Taina Suonio all looking at the theme letting nature in and talking about their experiences of letting nature in with there own unique situations. Letting Nature In – Listening to the rhythm of nature and capturing its essence in the designed landscape.This year, we are focusing on how we should shift our attention to the essence of what makes our landscapes distinctive and how to preserve and capture the spirit and atmosphere of the garden. Design for the landscape should always be adapted for the context of where it is located. How a deeper understanding of the existing context influences our design choices and creates better planning to protect and enhance the richness of the existing ecosystem and biodiversity.You can buy tickets and find out more here https://glda.ie/seminar-2023/There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my Website :https://mastermygarden.com/If there is any topic you would like covered in future episodes please let me know. Please like and follow Master My Garden on the following channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mastermygarden/Instagram @Mastermygarden https://www.instagram.com/mastermygarden/Twitter:https://twitter.com/tweetsbyMMGor email info@mastermygarden.comUntil next week Happy Gardening John Support the show

The party tries out a new plan while the players try out a new style of storytelling.    SHOW NOTES INFORMATION COMMUNITY INFO Send us pics of you rocking D2C Merch and we will publish them on the Community page of our website. Click HERE to check it out! CHARACTER ART Official D20 to Curtain Character Art created by Nsikak Udofia Check out some of Nsikak Udofia's amazing work at https://www.deviantart.com/hodahcity   MUSIC / SOUND EFFECTS LICENSE INFORMATION: Rock Scissor Rock by Louise Goldberg Hero's Call by Louise Goldberg D20 Hero Orchestral by Louise Goldberg D20 Lute Music by Louise Goldberg To hear more of Louise Goldberg's work, visit her profile at https://soundcloud.com/louise-goldberg For information about Louise's band, Miss Brown to You, visit https://www.reverbnation.com/missbrowntoyou   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3338-achaidh-cheide  License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  Music: The Dread by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4491-the-dread License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   GGG Demo by W. Jerome Stevenson and Mary Reynolds    

Welcome to episode 9 of the Nurtured by Nature podcast. Today I'm delighted to be joined in conversation by the fabulous Wendy Sweet. Wendy lives in the hills of County Mayo in Ireland. Alongside her husband Steve, they have created an oasis for nature and started their business Woo in the Willows. During this inspiring episode we explored how a closer look at the ingredients list on the back of a skin cream, led Wendy to question what she was putting on her skin and ultimately the creation of their beautiful range of natural botanical skin creams and products. Wendy openly shares both her passion and depth of knowledge about the healing properties of plants and herbs, from the diverse range of lavenders to the powerhouse that comes in the form of the humble little daisy. I learn how, inspired by Mary Reynolds' We Are The Ark in just a short time they have helped nature begin to reclaim their patch and how everyday we have the opportunity to learn and be amazed by the world around us and that by simply quietly taking our own journey we can unexpectedly inspire others, which can lead to changes we couldn't have planned.  Learn more about Wendy:  Wendy (Woo) Sweet is a Horticulturist, Garden Designer, Creator and Company Director of Woo in the Willows. In 2015 Wendy and her husband Steve, came across the 2-acre plot, Steve was totally bewildered by Wendy's insistence that the almost derelict house and ravaged patch of land could become their dream home. They have planted trees and wildflowers, encouraging wildlife and pollinators. Then set about producing as much of their own organic herbs and vegetables as they could. In 2020,  the concept of ‘Woo in the Willows' was born. Wendy was using commercial moisturisers when it dawned on them both that some of the ingredients were potentially harmful, particularly to a cancer survivor like Wendy. Over the lockdown days and nights, they researched organic, vegan body products and formulated the recipes that have become the basis for their body products, which they are proud to have passed their safety certification. They made the hard decision to temporarily give over the majority of their existing vegetable garden to make space for the wonderful varieties of lavenders until new beds could be established. These along with organic herbs and flowers are used widely in their beautiful body products and more recently in culinary oils, vinegars and salts. With sustainability in mind their aim is to use as many of their home-grown botanicals and herbs for all their ‘Woo in the Willows' products as is possible.Website: https://woointhewillows.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/woointhewillowsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/woointhewillowsOther useful links from this episode:Find out more about the We Are The Ark Movement: https://wearetheark.org/ We Are The Ark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/80496844986Thank you for being a part of this journey with me, please Subscribe to make sure you don't miss our future episodes, and share with your friends to help these messages ripple out across the world. More information about the Nurtured by Nature Podcast and our host Fiona MacKay: Fiona Mackay Photography WebsiteConnect with us and join the conversation on social media:Instagram @FionaMacKayPhotographyFacebook @FionaMacKayPhotographyTwitter @FiMacKay

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Nurtured by Nature podcast. Today I'm delighted to be joined in conversation by the lovely Laura Sweet. Laura is an artist and writer based in California.  During this inspiring episode we dived into how her homeschooling created space for her and her children to gain a deeper reverence for nature. Offered up stories around our shared love of trees, discussed some of our favourite books and explored how Laura was inspired by Mary Reynolds' "We are the Ark" to create a sanctuary for nature in her own backyard, whilst nurturing her secret addiction to buying plants. Learn more about Laura: Laura Sweet is an Artist and Writer living her version of a hand made life in a faraway place, north of Northern California, USA. Her work is to live sustainably in her small and mostly wild place. Taking nothing for granted, she makes the most of what is already around her. Creating with her hands keeps life curiously joyful, while writing hones her intent for humility and gratitude. Her family inspires her love to see the simple goodness in every colorful and contrasting detail. When everything is sacred, nothing is wasted.Website: https://laurasweetstudios.com/Instagram: @halflight_lettersFacebook: @halflightlettersFind out more about the We Are The Ark Movement:https://wearetheark.org/We Are The Ark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/804968449865497/Authors/Books mentioned in this episode:Mary Reynolds -We Are The Ark https://marymary.ie/Sharon Blackie - The Enchanted Life https://sharonblackie.net/Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With Wolves https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/Thank you for being a part of this journey with me, please Subscribe to make sure you don't miss our future episodes, and share with your friends to help these messages ripple out across the world. More information about the Nurtured by Nature Podcast and our host Fiona MacKay: Fiona Mackay Photography WebsiteConnect with us and join the conversation on social media:Instagram @FionaMacKayPhotographyFacebook @FionaMacKayPhotographyTwitter @FiMacKay

Reconnecting to the Earth. Biodiversity. Ecosystems. Nature. Rewilding. Earth Magic. The Garden Awakening is one of my most favourite books & in todays episode I have the author Mary Reynolds on the show with me. Mary Reynolds is the youngest woman to win a gold medal at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show & her life is the inspiration for the film: Dare to be Wild. Mary is an ex-garden designer who believes everything must change - that we must reimagine & rebuild our relationship with nature for our species to continue living on this magical planet. In this episode Mary and Lisa dive into turning our lawns into the wild spaces that allow biodiversity to thrive. Healing the soil. Communing with the land. Asking permission from the trees. Creating the ark with your own backyard. Supporting the land to become what she wants to come. Rewilding. The importance of wild places. The time of gardening being over. No dig vegetable gardens. Embracing all of the creatures. Nature recovering. The water holding the magic. The mirror of the land. Being in service, ritual & gratitude to the land. Starting with your own patch. We are the Ark. @wildmarymary You can purchase the book 'We are the Ark' here: https://marymary.ie SHARE THE MAGIC. If you enjoyed this episode please be sure to take a screenshot and share it on Instagram and tag @lisa__hillyer. Also please be sure to give us a review and a five star rating if you're loving what we are doing. #phoenixrising Apply to work 1:1 with Lisa: https://uzs36pf5km3.typeform.com/to/jU1t0T50?typeform-source=www.heartsoulhealthwellness.com Join the Phoenix Rising Patreon Portal: https://www.patreon.com/phoenixrisingportal Subscribe to Lisa's mailing list: https://www.heartsoulhealthwellness.com/highest-self-meditation Lets connect on: Instagram @Lisa__hillyer Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGeoNh750zrxTwOQK9y801A

In this episode, we chat about Dare to be Wild, a movie based on the youngest gold medal winner of the Chelsea Flower Show and Mary Reynolds' love of the land. If we each do our part in nurturing nature in the bit of land we are blessed to live on, we can heal our dear earth—one garden at a time.We wrap up with my family gathering - a baby shower held at a llama farm. My sister's son and his wife are expecting a child in December. Dot handed me a bin of mom's treasures as we were leaving. Amongst them is a hand-typed document dated 1940 of Christmas Designs from Natural Materials with Conservation Laws courtesy of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State. Dear old mom gave me my garden start. I'd love to hear who gave you yours. You can email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com.  Thanks so much for tuning in :^) Link to Related Stories:Mary Reynolds and Nurturing NatureDesigning Garden LayersForest Bathing Other helpful links:American Horticultural Society's – list of  Native Plant Societies North Creek Nurseries links to suggested resources  ***Kind listeners, I'd love to hear about your garden and nature stories. And your thoughts about topics for future podcast episodes. Please email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.com. You can Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStoneEpisode web page —Garden Dilemmas Podcast PageThank you for sharing the garden of life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden DesignerGarden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.com 

durée : 00:43:29 - La Grande Table d'été - Mary Reynolds et Christian Bérard ont tous deux tenu une place de choix dans les milieux artistiques parisiens de l'entre-deux-guerres. S'ils demeurent aujourd'hui relativement méconnus, un livre et une exposition nous donnent à voir leur vie et leurs œuvres si riches d'enseignements. - invités : Célia Bernasconi Conservatrice du Musée Jean Cocteau à Menton; Sébastien Rongier

durée : 00:43:29 - La Grande Table d'été - Mary Reynolds et Christian Bérard ont tous deux tenu une place de choix dans les milieux artistiques parisiens de l'entre-deux-guerres. S'ils demeurent aujourd'hui relativement méconnus, un livre et une exposition nous donnent à voir leur vie et leurs œuvres si riches d'enseignements. - invités : Célia Bernasconi Conservatrice du Musée Jean Cocteau à Menton; Sébastien Rongier

durée : 00:43:29 - La Grande Table d'été - Mary Reynolds et Christian Bérard ont tous deux tenu une place de choix dans les milieux artistiques parisiens de l'entre-deux-guerres. S'ils demeurent aujourd'hui relativement méconnus, un livre et une exposition nous donnent à voir leur vie et leurs œuvres si riches d'enseignements. - invités : Célia Bernasconi Conservatrice du Musée Jean Cocteau à Menton; Sébastien Rongier

