Combatting loneliness with Andrew Kingston

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Home & Garden, Leisure, Nature, Science

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever feel isolated or alone? Can you go for days without seeing anyone or talking to another person? Loneliness is a big problem that can impact all areas of our mental health – but could gardening go some way to connect isolated people with others?Adam Frost chats to Andrew Kingston from Camden and Islington’s NHS Community Recover Service. Andrew works with the elderly to help prevent loneliness and he’s seen first-hand how gardening can make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Kevin Smith from BBC Gardner's World magazine. There's a brand new event this September,
0:05.6	In Conversation at Q Gardens. Join me, Adam Frost and Francis Toppill for expert tips and great chat.
0:13.3	Find out more at inconversationlive.co.uk.
0:18.3	My name's Meren, grower for Ginsters, and I'm looking for an onion masseuse to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
0:26.2	You must have, about ten years' experience, firm hands, but soft fingers, because we all know a relaxed onion is a tasty onion.
0:35.4	Ginsters taste the effort.
0:38.3	Interviews next Thursday in the onion field.
0:40.4	My name's Meren,
0:41.7	grower for Ginsters,
0:43.0	and I'm looking for an onion masseuse
0:44.7	to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
0:47.9	You must have,
0:48.9	about 10 years' experience,
0:50.9	firm hands, but soft fingers,
0:53.5	because we all know, a relaxed onion is a tasty onion.
0:57.1	Ginsters taste the effort.
1:00.0	Interviews next Thursday in the onion field.
1:02.6	Hello and welcome to the BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast.
1:06.9	Brought to you by the team here at the magazine.
1:10.0	Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.
1:19.2	Do you feel isolated or lonely?
1:22.3	Can you go for days without seeing anybody or even talking to another person?
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