Helping hospitals with Maria Leong and Alice Cornwell

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Home & Garden, Leisure, Nature, Science

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Hospitals can be frightening and emotional places, so anything we can do to make visiting one easier has to be a good thing. I’ve seen first-hand how a hospital garden can really help alleviate stress for patients, visitors and staff, so should all hospitals have one? Adam Frost chats to Dr Maria Leong and Alice Cornwell, Community Development Officer for the RHS. They’re both involved in a garden Adam designed for University Hospital Lewisham, so the three of them appreciate the importance of creating green spaces where hospital staff and patients can reflect and recharge. 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.
1:07.0	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.
1:19.5	Hospitals can be frightening and emotional places.
1:23.4	So anything we can do to make the visit an easier one is a good thing.
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