A Mindful Approach to Gardening
In conversation with Andrew Timothy O’Brien and Chris Young, in celebration of the launch of Andrew’s first book, To Stand and Stare: how to garden while doing next to nothing.
With such a wealth of gardening advice available, it can be a job of work simply to decide who we should be listening to – and yet perhaps our most qualified instructor is the garden itself.
Podcaster, writer, and online garden coach Andrew Timothy O’Brien considers the stories we’ve been taught about the whole business of gardening and wonders if there’s a way to be in a relationship with the natural world on our doorstep that’s not only more sympathetic to the needs of our environment, but also to our own physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
Join Andrew and Consultant Gardening Publisher for DK Books Chris Young as they discuss whether or not a different kind of relationship with the garden might be the answer we’re all looking for.
Speakers
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Andrew Timothy O’Brien
Andrew Timothy O’Brien
Andrew Timothy O’Brien is the author of the recently published book, To Stand and Stare: how to garden while doing next to nothing, described by Gardens Illustrated as “a manifesto for a new way of looking at your garden, perfect for this moment in time”. An online gardening coach, blogger and host of the critically acclaimed Gardens, Weeds & Words podcast, his mission is to help us to understand our place in the world through the plants with which we chose to surround ourselves, whether the garden we know best is outside our house, on the window ledge, or found within that familiar patch of weeds we gaze upon each morning while waiting for the bus.
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Chris Young
Chris Young
Chris Young is a landscape designer and consultant, and Consultant Gardening Publisher for DK Books. Chris was formerly Head of Editorial for the Royal Horticultural Society and is the author of the RHS Encyclopaedia of Garden Design.
