Episodes
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
135: Learning in the garden: Shoots with Roots
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
What's this wooden cabin doing in the woods? Ivonne discovers the nature education program for children at Milner Gardens and Woodland on Vancouver Island. Come and accompany her on this short walk.
As always, you'll find more information and links in the shownote.
This podcast is part of a series of shows and blogs about Milner Gardens and Woodland in Canada.
100% English episode
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
131: ’Long Distance’: Milner House and gardens
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Come and walk with Ivonne in Milner House and through its famous gardens.
Learn why former owner Veronica Milner named the property 'Long Distance'. Listen to ladies chatting in the tearoom.
Outside the house, Ivonne is stunned by the view across the bay. Boardwalks lead her to a steep slope. She notices the densely overgrown forest floor. This is a good place to experience the original Vancouver Island woodland.
Oh! What's moving over there, near the shrubs? Listen: ravens!
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
This podcast is part of a series of shows and blogs about Milner Gardens and Woodland in Canada.
100% English episode
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
129: Wild gardening in an old-growth forest
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
The woodland at Milner Gardens and Woodland is a beautiful example of one of the last remaining old-growth forests in British Columbia, Canada. The former owners preserved many old trees on the estate. Follow Ivonne while she’s strolling through the woodland garden.
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
This podcast is part of a series of shows and blogs about Milner Gardens and Woodland in Canada.
100% English episode
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
127: Veronica Milner and her dream garden
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Milner Gardens and Woodland was the dream of one woman, Veronica Milner. She was the creative force behind this green paradise on Vancouver Island.
Veronica Milner is the central person in this episode of the series on her estate. What were her backgrounds and ideas?
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
100% English episode
This podcast is part of a series of shows and blogs about Milner Gardens and Woodland in Canada.
Friday Feb 11, 2022
112: A visit to Pinetum Blijdenstein
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Hidden in a residential aera in Hilversum is Pinetum Blijdenstein. Ivonne wanders among the big pinetrees.
She finds out about the adventures of a Mr. Wilson. By the way, what's that noise near the stumpery?
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
100% English episode!
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
89: Celts and ecological succession in Botanical garden Haren
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Listen to part II of our Discucoverage in Botanical garden Haren.
Experience the Celtic tree calendar. Which is Ivonne's tree? And find out why the heather and grass fields are hardly recognizable these days ...
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
Listen also to part I of this coverage in Discutafel podcast 87!
100% English episode!
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
87: Chinese splash and modern hermitage in Botanical garden Haren
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Listen to part I of our Discucoverage in Botanical garden Haren, near Groningen in The Netherlands.
Walk with Ivonne behind the Chinese waterfall. And discover a modern hermit garden ...
This episode ends when arriving at the Celtic garden.
100% English episode
As always, you'll find more info and links in the shownote.
Part II will be released later in the season. Stay tuned!
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
67: Allotment gardening in UK and NL part 2
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
100% English episode!
We're talking about past, present and future of allotment gardening in the UK and The Netherlands.
What are similarities and differences, according to our UK podcast colleague Richard and 2 Dutch allotment holders?
And we continue our visit to Saskia's garden in garden park 'Ons Buiten'.
Part 1 is online since November 28, 2019.
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
Remark: due to an unknown software error, we had to reinstall this audio file.
At that moment, at least about 90 listeners had already downloaded this episode.
Download counting restarted on January 27, 2020.
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
63: Allotment gardening in UK and NL part 1
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
100% English episode!
We're talking about past, present and future of allotment gardening in the UK and The Netherlands.
What are similarities and differences, according to our UK podcast colleague Richard and 2 Dutch allotment holders?
And we take a visit to Saskia's garden in garden park 'Ons Buiten'.
Part 2 will be online on December 26, 2019.
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
54: Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
100% English episode!
Visit to Glasgow Botanic Gardens on a hot summer's day.
The gardens have no entrance fee. Does this mean it's an ordinary public park without the usual Latin plant names?
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
Read also our blog: Botanical gardens: interesting for wildlife-friendly gardeners?