The Flowerpot Pen: Recent Episodes
frances bryant
A podcast about what’s happening in my cool temperate garden and the spaces beyond it, along with conversations with other gardeners, book reviews, and brief looks into interesting happenings in the world of botany.
I'm slowly working my way back to getting the Flowerpot Pen up and running again. This is a test, do not adjust your sets...
In this episode I will be talking about a plant that can change its shape to match the plant it is living on! Also, I will introduce the third subject in my research for my upcoming book!
In this episode I talk about Therapeutic Horticulture and introduce the second subject for my latest book project, my mother.
In this first episode of my second season, I will be talking about plants in the Hawaiin Islands and introducing my next book project.
In which I chat about the importance of clean, sharp tools in the garden, a few jobs to do now, and I answer a few of your questions about how and why leaves change colour and fall off in Autumn
In this podcast episode I muse on what gardens mean to people, some different types of gardeners, and the sky. My book review checks out a pruning guide for the cool temperate zones, and Botany Bits is a brief glimpse at binomial nomenclature and early flowering.
In this episode I talk about Camellias and Kikuyu! I also launch a new section in which I will be reviewing my favourite gardening books and continue with Botany Bits, where I talk briefly about tree rings and discovering the contributions women have had to the world of botanical illustrations.
In which I speak about Naked Ladies, holes in leaves, the possible loss of some cactus species, and summer pruning of roses.
In which I talk about talking to plants and how small gardens can feed as many pollinators as large gardens.
Where I talk a little about summertime in my garden and take a peek at research into Lychee DNA.
This is the very first episode of The Flowerpot Pen. I will introduce myself and give a hint of what is to come.