Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Tayshan Hayden-Smith on why he believes we need to rethink what we consider a garden to be.
In this episode we hear from Tayshan Hayden-Smith, the footballer turned community gardener and activist, who tells podcast host Stephanie about the landscapes and people that have inspired him. Discover why he loves the buzz and energy of urban environments, with pavement plants growing in the cracks and crevices, and why he believes we need to rethink what we consider a garden to be.
He explains how the fire at Grenfell Tower in London was a turning point in his life that led to him founding the not-for-profit organisation Grow 2 Know, challenging the gardening establishment and creating meaningful gardens in London and at the Chelsea Flower Show to help close the green gap and widen access to nature for more people.
Talking Gardens launched in March 2023 and won the Garden Podcast of the Year Award at the Garden Media Guild Awards in November 2023. Previous guests include Piet Oudolf, Sarah Price, Fergus Garrett, Marian Boswall, Troy Scott Smith, Alice Vincent, Tom Stuart-Smith, Nigel Slater, Isabel Bannerman and Arthur Parkinson.
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