In this episode, Michaela and Steve chat about the books and podcasts Michaela has recently enjoyed, discuss her love of reading, and talk about how she learned to speak English. 00:00 - E-readers vs physical books 02:31 - Michaela's love of reading 05:31 - Michaela's esoteric reading 07:15 - How Michaela acquired advanced English language 10:09 - Michaela's reading habits 12:51 - The power of imagination 13:53 - Near Death Experiences, Rudolph Steiner, and Milton Erickson 17:32 - Herman Hesse's collected works 19:53 - Who was Herman Hesse? 21:36 - Rilke's ‘Buddha in der Glorie' 22:20 - Recommendation No.1: ‘The Garden Awakening' by Mary Reynolds (https://amzn.to/3pbAqu9) 27:36 - The food forest on Michaela's ranch 32:39 - Recommendation No.2: ‘Sonora' by David Yetman (https://amzn.to/3zTiH0q) 35:17 - Recommendation No.3: Dr. Andrew Huberman Podcast (https://hubermanlab.com/) 43:24 - Optimizing sleep and light exposure routine 50:47 - Hot and cold exposure for well being 53:09 - Sauna culture in Europe 54:39 - How to become a teacher of the Non-Linear Movement Method® For workshops, teacher training and audio courses: www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James at www.guruviking.com

Despite being named one of the top ten landscape designers of all time, Mary Reynolds describes herself as an ex-gardener. That's because after years spent designing award-winning gardens and landscapes across the globe, Mary was tired of fighting nature back to fit into the mold in which she originally designed.If you don't know Mary Reynolds then you are in for a real treat. She is the author of “The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Lands and Ourselves” which has been endorsed by Jane Goodall, a public speaker, and the founder of the international garden rewilding movement We Are the Ark. A movie has been made about her life called Dare to be Wild, which should certainly be added to your watchlist. Mary has been featured in Paul Hawken's book “Regeneration” for her work launching We Are the Ark, with Ark standing for Acts of Restorative Kindness. Mary advocates that if you are fortunate enough to own a little piece of the earth, then it is your responsibility to not be a gardener, but a guardian of life. She advocates for leaving half of the land for the wild, and half for human cultivation.On a deeply spiritual level, Mary speaks to how both humans and the land are broken and need healing. Humans, she asserts, are not good at healing themselves, but through the process of healing the land we can begin to heal ourselves. This podcast episode is a deeply moving story of Mary's life that should resonate with people as a classic hero's journey. Within her story you will find grit, determination, hope, despair, struggle, and unwavering faith. You can follow Mary and her work at marymary.ie, or on Instagram at @wildmarymary and @letsbuildanark---This podcast has been sponsored by Wise Matter, a materials consultation firm that works with homeowners, architects, designers, and developers to choose materials, furnishings, and finishes that are non-toxic and do not come at the expense of human or planetary health. Get your free 30-minute consultation by visiting their website wise-matter.com.

This interview with Mary sticks in my heart and soul whether I am in the garden or in the woods, her passion for saving our planet is near and dear to my heart. I hope it is for you too and as we near earth day, I feel it's important to make sure these voices are heard. I feel like repeating the episode makes it easy for you to remember her passion and mission just in time for earth day. And technically this is when it is originally scheduled to air, so my chronological OCD feels better! Hope you agree and enjoy! Have a great April! Jackie :-) https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/bonus-episode-366-we-are-the-ark-mary-reynolds/ Weaving a patchwork of safe havens for Nature globally, in our gardens, schools, public spaces and beyond. Check out her amazing website at https://wearetheark.org/ (wearetheark.org) Support this podcast

Today we are talking with Mary Reynolds, certified Spiritual Companion and Yoga Instructor in the Boston area.What are some of the similarities and differences between Mindfulness and Contemplative Spirituality?  Why do we sometimes shy away from Spirituality that includes our bodies? Does body shame have an effect on our spiritual experience? And if so, can we do anything about that?Join us as Mary shares with us her words of wisdom and experience.  Additional Resources:Book: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan HarrisBook: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der KolkWebsite: Internal Family SystemsWebsite: Mary Reynolds: Injoyoga.comYouTube Channel: Mary Reynolds, Dance of StillnessInstagram: Mary Reynolds: Injoyoga_WellnessRestaurant: Ancora Café, Madison, WI #Mindfulness#ContemplativeSpirituality#Meditation#Movement#YogaFor Transcript:Go to the "Transcript" Tab.If you are in a player that does not have the Transcript Tab, use the link below:https://thecontemplativelife.buzzsprout.com/1642654/8249864-ep-11-embodied-spirituality

Mary Reynolds was the first female TD elected for Sligo-Leitrim back in 1932. Her legacy is recalled on International Women's Day, and she's included in the a new book on the women of the Cumann naGaedheal and Fine Gael parties

If you didn't hear Amanda Gorman rock the mic at Joe Biden's ceremony it's a must listen: https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/21/amanda_gorman_poem_biden_inauguration If you are interested in doing something for the planet for Earth Day 2021 today is the day to start building your team, and https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/353-climate-action-challenge-2021/ (reading Joan's book) is a short but great way to start. It took me about 2 hours to read the whole thing on my kindle, although I still have to go through the workbook. If you haven't heard the episode with Mary Reynolds about building an https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/bonus-episode-366-we-are-the-ark-mary-reynolds/ (ARK) it's here. And I hope you are all healthy happy and safe. Here's to 2021 moving forward. As AOC says, it's grassroots movements that are going to change the world, this is not the time to get complacent. Take a deep breath and let's take action together today. Support this podcast

photo credit Claire Leadbitter @Irishforestgarden Happy Inauguration Day Everyone! This is an episode you won't want to miss. Tired of Politics this is the interview for you. Taking our land back into our own hands Mary Reynolds shares golden seeds you are going to love. Check out her amazing website at https://wearetheark.org/ (wearetheark.org) https://wearetheark.org/at-home/ () https://wearetheark.org/at-home/ (ARK - Acts of Restored Kindness) #thisisanark and #letsbuildanark https://marymary.ie/ (Mary Reynolds) is a reformed Irish landscape designer, bestselling author of ‘The Garden Awakening’ and nature activist. Director Vivienne De Courcy made a movie – ‘Dare to be Wild’ – about Mary’s Chelsea Gold Medal winning adventures. Mary is a proud patron of https://www.wri.ie/ (Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland) (WRI) and strives to do as much as she can to re-educate people how to live in harmony with nature in their own patch of land – To become Guardians rather than Gardeners. https://amzn.to/2Iro8HN (w)https://amzn.to/2Iro8HN (The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves)Steps to building an ark"If you can collect seeds from a local native woodland “nursery” within a 10 mile radius from your land, this is the best practice. Otherwise have a look at the local hedgerows as these can be hundreds of years old and bare-root https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/diy-instructions/propagating-hardwood-cuttings/ (cuttings), taken from these in winter, may be the better bet." Step 6. Let the scrubby messy thorny thickets be!Leave those brambles and other thorny natives emerge and thrive. They protect young trees and create wonderful sanctuary for many wild mammals. They are vital for the re-establishment of a native ecosystem. They provide shelter from the wind, protection from grazers such as deer to allow saplings to establish, they are powerful deep rooters that re-mineralise and restructure the soil and they are also great habitats and food sources for wildlife. The signage will be the key to educating people how beneficial these spaces are to families of all shapes and sizes. https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/60349118 ( Read the unedited computer generated transcript here:) https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl () https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl (My Garden Journal) https://amzn.to/2wWaE5y () Get your copy of the https://amzn.to/2wWaE5y (Organic Oasis Guidebook) and get started building your own earth friendly garden today! Let’s take a minute to thank our sponsors and affiliate linksPlease support us on https://www.patreon.com/OrganicGardenerPodcast (Patreon) so we can keep the show up on the internet. It cost close to $100 a month just to keep it up on the internet for the website etc so if you could help by supporting it with an $8/month contribution or $10/month to join the Green Future Growers Book Club where we can delve deep into some of the best gardening books that have been recommended on the show! GoDaddy even is bugging me for dollars just to have the domain name… https://www.patreon.com/OrganicGardenerPodcast () https://www.patreon.com/OrganicGardenerPodcast (https://www.patreon.com/OrganicGardenerPodcast)   https://goodseedco.net/ (The Good Seed Company) Now Let’s Get to the Root of Things! http://organicgardenerpodcast.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e16d6ddb7c0acd9e17348ed&id=b6a8f6bd31&e=e16e7400c4 () We’d love if you’d join  http://organicgardenerpodcast.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e16d6ddb7c0acd9e17348ed&id=b6a8f6bd31&e=e16e7400c4 (Organic Gardener Podcast Facebook Community!)The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we’d Support this podcast

Would your soul LOVE some nourishment? Then you MUST treat your earbuds to this interview w/ Mary Reynolds, of 'We are the ARK.org'.Mary is a Chelsea Gold Medal winning Irish Landscape Designer... Who has recently reformed! She's the Best Selling author of "The Garden Awakening", endorsed by none other than Jane Goodall, she's a nature activist, and some of her adventures were even documented in the 2016 Movie, "Dare to be Wild". Mary helps to re-educate people on how to live in harmony with nature, in their own patch of land - encouraging us to re-become Guardians, not Gardeners and founded the Global Rewilding movement, 'We are the ARK' (Acts of Restorative Kindness).In today's episode we will be discussing Mary's journey from Gardener to Guardian! We will chat about the Myths and Legends of Ireland, their stories of the land and our role as protectors, as well as building a relationship with nature. We will explore the reality of our own imminent extinction and how you too can build your very own 'ARK', at home on your own patch of land - watching wildlife return in no time!If you are LOVING the show & want to support its growth - you can DONATE here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=TRZYNWQKUQL7Y¤cy_code=EUR SHOW NOTES:Marys Website  https://www.wearetheark.orgSeeds -Seed Savers,Brown Envelope Seeds, Irish Wildflowers People - Irish forest Garden, Native Woodland Trust, EcoSide Law - Polly HiggansMary's book 'Garden Awakening'.or Whittled Away by Padraic Forgarty,#rewilding #forestgarden #maryreynolds #wearetheark #celticmyths #gardening #wildlife #intrepidwisdom #savetheearth #onesmallchange #environment #climatechange #flowers #natureswisdom  #woodland #gardenawakening #guardiansnotgardeners****************************************************For more Intrepid Wisdom, stay up to date; Facebook - LIKE,FOLLOW, SHARE   https://www.facebook.com/Intrepid-Wisdom YouTube - SUBSCRIBE, check out; https://www.youtube.com/user/debbskelly/playlists Podcast - Available on Spotify & iTunes https://intrepidwisdom.com/episode-links/ Website - https://www.intrepidwisdom.com  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/deborahjkelly MUSIC: Night in Venice, by Kevin McLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice Licence CC BY 4.0  - Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ISRC USUAN1900056. Music provided by Incompetech/ FilmMusic. Music has been cut and edited for Intro/OutroSupport the show

How would our world feel if we let ourselves follow the wild dreams of our hopes? And how can we reshape the land around us if we let it teach us. Former garden designer and founder of "We are the Ark" (Acts of Regenerative Kindness) explores the wild dreaming of the land that brought her to a place where regeneration is the heart of all she does.

