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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

The theraputic nature of gardening for wellbeing, with Ozichi Brewster

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Science, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.4647 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Connecting with nature and gardening are proven ways to benefit our health and wellbeing. Support for people to engage in nature-based interventions is also on the rise, highlighting the vital work that a burgeoning collective of community gardens and community gardeners are doing. Therapeutic gardener at RHS Bridgewater, Salford, Ozichi Brewster talks about the healing power of nature and gardening, and how a rise in social prescribing is helping a range of health and wellbeing issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to the award-winning BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought to you by the team here at the magazine.

0:39.5

Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.

0:47.0

Connecting with nature and gardening and our proven ways to benefit our health and well-being,

0:52.3

support for people to engage in nature-based interventions is also

0:55.7

on the rise, highlighting the vital work that a burgeoning collective of community garden and community

1:01.3

gardeners are doing. Hello, I'm Sonia Patel Ellis at BBC Gardner's World magazine, and I'm here

1:07.1

today with Azic Brewster, Therapeutic Gardner, RHS Bridgewater in Salford, Greater Manchester,

1:13.5

to talk about the healing power of nature and gardening and how a rise in social prescribing

1:18.4

is helping a range of health and well-being issues. Hi, Azici, welcome to the podcast. Hi, Sonia.

1:24.8

It's really nice to have you here and I'm really excited to talk about all the health and well-being we can get from the kind of gardening that you're doing.

1:31.7

So what is a therapeutic gardener and what does your role entail?

1:36.1

Yeah, it's an interesting role. I have had really the room to be able to use my experience and my skills, both in gardening and also

1:51.0

understanding of diverse communities, understanding people in different settings, like mental health settings,

1:59.0

and bringing those two things together to use gardening skills,

2:07.7

knowledge of horticulture,

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