Ep. 289 - The Personal Journey of Gardening
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Writer, naturalist, and gardener Dan Hinkley returns to the podcast to talk about his new book "Windcliff: A Story of People, Plants, and Gardens," which is a touchingly honest tale of his own journey in creating his own personal garden. Dan is unique in blending his own naturalist-brand of plant appreciation with sentiments of horticulture and design. Throughout we learn about just how personal and fulfilling the act of gardening can truly be, especially when the rest of the world seems to be baring down upon you. Join us as we gain insights into the gardening philosophy of one of my favorite gardeners. This podcast was produced in part by Joan, Les, Marabeth, Ali, Margaret, Southside Plants, Robert, Keiko, Bryce, Brittany, Helen, Amanda, Mikey, Rhiannon, Michelle, Kate, German, Joerg, Alejandra, Cathy, Jordan, Judy, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Dana, Chloe, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Vaibhav, Kendall, Christina, Brett, Jocelyn, Kathleen, Ethan, Kaylee, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Donica, Chris, Shamora, Alana, Laura, Alice, Sarah, Rachel, Joanna, Griff, Philip, Paul, Matthew, Clark, Bobby, Kate, Steven, Brittney, McMansion Hell, Joey, Catherine, Brandon, Hall, Vegreville Creek and Wetlands Fund, Kevin, Oliver, John, Johansson, Christina, Jared, Hannah, Katy Pye, Brandon, Gwen, Carly, Stephen, Botanical Tours, Moonwort Studios, Liba, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, doeg, Clifton, Stephanie, Benjamin, Eli, Rachael, Plant By Design, Philip, Brent, Ron, Tim, Homestead Brooklyn, Brodie, Kevin, Sophia, Mark, Rens, Bendix, Irene, Holly, Caitlin, Manuel, Jennifer, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:20.3 | Together, we are helping cure plant blindness around the world one episode at a time. |
| 0:26.6 | Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of Indefensiveplants.com. |
| 0:32.5 | What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week? |
| 0:36.8 | I know quarantine has been tough on all of us, |
| 0:39.1 | and many of you have taken to the garden to release some of that tension, and that's amazing. |
| 0:42.8 | I love hearing stories about how people are discovering gardening or reawakening a passion for it in their lives |
| 0:47.7 | just because they have to. What other options do we have in many cases? Gardening is such an amazing |
| 0:53.0 | way to release tension and get to know |
| 0:54.8 | the landscape a lot better, and it's really changed my life for the better. And that's exactly |
| 0:59.7 | the theme of today's episode. Making yet another wonderful return to this podcast is American |
| 1:04.8 | Plansman, garden writer, horticulturist, and nurseryman, Dan Hinkley. I love talking with Dan |
| 1:10.7 | because he's got such an awesome view |
| 1:12.6 | on the gardening world because he combines all of the wonderful aspects of garden design and horticulture |
| 1:18.0 | with a complete and utter obsession with botany and biodiversity. Dan has spent a lifetime |
| 1:23.8 | gardening, getting to no plants, and sharing his passion for the plant world in his |
| 1:28.1 | many books. But his latest book is all about his own personal garden, which is such an awesome |
| 1:33.3 | story. The book is called Wincliffe, a story of people, plants, and gardens, and they could not |
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