Welcome to another episode of Teen People, the podcast that shares the stories of the real people who appeared in Teen People magazine! My next guest is Preston Drum, an artist, musician and arts educator in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Preston is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. When he was 15, Preston appeared in Teen People, in a fashion spread featuring street style from Charlotte. Alongside other young folks—who were dressed in '90s staples like black nail polish, toe rings, camisoles and baggy jeans—young Preston was photographed wearing cat-eye frames, a second-hand t-shirt and a collection of beaded necklaces. Now a dad, and husband, Preston spoke with me about the twenty years since he appeared in Teen People. He told me about his involvement with Carry On Homes, an artist collective that creates spaces for immigrants and marginalized communities to feel a sense of belonging and empowerment. https://carryonhomes.com/about We also chatted about the joys of home ownership, aging parents, and life in the suburbs. We're not old, I promise. These are just some of the things we talked about. We're not old. Podcast Notes: Preston and I had a spontaneous conversation about gardening. Preston spoke with me about his appreciation for Extension Services at American universities. These are services that provide accessible information for U.S. gardeners. Here's a page from the University of Minnesota: https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden. If you're in the U.S. you can easily find your nearest Extension Service with a quick online search. Unfortunately, this isn't really a thing in Canada. Nonetheless, I regularly use the Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder to help me choose plants for my garden (Zone 6a): http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx. Preston referred to Masanobu Fukuoka's "do-nothing" philosophy, which you can read more about in his book 'The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming'. Some of Fukuoka's principles (including seed bombing) are referred to in Mary Reynolds' book 'The Garden Awakening'. Her book discusses the role of ritual and folklore in landscape design, as well as practical design considerations, like understory and canopy planting, swales, and no-dig garden beds. http://marymary.ie/book-the-garden-awakening For more information on re-wilding, check out this website from Kingston, Ontario gardener Joyce Hostyn: https://www.rewildmycity.com. For more #GardenInspo from Canada, have a look at Tony Spencer's blog: https://www.thenewperennialist.com. Find out why Buckthorn is worse than Crabgrass and Garlic Mustard combined (yes, I said it): https://www.ontario.ca/page/common-buckthorn. Since Preston lives in Minneapolis, we talked about the aftermath of George Floyd's killing, and how he felt about Confederate monuments as a youngster in the U.S. South. "The Civil War was not that long ago," he said. I told Preston about Canada's Indian Residential Schools, where Indigenous kids were forcibly removed from their homes, and moved to boarding schools. Abuse was rampant. The last of these schools closed in 1996. Read more: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools, and check out the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf. At the end of our chat, Preston referred to two former guests, Caron Levis and Atiya Jones! Find them here: https://www.caronlevis.com http://www.atiyajones.com Find Preston here: www.prestondrumstudios.com and on Instagram (prestondrumstudios). Preston (and bébé Elvis) were photographed by Shun Jie Yong. https://www.shunjyong.com I composed the intro music, while the outtro music is from Apple Inc., used on a royalty-free basis. Thank you for listening! Please review and rate this episode, and have a listen to all of the others in this series.

Mary Reynolds, Longford County Librarian

Mary Reynolds is an Irish author, former landscape designer and nature activist, known for being the youngest contestant to win a gold medal at the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show. She became highly sought after in the world of garden design but later gave it up to explore new ways of looking at life and work in relation to ecology. A film inspired by her story was released in 2015 and in 2016 her book The Garden Awakening was published. Her work has attracted praise by Jane Goodall and other major figures. More recently Mary is the founder of the We Are The Ark movement which promotes rewilding land by returning gardens to nature in order to increase biodiversity. 

Episode 27 is with Mary Reynolds who chats about We Are the Ark, an initiative to encourage people to give back some land to nature. Check out their website (www.wearetheark.org) and join the Facebook group for more information and support!Please rate & review this podcast and if you'd like to support this podcast you can do so on www.patreon.com/bookofleaves or www.buymeacoffee.com/bookofleaves x More on www.bookofleavespodcast.comNotes: (04:50) What inspired We Are The Ark. (08:05) Where the name came from. (09:00) The importance of putting a sign on your ark. (11:25) How much land is 'enough' for an ark. (13:30) What it means to be a guardian of the earth as opposed to gardener. (16:00) Is an ark compatible with pets and children? (19:00) Getting an ark started. (22:40) Giving sovereignty back to the land. (25:00) Growing food in a wild garden.  Learn more about forest gardening here! (30:35) Restoring your land to what it was before. (34:20) How to go about turning public or government land into arks. (36:30) How we can make sure our artificial outside lights stop damaging wildlife. (38:45) Closing thoughts from Mary. (43:20) What we need going forward to get systematic change. Resources mentioned: The Garden Awakenin book; Mary's TEDx Talk. From What Is to What If by Rob Hopkins. Extinction Rebellion. If you like this episode, you'll also like: Episode 12 Why it’s time to join the Rebellion- Cormac Nugent, Extinction Rebellion. Episode 15 Bringing Biodiversity Back into your Garden or Balcony- Collie Ennis. Episode 25 Bia Hero & Grow Your Own Food – Sinéad, XR.

I was delighted to catch up with Mary Reynolds, former Chelsea Flower Show gold winner, now self described "reformed garden designer and nature activist". I first met Mary back in 2008 when I competed in a garden design competition for an Irish television series. Mary was one of the judges, and I appreciated her being on my side compared to the other judges when I chose to plant nettles in my wildlife show garden! We've since reconnected online through her environmental activism, and the movement she is creating called 'We are the ARK'. The ARK meaning Acts of Restorative Kindness. Mary has a fascinating vision and insight into how we can reconnect with the land and offer it up when we can for nature to heal. Somewhat controversially, Mary thinks that the days of gardening are over. If we're not using our land for growing our own sustainable food, should we be giving it back to Mother Nature? Have a listen to this fascinating discussion on food production, ecosystems, rewilding, restorative practices and regenerative land management. And be prepared to challenge your ingrained views on your role in the world as a garden or land owner. Sean's Wild Life podcast is produced and edited by Thomas Ntinas. Title track 'A Wild Life' kindly composed and donated by Mark Rose. Production costs are self funded by Sean McCormack, but donations to fund future episodes are welcome at www.patreon.com/seanswildlife See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Reynolds talks about meeting plant spirits in her childhood in rural Ireland, her inspiring project 'We Are The Ark', her magical book 'The Garden Awakens' and what we can do to help save the planet. Find contact details for Mary and information on ‘We are the Ark’at http://marymary.ieBuy her book ‘The Garden Awakens’ – Designs to nurture ourselves and our land.https://bit.ly/2UKBMxaRecommended BooksDoug W TallamyNatures Best- A new approach to conservation that starts in your yardhttps://amzn.to/3aIz54UIsabella TreeWilding- Returning nature to our farmhttps://amzn.to/3dQefCNBenedict MacDonaldRebirding- Rewilding Britain and its birdshttps://amzn.to/3bRq0a5

Not everyone has had a film made about their life but that’s just for starters. Mary was the youngest person to gold at the Chelsea Flower Show and designs wonderful gardens. She wrote a book called Garden Awakening to encourage us into conversation with our natural world and has recently started a movement called lets build an ark. Mary is on a mission to give land back to nature. She’s more than a climate change activist. She is an impassioned voice to make us aware of the immense damage of biodiversity and habitat loss and how small actions can make a huge difference to how we see ourselves, our relationship with our planet and everything else. You’ll love listening to Mary. It’s a lively exchange that certainly inspired me into action.

Today on ‘A Current Affair’ we ask the question “What would life be like without school?”. Breifne is joined by Gwen Murphy, a home education tutor ahead of a presentation she is giving in Ardcarne on Tuesday morning. We also take a look at a lovely story that’s sure to light up Christmas in Drumshanbo. An advocate of educating children in the home Gwen shares the advantages and disadvantages of formal education and speaks about common misconceptions that exist around the provision of education for children in this country. While it’s might not be suitable for the majority of students or parents from a practical and social viewpoint, Gwen shares some success stories of home schooled children and the freedom that the arrangement can create for a family and the child themselves. Ms. Murphy will be speaking at a specially hosted event in Ardcarne at 11am on Tuesday morning. All interested in the subject of home based education are welcome to attend. We also hear from Drumshanbo man Denis O’Brien who for years has been lighting up his home with festive cheer on the hilly road in Drumshanbo to celebrate Christmas. Recently he has created a donation bucket with the money going to a different charity each year. This year his chosen charity is St. Luke’s Hospital in Rathgar, in honour of his friend Mary Reynolds who is in remission from her own second battle with cancer. The official switching on of the lights takes place this evening at 6pm with a very special guest. Noel McPartland, Leitrim’s Person of the Year for 2020.

Irish plantswoman Mary Reynolds has cultivated a deep love of her place in the mountains of Wicklow, Ireland - in all its complexity and mystery. As a plantswoman and guardian/gardener - she listens to her place and works in partnership with her place to move us all forward towards a better world. Mary is a nature activist, a self-described reformed Landscape Designer, the author of "The Garden Awakening", and the inspiration behind the 2015 movie Dare to be Wild – Cultivating Place revisits this BEST OF episode in celebration of NSPR’s Fall Membership Drive. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Nature is speaking. Can you hear her? I am so delighted to speak with Mary Reynolds today. She shares her earth enlivening story and deep wisdom with us. Mary helps us understand that our connection to the land is our connection to ourselves. When we try to conform her to some neat, structured entity we are taking away from her what makes her so special. The wild! Today we will explore how to connect to our land, what it means to free up and enliven nature in our yards and when we do how it does the same in ourselves.

