Landscape Architecture, Nature and Horticulture Podcasts to brighten your festive season.
Christmas is the time for sharing and we thought for Studio 31s final blog of 2017 we would share with you some of our favourite landscape architecture, horticulture and nature podcasts. If you’re travelling back home this Christmas or just fancy kicking back with some mulled wine and a mince pie, here are some perfect accompaniments. Get downloading.
- Field Guides
A podcast focussed on North American wildlife but aimed at bringing its listeners out on the trail with its passionate and knowledgeable hosts Steve and (Mr) Bill. Field guide podcasts are thoughtful, insightful and target both flora and fauna (after all they are inextricably linked). A must for your inner nature nerd.
Average running time: 60 minutes
Frequency: Monthly
Website: http://www.thefieldguidespodcast.com/
- Common Edge
This non-profit organisation is worth following, as is their monthly (or sometimes a little less) often podcast. They have a mission to “reconnect architecture and design with the public that it’s meant to serve” and they report on public engagement in the planning and design of the built environment. Their podcasts target some important issues such as sustainability, climate change and social justice as well as citing the role of landscape architecture in the build environment.
Average running time: Varies from 30-50 minutes
Freqency- Ad hoc (A little less than monthly)
Website: http://commonedge.org/category/podcast/
- Sod Show
An award-winning garden podcast hosted by horticulturist Peter Donegan. SodShow comprises weekly interviews with a whole range of industry professionals in what are often funny, sometimes moving, always informative interactions.
Average running time 30minutes
Frequency Weekly
Website: http://www.sodshow.com/catagories/sodshow-shows/
- Remarkable Objects
A podcast taking a look at the ways in which nature and the built environment shape each other. It is created with the idea in mind that if we can incorporate nature into our cities we can create healthy, sustainable places for people. These are conversations that will advance our thinking in this realm.
Average running time- 20 minutes
Frequency- Roughly 2 weekly.
Website: http://www.remarkableobjects.com/episodes
- In Defense of Plants
“Plants are everything on this planet.” “From the smallest duckweed to the tallest redwood, the botanical world is full of amazing evolutionary stories.” This is a podcast for plant geeks everywhere, hosted by the insightful and infinitely knowledgeable Matt Candeias. It’s more sciency than some of the podcasts out there so expect a few latin names and mind-melding moments but it’s also very accessible too. Targeting important topics like sustainability, conservation, climate change and ecology, this podcast is a regular in the office here at Studio 31 and is raising the flag for flora large and small around the world.
Average running time: 50 minutes
Frequency: Weekly
Website: http://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/
A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the team here at Studio 31. See you in 2018 where we will be continuing our professionals’ series, sharing more of our own work and looking at more important issues across the landscape industry.
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