Mary Reynolds has a long and successful career in horticulture, which is underpinned by design, but has evolved along the way as she has striven to align her personal beliefs with her work.  Starting out in landscape design, Mary went on to become the youngest gold medal winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2002 where she took the show by storm with her naturalistic Celtic Sanctuary Garden. The incredible story of her journey to Chelsea and the creation of the garden was told in the 2016 film ‘Dare to be Wild’. Mary continues to design gardens, seeking to create spaces “that are healing, truthful and magical”. Her design ethos is set out in her 2016 book 'The Garden Awakening – Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves’ which she describes as “a practical treasure map that leads gardeners into a gentle and healing relationship with the land. This book is a step by step instruction manual drawing on ancient methods of working with the land and using them to invite the power and energy of nature back into your life”. In 2019, Mary launched an initiative called We Are The Ark, which invites gardeners, land owners and stewards to re-wild areas in their care. It’s this project that we focus on mainly in this episode and Mary explains the idea behind the project and how we can all get on board.    What We Cover: - Mary’s career evolution - We Are The Ark - What stops people rewinding their land and how can we overcome these problems? - Growing food yourself - How this can work in urban areas or for those with small/no gardens - What to watch out for when buying plants - Establishing and managing your own Ark - The future of garden design and gardening   Links: www.wearetheark.org www.marymary.ie Mary on Instagram: wildmarymary Claire & Joe on Instagram: irishforestgarden Dr Masaru Emoto - The Hidden Messages in Water   Get in touch: Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website www.rootsandall.co.uk  Twitter @rootsandall Instagram rootsandallpod   Patreon Link: Help us keep the podcast free & independent! Donate as much or as little as you like at https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall 

Irish plantswoman Mary Reynolds has cultivated a deep love of her place in the mountains of Wicklow, Ireland - in all its complexity and mystery. As a plantswoman and guardian/gardener - she listens to her place, and works in partnership with her place to move us all forward towards a better world. Mary is a nature activist, a self-described reformed Landscape Designer, the author of "The Garden Awakening", and the inspiration behind the 2015 movie Dare to be Wild – she joins Cultivating Place this week in an extended celebration of Earth Day, and our bonus Habitat Garden Series Episode #6. Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. For photos visit www.cultivatingplace.com. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher. TAGS:

Just when you thought you had winter beat… You thought wrong.   Surprise.     Unpredictable weather.   Dicey temperatures.   Gardeners need resilience.  If Spring’s arrival is dashing your hope,  start to look for the survivors in your garden. In your neighborhood. In your city.  On your social media feed.   Every Spring - no matter the conditions, there are successes.  Hardy Daffodils. Forsythia.  Lungwart.  Snowdrops.  Magnolias. Look for the plants that survive and thrive despite the challenges of Spring.  Plant more of those plants.  Find joy in those plants.  Improve your resiliency by mirroring the resilience of your garden. Brevities #OTD Born today in 1854, the extraordinary floral still life painter and teacher Mary Hiester Reid (Books By This Author).     Born in Pennsylvania, Mary Augusta Hiester met George Reid(who was six years younger than her) at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts during school sketching trips. George later recalled that the trips were not only great for art’s sake, but they also gave him the chance to be with, “the beautiful Mary Hiester on their expeditions”.    After that, they often worked together and that winter, Mary invited George to accompany her back home for a weekend of sketching on the Schuykill (“Sk-ooh-kill”) River.  Their fates were sealed together when they married in 1885.   The Reids spent every summer from 1891 to 1916 at Onteora(“Aunty Aura”), a private literary and artistic club founded by American artist Candace Wheeler in the Catskill Mountains near Tannersville, N.Y. They had a house and a studio, both designed on arts and crafts principles by George. They spent their time painting and teaching, their studio having accommodation for ten students, some of whom came from as far away as Toronto.   "A self-adopted Canadian who loved Canada", Mary was very humble.  In 1910, a reviewer wrote in The Globe, “Nothing can tempt her to talk about her pictures.”  Mary was one of the first women accepted into the Ontario Society of Artistsand the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.     Her painting, Hollyhocks, is a personal favorite.    Reid was the preeminent female artist of Canada when she died.   She was celebrated for her, "study and interpretation of Nature in those aspects that appealed most to her...glimpses of spring and autumn woodland, moonlit vistas, gorgeously colorful gardens, lovely skies, divinely tinted ends of evening, and the countless flowers of the fields….” In 1922, a year after her death, Reid was the first female to be featured with a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto    She willed her husband to her friend and rival - the younger painter and printmaker (24 years her junior) Mary Evelyn Wrinch.   It’s the birthday of landscape architect David Darrell. A semi-retired Harford County landscape architect.  Darrell was born and raised in Claymont, Delaware, and was raised on his family's farm. Some of his commissions included the prayer garden at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, the Largo Animal Preserve in Prince George's County, and Little Lithuania Park near Hollins Market among others. He also designed courtyards and tennis courts. His wife Edna said  "David came into my life in August 2006; I was looking for someone to create a new garden. I looked in the Yellow Pages and five people came to interview. There was something about him. He studied the plants with big, gentle hands, he trimmed and shaped them. He was hired on the spot.”   David Darrel died of brain cancer in 2015. Unearthed Words Here’s a memorial poem for Mary Hiester Ried written by Canadian newspaperman and a native son of Scotland, Duncan Sutherland Macorquodale - reprinted in the 9th Volume of The Canadian Theosophist (Toronto) November 15, 1921 Vol 9. There’s a reference to Wychwood; the Reid's house, Upland Cottage, was located in Wychwood Park - an artist’s enclave of 60 homes tucked away in a private ravine setting atop the rolling wooded hills of the Davenport Ridge in Toronto.   MARY HIESTER REID  Obit. Oct. 4, 1921.    Free from the thrall called life,  Palette and brush laid down;  Off with achievement’s strife,  Donned the immortal’s crown;  Yet hovers she near ’neath the Wychwoodtree,  This, the roses she painted, tell to me.    Knelt not to gods of dress,  Knew naught of gossip’s blight,  Lived she to work and bless;  This was her heart’s delight.  And the smile of welcome to all she gave,  Would fashion a knight from the meanest slave.    Why mourn we our loved, laid low?  We also our time abide.  Are they lost because they go?  Nay! for they have not died.  The body rests, but the soul is free  To charm as of old with it’s melody.   Queen, both of roses and hearts,  Her mortal course well run;  Her’s ‘both the good and the better parts;  Martha, and Mary, in one.  Still reigns she here, while there her body lies.  The good, the pure, the noble, never dies.  Today's book recommendation  The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves By Mary Reynolds   An award-winning garden designer's practical how-to book with stories and philosophy.   The Garden Awakeningis a step-by-step manual to help create a garden in harmony with the life force in the earth; addressing not only what the people in charge of the land want but also asking what the land wants to become. Mary Reynolds demonstrates how to create a groundbreaking garden that is not simply a solitary space but an expanding, living, interconnected ecosystem. Drawing on old Irish ways and methods of working with the land, this beautiful book is both art and inspiration for any garden lover seeking to create a positive, natural space. Today's Garden Chore April is the perfect time to prune grape vines. Remove dead vines.  Guide vines along trellis, arbors, or fences.  Now is a great time to repair support structures as well. Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart #OTD The first Arbor Day in the US was observed in “treeless Nebraska” on April 10, 1872.  It was established for the state of Nebraska by the Honorable J. Sterling Mortonof Nebraska - later secretary of agriculture.  The most memorable stat from that first Arbor Day is that around a million trees were planted in Nebraska on this day in 1872 – the first Arbor Dayin America. Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: for a happy, healthy life - garden every day.

Mary Reynolds – Reformed Landscape Designer and Nature Activist-- explains how we can all become guardians of the earth, starting in our own back yards, shifting human consciousness into remembering that our role here is one of caretaker and creator. Mary is a garden designer, a philosopher – a writer. She is the youngest woman to win a Gold Medal for garden design at the Chelsea Flower Show since its inception over 100 years ago and is known as one of the world’s ten best landscape designers.Mary grew up on a small mixed farm in Wexford, in the south of Ireland. 20 years ago she set up her own company designing gardens in Dublin. A few years later, having lost the will to live from constantly creating modern gardens, she realized that she could no longer continue shaping land in the same way and re-imagined her work to become nature rather than human-centered.Mary brought her new, still relatively unformed ideas to be showcased at the Chelsea flower show in London where she achieved a gold medal, unusual at the time for a first-time effort. Since that time, she has built up quite a cult following in the world of garden design and is considered unique in her field.Another transformation came a few years ago when Mary realized we had to rethink the whole relationship we had with the land and re-examine what it means to truly design in harmony with nature. Those latest revelations lead to The Garden Awakening – Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves being born, which imparts so much wisdom to people who are fashioning their own gardens and wild places. The book was written at night, over four years, when her two young children were asleep… and Mary was almost awake. Mary has appeared on numerous television programs, and podcasts. She regularly offers talks and workshops about her work. To learn about Mary, visit her website www.marymary.ie Support the show (https://www.natureevolutionaries.com/donations)

We uncover history's earliest cases of multiple personality or dissociative identity disorder: the medieval nun Jeanne Fery, Mary Reynolds, and Louis Vivet, the real-life inspiration for Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. Along the way, we consider how this phenomenon might provide evidence for the existence of a consciousness beyond our physical brains.

Segment 1- Mindie   I am so delighted to have Mary Reynolds on the podcast today. Mary is quite an extraordinary person. She’s a garden designer, a philosopher – a writer.  She is the youngest woman to win a Gold Medal for garden design at the Chelsea Flower Show – since its inception over 100 years ago. Mary grew up on a small mixed farm in Wexford, in the south of Ireland. 20 years ago she set up her own company designing gardens in Dublin. A few years later, having lost the will to live from constantly creating modern gardens, she realized that she could no longer continue shaping land in the same way and re-imagined her work to become nature rather than human centered. Mary brought her new, still relatively unformed ideas to be showcased at the Chelsea flower show in London where she achieved a gold medal, unusual at the time for a first-time effort. Since that time, she has built up quite a cult following in the world of garden design and is considered unique in her field. Another U-turn came a few years ago when Mary realized we had to rethink the whole relationship we had with the land and re-examine what it means to truly design in harmony with nature. Those latest revelations lead to ‘The Garden Awakening – Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves’ being born, which imparts so much wisdom to people who are fashioning their own gardens and wild places. The book was written at night, over four years, when her two young kids were asleep… and Mary was almost awake. It was published in 2016. The book was given a video accolade by British anthropologist, Jane Goodall. Mary has appeared on numerous television programs, podcasts. She offers talks and workshops about her work she does and her core beliefs. and she likes to campaign against evil multinational efforts to cull us all off with pesticides, herbicides and GMO’s. Her views are wonderfully articulated in a TEDx Talk that we’ve posted in the show notes. Mary is trained as a Reiki master, and … in her own words -  is not a bad cook (to her mother’s eternal surprise)  Mary states that she spends a lot of time growing and guiding her own land into a place where people can come and stay and learn, but most of her time is spent being a harassed single mum, trying to grow two cheeky but wonderful boy and girl monsters and a crazy golden-doodle with as much grace and love as possible. The Irish writer and director Vivienne De Courcy made a movie about a journey in Mary’s life – Dare to be Wild, released in 2014 - now available on Netflix. In the final credits of that film there is statement that Mary Reynolds is listed as one of the 10 best garden designers of all time. segment 2 – Mary Reynolds interview    Mary Reynolds website marymary.ie Skype maryreynoldsireland The Garden Awakening – book by Mary Reynolds Dare to Be Wild – Movie on Netflix Meet the Makers – YouTube video by Irish National Heritage Park Mary Reynolds TED Talk Mary Reynolds YouTube Channel The Chelsea Flower Show - website   SEGMENT 3 – Wicklow sites   Tomnafinnoge Wood – Ancient woodland   Last remaining native oak woodland in Ireland.   Last surviving fragment of the Great Oak forests in South Wicklow – believe to have  covered 1000 acres in the 15th century.  Widely exploited during the 16th century when the British were building war ships.   Today it has about 2000 trees and covers about 165 acres. 3 different marked trails. The Oak Walk and the Hazel Walk are both looped and easy to navigate.   Though it sits along the old rail bed and there is signage marking the trails, the woodland has a strong energy about it. It feels more wild as you move into it and away from the river and railbed.   It’s not easy to find.  From Tinahely head south on the R749. Pass the Tinahely Farm and at the next crossroad make a left.. The signage says to Coolboy and Tomnafinnoge Wood. Down that road about a mile is the car park for the wood entrance.     Tinahely Farm is a great stopping place for lunch. Great shop, good food and farm activities for kids.   Shillelagh – Old Shillelagh Stick Makers.  Shillelaghs still being handcrafted today. Run by Liam Kealy Great Grandfather Denis passed the skill to Liam’s father, and he on to Liam. Family has a long history of craftsmen. Making a shillelagh from blackthorn is a three year process. Great storyteller. Interesting craftsman. Sticks and wands of various sizes mostly made of blackthorn or oak.   LINKS   Tomnafinnoge Wood   Tinahely Farm Shop   Old Shillelagh Stick Maker   Shillelagh Stick Maker, Liam O’ Caidhla

The burren – County Clare   The Burren in west County Clare is our featured destination in this podcast.  Entire books are written about this 200 acres of rocky limestone that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a landscape of myths and legends and sacred ground with archaeological remnants that date back thousands of years. It’s also a landscape of contrasts – the gray rock against the blue sky, mountains and hills that rise out of a seemingly endless flat bedrock. The contrasts are particularly powerful in the spring when the flowers of the Burren come into bloom.  Tiny little orchids pop up in between the slabs of limestone   Most people who visit the Burren drive through and stop at the most famous locations such as the Poulnabrone dolmen or the Burren Perfumery. They take the obligatory photo of Lamanegh Castle and maybe stop at Corcomroe Abbey.    The Buren is a sacred landscape.  The poet and philosopher, John O’Donohue, who was from the Burren region said of the Burren: It’s a bare limestone landscape. And I often think that the forms of the limestone are so abstract and aesthetic, it is as if they were all laid down by some wild surrealistic kind of deity. Being a child and coming out into that, it was like a huge wild invitation to extend your imagination. Quote extracted from the Onbeing podcast – March 18, 2016 I can’t even count the number of times I’ve been to the Burren. On my first trip to Ireland, I had no role in planning the itinerary. I simply went along with friends who’d invited me and enjoyed the sites they chose.  I can recall my friend, Hal McConnell – a great mystic with a brilliant and the planner of our Ireland tour saying, “Now, we’ll enter a mystical landscape – the Burren where everything seems harsh and stark, but there’s an underlying sacredness about the place.   Though you can catch glimpses of the highlights by driving through, a better experience is to walk the Burren. Get out into the landscape and place yourself in that sacred space.  It’s so worth stopping, moving, absorbing that special energy unique to the Burren.   Or better yet, treat yourself to a walking tour led by a guide who knows his or her way around and can reveal parts of the landscape you won’t be able to see on your own.  Our favorite Burren tour guide is Tony Kirby. And he’s our guest on this podcast.   Interview with Tony Kirby   Tony Kirby is full time tour operator offering walking tours through the Burren. He’s been offering these tours for 15 years through his company, Heart of the Burren Walking Tours www.heartofburrenwalks.com Tony Kirby Facebook Page The Burren and the Aran Islands: A Walking Guide by Tony Kirby Tony comments about the Burren that it is a rare global landform – limestone pavement. Of world importance botanically for its unique mélange of wild flowers. Exceedingly rich cultural (archaeological) landscape – “a vast memorial to bygone cultures” with a 6,000-year-old story of low-scale pastoralism. The Burren’s natural and cultural landscape is home to much legend and mythology.
 His favorite site in the Burren is St Colmán’s Hermitage – a mainland equivalent of Skellig Michael. A hermitage of Early Christian origin set in mature forest at the base of the region’s sheerest cliff. Rich in legend of the Saint Colmán. The Burren (200 sq miles) is less visited than other big-ticket Irish Atlantic destinations like the Cliffs of Moher, peninsular Kerry, Connemara, the Aran islands and Galway city. However, those that visit the Burrren are struck by how important a heritage landscape it is internationally and secondly by the fact the extensive rocky landscape is in part man-made i.e. caused by prehistoric agri-vandalism. Tony’s has a blog about the Burren that is done with renowned landscape photographer Carsten Krieger at  www.burrentales.com Tony is soon launching a site with photographer Karin Funke. - The Holy Wells of the Burren www.burrenholywells.com Launching website very soon – The Killeens of the Burren. Killeens are burial grounds of unbaptised children. Politics by W.B. Yeats   corcomroe Abbey   Corcomroe Abbey is a 12th century monastic ruin that was once occupied by the Cistercians. It is a place of two worlds. If you ever wanted test yourself for sensitivity to the otherworld, this would be a perfect spot to start.   Have you ever felt like you were being surrounded by memories?  Graveyards do this to me. I know I feel differently when I cross the threshold into a graveyard… but if I really examine what it is that I’m feeling, it’s a swirling around of memories – the stories of the dead, of those who mourned them, stood by the gravesides, came back and visited, the sculpture who created the ornate markers, the stone cutter who etched the names into stone…   Corcomroe projects its memories into the landscape. If you quiet yourself as you approach the abbey ruins, you’ll begin to feel the memories. This often happens to me in monastic ruins, but none so much as at Corcomroe.   Notice the details.  They’ll speak to you. In your mind, talk to the effigy of the Chieftain king. Internally hear what he says to you.  Look above him and notice the smile on the bishop’s face. With your inner eye, see the monks walking the cloister walk.  Follow them, hear their prayers. It is so easy to step back in time here.   I have this little spiritual exercise I do when I walk in the wild places. As I internally communicate with the spirit world, I find that I’m often confirmed by the shape of hearts. Heart shaped stones, shapes in the trees, clouds, leaves on the ground.  I see hearts. But only at these special times.  The last time I was Corcomroe, I snapped a picture with my phone of the gable wall with the large window. I didn’t see it until I looked at the digital image – but there – big as life on the wall was shadow cast by the sun in the perfect shape of a heart. I’ll post that picture in the Shownotes.   The effigy of King Conor O’Brien is what people tend to remember about Corcomroe. And that’s just what was intended some 750 years ago when it placed there.   In 1268 Conor O'Brien, Lord Thomond and his son, his daughter, his grandson and a number of others were slain in a battle very near the abbey. Conor O'Brien's body was laid in a tomb under the floor of Corcomroe abbey against the north wall. A niche was cut in over it and an effigy placed on top of the tomb. This effigy atop King Conor O'Brien's tomb is one of only two effigies of Irish kings. the two kings died about the same time and the effigies appear identical.   Beneath the floor next to him are the graves of some of his warriors.   This short poem appeared in the Irish Monthly in 1911 by R.M.G.     Conor O'Brien of the kings. How sound you sleep in Corcomroe!  The night wind in the choir sings  The hymns of many a year ago.   What day was that when you were borne By warriors from the field of red !  Your blade was broke, your side was torn:  They laid you in your royal bed.   They ripped the chancel's paven floor  And laid your warriors there in rows:  Their requiem is the tempest's roar,  Their souls are sped where no man knows.   ~Background music Long Road Ahead by Kevin MadLeod – incompetech.com          Corcomroe Abbey – Monastic Ruins in the Burren by Mindie Burgoyne     Thank you for listening to the Thin Places Travel Podcast. You can find us on the web at thinplacespodcast.com. You can also find me on twitter at @travelhags and facebook.com/thinplaces.  And if you enjoyed this episode, please give us quick rating and review on iTunes – under Thin Places Travel Podcast. And consider subscribing.  In our next episode, our guest will be Mary Reynolds, an Irish garden and landscape designer famous for her wild gardens and her focus on bringing back the wild places. So long, for now. 

Bringing awareness of the beauty of nature. In This Podcast:Connecting with nature is so natural to Mary Reynolds, that when life got  busy and bogged her down to the point that she forgot to make it a priority, she actually felt ‘squished'.  Mary's story of winning the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show was told in the movie Dare to Be Wild. Here we learn more about her special relationship with nature and how she hopes to teach and inspire others to develop their own connection, for the good of all. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Mary grew up on a small mixed farm in Wexford, in the south of Ireland and eventually set up her own company designing gardens in Dublin. A few years later, and having lost the will to live from constantly creating modern gardens, she realized that she could no longer continue shaping land in the same way and thus re-imagined her work to become nature rather than human centered. She brought her new, still relatively unformed ideas to be showcased at the Chelsea flower show in London where she achieved a gold medal, unusual at the time for a first-time effort. Since that time, Mary has built up quite a cult following in the world of garden design and is considered unique in her field.  She eventually decided it was time to rethink the whole relationship we had with land and re-examine what it truly means to design in harmony with nature. This led to her book ‘The Garden Awakening – Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves' Special note: Her story is told in the film Dare to Be Wild, available now on Netflix Go to www.urbanfarm.org/maryreynolds for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

Have you ever had the feeling that things just seemed to fall into place without any effort at all? The feeling that just by wishing for something that of course it would be so? April’s “Design Myself” theme is inspired by just such a feeling – the feeling of magic. In this week’s episode, Sharon shares some of her resistance to the idea of magic and the 5 spaces she’s exploring this month to play with the wild possibility of making things happen – with ease. From getting out into her own garden to vacationing in one of her favorite places to paying attention to the moon, this week’s episode offers up many opportunities for brings a little more magic into your everyday. Wand optional.   “Changing our questions can change our life. What we ask, directs where we follow. What we see determines where we question. You’ve got to shift your perspective – literally change the question –  to move down a new path.” Ideas Shared 5 Magical Explorations See Something New Ask New Questions Be Positive + Allow For Healing Pause + Look Within Experiment Resources and Links   Garden Awakening by Mary Reynolds  Being Boss interview with Mary Reynolds Lunar Abundance by Ezzie Spencer Design Yourself 57: Make Magic

Author of The Garden Awakening, winner of the Chelsea Garden Show and Irish midwife to the land, Mary Reynolds joins us. We reframed our relationship with our land in many ways on this episode.

BEHIND THE LENS goes global with this week's guests, STEVEN ALLERICK and VIVIENNE DeCOURCY! In-studio to help kick off the new year and our fourth year of BEHIND THE LENS, actor STEVEN ALLERICK is back! From Broadway to musical theatre to television to commercials to stage to film, Steve does it all and as an actor/writer/producer, has a keen perspective which he brings to any discussion on the filmmaking process. And talking about a keen perspective, as the former "Simba" on Broadway, in Toronto and in Los Angeles in "The Lion King", you'll love hearing Steve's take on THE GREATEST SHOWMAN! Joining us live at the midpoint of the show all the way from London is writer/director VIVIENNE DeCOURCY talking her new film, and first narrative feature, DARE TO BE WILD! Taking us from the lush emerald green hills and forests of Ireland to the arid lands of Ethiopia to the prim and proper Chelsea, with DARE TO BE WILD Vivienne brings us the story of Mary Reynolds. Named as one of the top ten garden designers of all time, Mary not only set out to win and did win the esteemed Chelsea Flower Show with a Celtic Sanctuary garden, but her very ideology of landscape celebrates and champions the idea of "man is nature, nature man". Perhaps the premiere "garden whisperer" of our time, it is through Mary and filmmakers and garden lovers like Vivienne that seeds are planted for "going wild" as a means to combat global warming and repopulate the environs of nature. Vivienne's own passion for nature and filmmaking takes hold as she talks about, among others, wildflower gardens, the importance of Mary Reynolds and her work, recreating and building/growing Mary's award-winning Celtic Sanctuary for the film, and trekking 12,000 feet up to the top of a mountain in Ethiopia to capture some of the most exquisite imagery you'll see on screen this year. And you'll get a taste of what composer - and recent Golden Globe winner - Alexandre Desplat had to say in our exclusive interview about scoring THE SHAPE OF WATER! http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

Back in episode #16, LARRY KORN was very excited to tell me about an Irish garden designer named MARY REYNOLDS. It turns out he helped to edit and wrote the forward for her phenomenal book THE GARDEN AWAKENING: DESIGNS TO NURTURE OUR LAND AND OURSELVES. Mary's life and work has been committed to discovering the sacred and the magical in every piece of land, because "the veil between this world and the world of spirit is very thin". In this conversation, I ask Mary about fairy magic, sacred spaces, and the independent film inspired by her adventures becoming the youngest person to win the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show, and the romance that surrounded it. The film, DARE TO BE WILD, is set for release in the US sometime this year. We also talk about Mary's own property in Ireland, for which she is seeking funding to build a living version of the book to educate children by connecting them with nature and to teach people how to turn their garden plots into massive opportunities for the land, nature's health and our own health. Learn all about Mary's work and follow her here: http://marymary.ie/

My guest today on Unclassified Woman is the fabulous Mary Reynolds, who is based in Ireland, one of my favourite places in the world. (I am 3/4 Irish so slightly biased!).  Mary lives and breathes her work as a landscape and garden designer, teaching others how to connect with the land beneath our feet and have a nurturing relationship with it. Her gorgeous book that is about much more than mere gardening. It's a call to action for all of us. The Garden Awakening highlights her role as “a guardian rather than a gardener.” She believes in cultivating a relationship with the land and working in harmony with Mother Nature. She views being a gardener/land owner as someone who is like a parent guiding a child. In creating vibrant and magical spaces, she displays her creative spirit where gardens are a partnership between sensitive souls and the earth that nurtures us. I highly recommend Dare to be Wild, a film inspired by a period in her life, when she became the youngest woman to win the gold medal at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. (Download after listening to this podcast on Google Play Movies).  What you’ll hear in this episode: Why Mary is a “custodian of the land” and a “creature of the forest”; Feeling at home and strongly connected to nature; A strong childhood memory of a field, sunshine, and butterflies; Belonging to the family of plants and creatures; Different places, different vibrations, and unique personalities; Our connection with places and bodies, mirroring the earth; Working in harmony with the land; Our role as guardians and light holders of the woodlands; Abuse of the land reflecting the abuse of women; How we treat the earth with industrial farming and chemicals; The synchronistic system between us and the earth; How Mary communicates with the earth, the plants, and the creatures; Her advice? Find some land to work with in your community; The unfair distribution of land; “Dismantle the ego-self and create the eco-self.” Evolving in the future and what's next for Mary; How the film came about; Remembering what’s important and finding your way home; How working with the land heals your heart. Order Mary's book: here:https://www.michellemariemcgrath.com/garden-awakening-designs-nurture-land/  To follow Mary on her journey as she works her gardens and her land, you can visit her website: http://marymary.ie  I do hope you enjoyed this episode and would be eternally grateful if you left us a testimonial or rating on itunes. Please subscribe and share with a friend who would enjoy. For more episodes go to michellemariemcgrath.com

Happy Earth Week, bosses! You know we love to get connected with nature, and part of a truly boss life is taking care of our environment in every way you can. We've got Mary Reynolds with us today, author of The Garden Awakening, to talk to us about connecting with the earth and what we can do to care for our land before it's too late. Sponsored by Freshbooks Cloud Accounting.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast   What can I say, 2016 was a tumultuous year for many. As this latest trip around the sun drew to a close there were many memes and references that 2016 was a year where people would make sure to stay up to midnight just to watch to it die, while looking forward to 2017 being an entirely different, perhaps brighter, year. I don't put much stock in a year being good or bad, as even with all my own ups and downs, a divorce, two moves, and some health issues, I'm quite pleased with what happened over the last 12 months: time spent with my children, dozens of interviews recorded, hundreds of phone calls and emails responded to, people met, and projects launched. Already this new year, 2017 is shaping up to be beautiful. But, there was some big news this year. Out of everything that happened around the globe, perhaps the biggest news for our community as a whole was the loss of two important figures to the movement: one of the founders and one of our best communicators. I speak of course of Bill Mollison and Toby Hemenway. I never knew Bruce Charles “Bill” Mollison, who passed away on September 24, 2016 at the age of 88, but I wouldn't be here without his efforts to popularize the ideas he developed with David Holmgren. Slow to build in the early years, seeing the number of trained practitioners grow from dozens to hundreds throughout the 1980s, and the books rise from a handful to perhaps a dozen, we are now seeing a flourish of activity building upon what Bill started with David more than 40 years ago. When I first came to permaculture nearly two decades ago, Mollinson's The Designers' Manual, the big black book of Permaculture,  was about all we had to go on in the West. Starting in the early 2000s with Gaia's Garden, the number one selling book on permaculture thus far, the roots of this discipline took hold and allowed the rest to flourish. It is with a still heavy heart that I hold the loss of Toby Hemenway, who passed away on December 20, 2016. I had the good fortune to get to know him through correspondence and our interview together . Though Gaia's Garden touched many, it was his second book, The Permaculture City, that continues to hold my thoughts because of the critiques he offered on running away to the countryside, as opposed to being where people are: in our cities. He also throughout those pages encouraged us to focus on our talents and to create systems that account for them, rather than pushing to embrace someone else's example of what to do. To truly design our systems around ourselves. I was looking forward to a follow-up to that book, and was outlining a second interview with Toby when word of his illness reached me. Not long after, he passed. Both Toby and Bill will be missed and I'm thankful for the time they did have to share their thoughts through their writing, interviews, and, thanks to the good fortune of the internet, videos. With the big news from our community, there is the smaller news of this show, which entered it's seventh year in October, 2016. Between guest host David Bilbrey and myself, we produced forty-seven episodes this year. If you are new to the show, or want to check out some highlights, some shows that I recommend include: Mary Reynolds, the Irish author of The Garden Awakening, shared with us a way to reconnect with the stories of a place and to become a guardian of Earth. To listen to the myths and legends of the people and the land to reconnect with what we've lost culturally. Whatever our backgrounds, we come from somewhere and should get to know that where. Steven Martyn, The Sacred Gardener from Canada, reminded me, in a similar way to Mary, for the need to reconnect, by creating a relationship with the land that we are on. For those of us who can look to our ancestors and know that their stories are not those of the land we are on, we can reach back to those who called the ground we walk on home and learn about and from them the wisdoms of the first people, while also being allies to their cause, as continues to happen with the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock. I also think, from Steven's examples, about how many of us are displaced from the places where our stories come from and how we were once all indigenous. Those traditions, stories, and folkways often still exist, we just call them myths, legends, and old wives tales, and can rediscover them by connecting to our families or the land they come from. Moving from the land to our social and economic structures, both of the conversations with Shaun Chamberlin bring his work with David Fleming, and David's legacy, to life. Surviving the Future and Lean Logic, both books on my Best Of for this year, create a connection between the long standing work of permaculture to build in the landscape, and take it a step closer towards meeting the needs of our social and economic systems by addressing the tension we feel between our always on, just-in-time economy, and the slower traditions of community. David's vision, continued by Shaun, is not rooted in some sense of nostalgia, but on the prospect of what the world will be like when energy and employment cease to exist as we know them today. We can slow down and react through an outreach of our gifts throughout our community, which is what Eric Chisler, my dear brother, joined David Bilbrey to share his thoughts on. This subject dear to my heart as the boundaries of permaculture continue to push beyond the roots in the landscape, and Eric shared his own experiences and current efforts with The Emergence Network to create the opportunities the future will require. The interview with Eric meant a lot for me personally because it was recorded just as he and I were preparing to leave Seppi's Place, as that project came to a close. I give thanks for my time with Eric and how our conversations drove me deeper into exploring community and alternative structures as we spent late nights in the kitchen cleaning and preparing food, wrapt in conversations, while listening to heavy metal in the background. A colleauge of Shaun's, whose work he extended in The Transition Timeline, is Rob Hopkins, originator of the of Transition Town movement, joined me shortly after the Brexit vote, while we American's were reaching the zenith of the United States presidential election, to talk about the current state of Transition. During that conversation we also look at some of the critiques of permaculture to accomplish the work that is necessary to create not only permanent human agriculture, but also permanent human culture that can survive the climate crisis that is already upon us, and the looming thread of energy descent. Though we may not talk about these two motives for permaculture, especially as oil prices drop and we adjust to the “new normal” of weather weirding, but the dangers are not going away and soon will come to call. Dr. Talia Fletcher and her family visited me while still living at Seppi's Place. There we got to know one another and discuss a holistic approach to veterinary medicine, which we then turned into a later interview. For those of us practicing permaculture, we have allies among all disciplines, we just need to find them, as demonstrated in the conversation with Dr. Fletcher Just as we can find allies around us, we can also be allies in our communities, as I found from interviewing Robyn Mello, the program director of The Philadelphia Orchard project. After provided an introduction to that project,  Robyn shared her own story about the community choices she's made by living in the inner city of Philadelphia. Having known Robyn a long time, she remains someone whose work I follow to remember what is possible in the urban environment. While others are still formulating and collecting their thoughts, she is actively doing the work through POP and her own life choices, all while living in the fifth largest city in the United States. Ending the retrospective on interveiws a conversation that started the year: Taj Scicluna, the Perma Pixie. In this continuation of the conversation we had at the end of 2015, Taj shared her experiences as a small business permaculture practitioner and what it means to straddle economics and earth care. I'm often reminded that 80 % of business fail in the first year and a half, so it's clear that being an entrepreneur isn't a straight shot at success, and still if we are going to continue to practice permaculture in the world that we find ourselves in, with liberal economic policies focused around market capitalism, there are structures that we can play with in by owning our own labor, or looking to work outside of those systems through structures like the gift economy, and by making changes in our own lives to live with less financial capital, while we build the social and otherwise. Myself, Taj, Shaun Chamberlin, and many others are choosing to live differently. I won't say that it is easy, but each day we can make the shifts that get us closer to where we want to be. It is a long game we are participating in. Industry, capital, and environmental degradation didn't begin overnight and we're not going to solve these problems either. As a mentor of mine used to say, “fast, cheap, or easy: pick two.” Let's make it cheap and easy by going slow. One day, one small act at a time. With these conversations that were all recorded via wire, also check out the group conversations from my trips to Clear Creek , Kentucky; Philadelphia , Pennsylvania; and Baltimore, Maryland. In those you can hear a multitude of voices come together in conversations about community, fellowship, and creating in urban and rural spaces. Live events like these are always fun, and I like going out to meet and speak with folks in person. If you would like to host an in-person recording of The Permaculture Podcast, and are somewhere near the East Coast, let me know. While recapping this best of from the show, I'd like to give a shoutout to Jason Godesky for creating The Fifth World role-playing game. Though it's been awhile since Jason was on the show as a guest, I got to hang out with him and Giuli at the convention Save Against Fear in October of 2016. During our time together I got a chance to play The Fifth World for the first time and in that process they evoked an Animist experience for me within the game when, for a few moments, I had to face the personification of my character's disconnect from  family. It left me shaken for a few moments thanks to the power of the storytelling moment. Whatever your background, be it gamer, storyteller, or an interest in myth, check out TheFifthWorld.com. If you are looking for new books to read, some releases from 2016 I recommend picking up are Lean Logic and Surviving the Future, both edited by Shaun Chamberlin. Rewild or Die by Urban Scout, a persona of Peter Michael Bauer from Rewild Portland, and The New Wildcrafted Cuisine by Pascal Baudar. Lean Logic and Surviving the Future , as mentioned in my interviews with the editor Shaun Chamberlin, fill the gulf between Permaculture and Transition, bridging the landscape and the new culture needed for a bountiful future that acknowledges scarcity and embraces it. Rewild or Die , though a snapshot of a particular moment in time for the rewilding community, is one of the earliest books on Rewilding. I recommend this for everyone interesting in permaculture, rewilding, and the modern primitive skills movement. As someone knowledgeable of permaculture, Peter is able to provide insights on the intersection between the world that arose from agriculture, and what we have to learn from indigenous traditions, all delivered with a bit of snark and sarcasm. On the other side of the spectrum is Pascal Baudar's The New Wildcrafted Cuisine , which takes wild foods and turns them into high culinary fare in a way I've not found elsewhere. Yes, many field books will teach you what to eat and how to make it edible, but Pascal is creating foods that one would want to eat, or even see served in a Michelin rated restaurant. As part of the interview with Pascal, I also appreciate hearing about how many classes and workshops he took in order to learn all that he did to create the book. This is a valuable lesson for all of us to slow down and take our time collecting our experience and understanding our chosen discipline. Looking forward for 2017 and the 7th year of the show, I'm continuing to step into what it means to slow down and take a sabbatical where I reinvest in myself and the podcast. I'll continue to produce new long form interviews, as you're used to, while leaning on friends like David Bilbrey to have other conversations and add unexpected voices to the conversation. Behind the scenes, I've asked by friends at Liminal Collective to take on more of the work that happens when the microphone is off, like social media and the newsletter, so that I can focus on those interviews and The Possibility Handbook . After a long year processing over 1,000 pictures, hours and hours of audio, and generating hundreds of pages of notes, everything is compiled in a way that I can begin writing the book itself. There are, of course, other projects and things we have in the wings for you, but I'm in a place where I'm trusting the process of it all, and will make some announcements as they come together. Throughout everything, my door remains open if you have any questions or would like to talk about anything you heard here, from an episode in the archives, or on a future episode of the show. . Email: or send me a letter: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Until the next time, create the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guest for this episode is Mary Reynolds, the Irish author of The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves. In this interview our conversation focuses on how we can heal the land and ourselves by reconnecting with the stories of a place, and to acknowledge those feeling of the sacred. Through this process we become guardians of the land, responsible for the earth as much as we are for ourselves and our descendants. The land becomes a member of our family and connected to our community. I'm not normally one to involve myself in conversations about the spiritual, but Mary's storytelling and personal experiences, as shared in the book and through her own words in this interview, spoke to me. The more that I connect to what it means to build community or establish a sense of place, these spiritual and religious overtones have meaning because of how much they matter to the people around us and to how those beliefs shape our interaction with the land. I've also had experiences when hunting of hiking of entering a primordial space. An area influenced by man, and yet still wild. An animist moment with the other than human. I don't have words for it, as it is so far removed from what I would normally find in a reductionist mindset, but there it stands, something I wish to and need to explore further. May you enjoy this conversation with Mary and may it awaken something in you, as it did for me. Find out more about Mary and her work at MaryMary.ie.   Thank you to Earth Tools for partnering with the podcast. Earth Tools sells a complete line of walk behind tractors and implements for the small scale farmers, as well as high-quality hand tools for every home gardener. Find out more at EarthTools.com. Also, thank you to everyone who makes this show possible, including the crew at Liminal Collective, for creating the podcast newsletter, and to listeners like you who donate or support the show via Patreon. Resources The Garden Awakening Mary Reynolds Masanobu Fukuoka and Natural Farming with Larry Korn

On this Halloween edition of We Dig Plants, hosts Alice and Carmen are joined by Mary Reynolds, a landscape designer and author of the book The Garden Awakening: Designs To Nurture Our Land and Ourselves. The book is a step by step instruction manual drawing on ancient methods of working with the land and using them to invite the power and energy of nature back into your life and surround your house and life in its life giving healing embrace. Introduction to the book: Everything becomes simple if you immerse yourself in nature. Life’s complications melt away, leaving only the truth of the present moment, and the presence of what I call God. In this place we can see our soul reflected in every living thing, every gust of wind and splash of rain, and here we can find peace. This is our true home. Yet we are losing what little wild places we have left in nature, those corners where the spirits of the earth are flowing freely, where harmony, and balance still exists and we feel accepted for the truth of who we are. We have gone off course and need to find our way again. An old pathway, overgrown and forgotten, is waiting impatiently to lead us back home. Nature is willing us on. A feature length movie based on Mary's true life story will be released in 2016. This focuses on the story of Mary's journey to build a gold medal winning garden at the Chelsea flower show.

In 2002 Mary Reynolds became Ireland's first (and the youngest ever) gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show. Back then her Celtic Sanctuary garden broke with Chelsea convention, winning acclaim. But since then she has radically reassessed her approach to gardening, and to life. Her new book reveals her to be the "the nut that I truly am", but she doesn't care anymore, she tells Roísín Ingle.

Henssey, Mary Reynolds, and Rhett talk about video cards. What they are, how they work and what type different people would need. For example what type college students, professional gamers, small business owners, or an everyday person should buy.

"Voyage of the Damned" is an of the series . It is 71 minutes long and was broadcast on at 6:50pm on . It is the third of the revived Doctor Who series by , and the first episode to be made available for free on the internet by the service immediately after its first showing (the internet version is available in the UK only). The episode introduces a new variation on the opening and closing and and is dedicated to the memory of the founding producer of Doctor Who, . On its original airdate, , "Voyage of the Damned" attracted 13.8 million viewers at its peak, with an overnight rating of 12.2 million viewers earning the episode 50% of the total television audience. It was the second most-watched program of the day, being beaten by the 8 p.m. episode of . These were the highest viewing figures for Doctor Who since 1979's . Contents // if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //  Synopsis This story continues from the final scene of "" and "", in which a luxury space cruiser called the breaches the walls of the console room. teams up with Titanic waitress Astrid Peth in order to fend off a new enemy called .  Plot As the Doctor leaves Earth, the bow of the Titanic crashes through the TARDIS' wall. Though momentarily stunned, he quickly pushes some buttons to repair the TARDIS walls and push the ship out. The TARDIS then materialises aboard the ship. The Doctor soon learns the Titanic is a large luxury spaceship from the planet , orbiting present-day Earth. He decides to stow away to enjoy the party, only confessing his unauthorized status to lively waitress Astrid Peth, who reveals her own desire to travel the stars. Astrid has found her new job disappointing, as she is not allowed off the ship to visit destination planets. The Doctor cheers her up by sneaking her onto an excursion to via , along with couple Morvin and Foon Van Hoff, and a small alien with a red head, called . This is not a problem since London is all but deserted, an atmosphere of fear having been cultivated from the alien attacks on the previous two . , , and newspaper seller Wilfred Mott are among the few that remain. Ship's historian and guide Mr Copper gives the excursion party a bizarrely inaccurate explanation of human society, especially Christmas, despite the fact that he claims to be an expert on the planet. Meanwhile, on the Titanic's bridge, Captain Hardaker dismisses all the officers so they can take a break. Only one, Midshipman Frame, refuses to go, citing the rule that at least two officers must be present on the bridge. The party returns to the ship just as Hardaker reveals his true motives and commits an act of sabotage, causing meteors to collide with the ship. Midshipman Frame is shot and wounded when he attempts to prevent the disaster. Hardaker is killed in the resulting collision, as are the bulk of the crew and passengers. The meteors cause three major hull breaches, one of which sucks the TARDIS into space. The Doctor notes that it will just land on Earth automatically. With the teleport system offline and the engines losing power, the Titanic is heading for an extinction-level collision with the Earth. The Doctor makes contact with the injured Midshipman Frame, and leads a small group of survivors in a climb through the shattered vessel to reach him. Complicating matters are the Host, information androids resembling angels that have been reprogrammed to kill everyone onboard. The Doctor's party is harassed by Host all the way, and the Doctor's proves to be useless against them. Bannakaffalatta reveals to Astrid that he is actually a , something considered shameful in the society on Sto. Bravely, he saves the party from a Host attack by transmitting an from his cybernetic implants, killing himself in the process. The Van Hoffs also die: Morvin falls from the ledge into the nuclear engines, and Foon subsequently commits suicide while pulling a surviving Host down with her. The Doctor makes a grim promise that "no more" will die. The survivors take Bannakaffalatta's EMP unit with them as their only effective weapon against the Host. The Doctor sends the remaining survivors on ahead with the EMP unit and the sonic screwdriver, while he attempts to reach the place from which the Host are controlled. Using a security protocol, he convinces the Host to take them to their leader. This turns out to be the cruise line's owner, , who is hiding in an indestructible impact chamber on Deck 31. Capricorn is also revealed to be a cyborg, a human head set in a small wheeled vehicle. Having been forced out by the company's , he is seeking revenge. The collision of the Titanic into a heavily-populated world will not only break the company, but see the board charged with murder. Outnumbered by Host and faced with death, the Doctor is saved by Astrid, who has made a short-range teleport to his position. She rams Capricorn with a fork-lift truck until both are forced off a precipice and fall into the fiery engine of the ship. Assuming control of the Host upon Capricorn's death, the Doctor grimly makes his way to the bridge just as the ship plunges into Earth's atmosphere. Working with Frame, he uses the heat from the re-entry to try to re-start the ship's engines, but discovers that they are headed straight for one of the few places in London currently inhabited: . Calling through with a security code, he manages to get the Queen out of the building, which the Titanic narrowly misses as the ship pulls up, now back under control. The Queen, in her dressing gown, is heard thanking the Doctor as he pilots the ship back into space. With the danger over, the Doctor suddenly realises that there might be hope for Astrid after all. A safety feature of the ship's teleport system is that in case of accident, it automatically holds in stasis the molecules of the affected passenger. As she was wearing a teleport bracelet at the time of her death, her pattern might still be stored in its buffers. However, despite desperate efforts, only a shadow of Astrid can be generated due to extensive damage to the teleport system. The Doctor watches her dissipate into motes of light that float free into space. This way, she can at least fulfill her dream of exploring the universe, forever. The Doctor teleports back to earth with Mr Copper, who is no expert on Earth, but a former salesman who lied his way onto the ship to explore the stars. The Doctor leaves him on the planet to build a new life, funded by the ship's expenses card, which contains £1,000,000. The Doctor then heads off in the TARDIS, alone. [] Cast — — — Mr Copper — Rickston Slade — Midshipman Alonzo Frame — Foon Van Hoff — Morvin Van Hoff — — — Wilfred Mott — Chief Steward — Engineer — Bruce Lawrence — Himself — Kitchen Hand — Stefan DavisNewsreader — Alien Voices — , Voice of the — [] Cast notes Clive Swift previously appeared as Jobel in .Geoffrey Palmer previously appeared in and . His son, , directed four episodes of Series 3.Bernard Cribbins previously appeared in the 1966 film , based on the 6-part TV story shown 2 years previously. He also appeared in the Big Finish Productions story .Jimmy Vee previously appeared as the in "", the Space Pig in "" and the in the interactive special "". In , he appeared as the Child in and , and reappeared as the Graske in .Jessica Martin played Mags in .Yamit Mamo performed the songs "My Angel Put the Devil in me" and "The Stowaway" on the , the latter being specially composed for this episode. has previously been referenced as a real person in the , in "" (2006) - with the Doctor exclaiming that '"It's never too late, as a wise person once said... Kylie, I think!"', in reference to her 1989 hit single "".Composer Murray Gold makes a cameo appearance in this episode along with arranger Ben Foster and singer Yamit Mamo. was previously played by uncredited extra Mary Reynolds in and appears in person (in archive footage) in "". [] Continuity Although the special takes place aboard an otherworldly namesake of the famed ocean liner, the and its sinking was mentioned previously within the series in (1974), (1977), (1978), "" (2005) and "" (2005). The Titanic also appeared in the book , written by , and the 1989 comic strip Follow That TARDIS!.This episode introduces a new variation of the Doctor Who theme tune arranged by Murray Gold. It features a musical nod to 's 1980s version.London has been evacuated due to alien attacks the previous two Christmases - referring to "" and "". Clips from each of these episodes appear as part of news footage.The BBC broadcast near the end makes matter-of-fact statements about alien invasions and the London public (due to the evacuation and the dialogue from the street vendor), a difference to previous episodes where the public is either in denial or it's covered up; most recently in "", where the Master stated the government "told you nothing".Earth was previously referred to by its name "Sol 3" in and . Earth was also previously refered to as a "Level 5" civilization in . This episode also marks the first time in the revived series of Doctor Who that the Doctor has referred to as being in the of Kasterborous.Excluding 's repeated deaths, Astrid is the first companion to die in the revived series (and the first since in 1984's ), although she is partially resurrected. She is also the first alien companion since , and the first in the revived series to never set foot in the .The Doctor previously had a close encounter with Queen Elizabeth II in the story .Once again, the Doctor uses the phrase "allons-y" ("let's go" in French). He previously said it in "", "" and "". He was surprised when told by Midshipman Frame that Frame's first name is Alonzo, and was quoted saying "You're kidding me!?". He indicated that there is "something else I've always wanted to say", and as he starts to steer the ship, he yells "Allons-y Alonzo". In "Army of Ghosts", when he thought of using "allons-y", he thought the name Alonzo would go nicely with it, and later asked Yvonne Hartman whether Torchwood has anyone named Alonzo.The Doctor notes that "this suit is bad luck", he previously wore it in ""/"" and "". Both times he had been attending a seemingly normal party which goes wrong.Just like in the 2005 & 2006 Christmas specials, it is revealed at the end that the 'snow' falling is actually something else (debris from the Titanic). The Doctor wonders if it will ever snow for real. In "", the 'snow' was ash from the Sycorax spaceship, and in "", the Doctor uses 'basic atmospheric excitation' supplied by the TARDIS to make it snow.The Doctor refers to himself as being 903 years old, contradicting the serial where he states his age as 953.The waitress Astrid's name is an anagram of TARDIS. This caused wild speculation among fans, with some believing that Astrid herself would be revealed as the TARDIS.  Outside references of "" and "" are heard aboard the Titanic, and the Captain refers to "". The incidental music in the pre-title sequence features the tune of "".One scene is set in the fictitious Donovan Street, named after , Kylie Minogue's former co-star and collaborator on hit "".The Host stuttering over the name "Max" is a reference to 1980s virtual presenter .Russell T. Davies included a line from in the script for this episode. He previously referenced The Lion King in "".This episode is dedicated to the memory of , the first of Doctor Who, who died on 22nd November 2007 - a day before Doctor Who's 44th anniversary.The Doctor states he was present "at the very start" of Christmas, and that he "got the last room" - this refers to the story of 's birth, in which there was "no room at the inn" at for and on the night of his birth. ( ).The Doctor mentions protocol , a number meant to be the from the book (Incidentally, the Special is the 42nd episode of the new series). He then tries protocol 1, which turns out to be the correct one. This is also the confidential password for the restricted site for the game . Pre-broadcast publicity was initially reported by tabloid newspapers to be appearing in this episode.Russell T Davies dismissed this story, but a statement by Minogue indicated that she would be in the episode. The BBC officially confirmed her role in early July.On , published a photograph of an actor on set in Wales, in make-up, supposedly playing a red, spiky creature called "Porg".On , the reported that David Tennant's mother, Helen McDonald, had died from ,and noted that filming had been delayed by one week so Tennant could attend his mother's funeral.The includes a track named "The Stowaway", which have confirmed is a song appearing in this episode, in the same vein as "Song for Ten" and "Love Don't Roam" in previous Christmas specials (both of which were on the ).The full song was released online at SilvaScreen Records' .On the , Radio Times mentioned that the gold creatures are new monsters and are referred as 'the Hosts'On , the BBC released a series of three short clips, showing the Doctor, Astrid and the Titanic floating in space, above the . This was accompanied by a 90-second long trailer for the episode in British , which was released on the BBC website on December 14th. Reception A scene where the Doctor is lifted through the ship by the angelic Host caused offence to the group . Before its broadcast, the episode drew criticism from , the last living survivor of the 1912 Titanic sinking, who stated that it was "disrespectful to make entertainment of such a tragedy". The organisation expressed offence at the religious imagery of a scene in which the Doctor is lifted through the ship by robot angels. The episode's Christmas Day UK broadcast received 13.8 million viewers, an audience narrowly exceeded by the 13.9 million who watched the BBC soap . The average across all 70 minutes was 12.2 million viewers. This was the highest total of viewers for the new series, exceeding the previous record set by "", and the highest for Doctor Who overall since 1979 (specifically, the final episode of "" which aired while rival network ITV suffered programming disruptions due to a ). , reviewing a preview screening for 's TV and radio weblog, appreciated the episode's use of "the disaster movie template" and came to a favourable overall conclusion: "For the most part, The Voyage of the Damned is absolutely smashing." Its main flaw, in his view, was the "blank and insipid" acting of Kylie Minogue. James Walton of called the episode "a winning mixture of wild imagination and careful writerly calculation".