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114. Stop Landscaping and Start Lifescaping: Regenerative Gardening with Monique Allen of The Garden Continuum
114. Stop Landscaping and Start Lifescaping: Regenerative Gardening with Monique Allen of The Garden Continuum
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Oct 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today’s guest is Monique Allen, CEO and Creative Director of The Garden Continuum, a landscaping design company that brings the principles of regenerative agriculture to ornamental gardening. The central work of The Garden Continuum is to create outdoor living spaces, both public and private, that draw people out into those spaces and begin to build that reconnection with nature.
In this episode, you’ll hear how Monique's approach infuses life back into systems and landscapes that have been abused by degenerative practices. You'll hear her explain the difference in a landscape as something pretty to look at, compared with what she calls a “life scape,” or a space that calls you in and actually asks you to interact with nature in an active and participatory way. You’ll also hear about her book, Stop Landscaping, Start Lifescaping.
Through regenerative gardening, Monique breathes new life into the soil, and through her personalized landscape business coaching she helps clients build a high-integrity business reflecting care for the entire earth community.
Topics Discussed:
Monique's journey as a landscape gardener to regenerative ornamental gardening
Ornamental gardening means we aren't growing for food
Monique's central work is to draw people outdoors and reconnect them with nature
The Lifescape method
Straw Hat Park and Pocket Parks
Creating a sense of place
The Japanese practice of Shinto
How Monique applied regenerative farming practices to her ornamental garden designs and her business
Finding inspiration for her book project
Operating a hyperlocal business
The pricing challenge of regenerative landscaping/ incremental investing
Biochar
A discussion of tilling
How to prepare the soil for a garden
How gardens change people and their lives
Regeneration for entrepreneurs
Monique's ideas about slow living and good dirt
Monique's Book, Stop Landscaping, Start LifeScaping
Connect with Monique:
Monique's Website, thegardencontinuum.com/
On Instagram @thegardencontinuum
Monique's Book, Stop Landscaping, Start LifeScaping
About Lady Farmer:
Our Website
@weareladyfarmer on Instagram
Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC
Leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!
Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com
Get 15% off your order of all-natural plant fertilizers from BIOS Nutrients with the code LADYFARMER15.
Original music by John Kingsley. The Good Dirt podcast is edited and engineered by Aleksandra van der Westhuizen and produced by Mary Ball.
Statements in this podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not to be considered as medical or nutritional advice. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and should not be considered above the advice of your physician. Consult a medical professional when making dietary or lifestyle decisions that could affect your health and well being.
In this episode, you’ll hear how Monique's approach infuses life back into systems and landscapes that have been abused by degenerative practices. You'll hear her explain the difference in a landscape as something pretty to look at, compared with what she calls a “life scape,” or a space that calls you in and actually asks you to interact with nature in an active and participatory way. You’ll also hear about her book, Stop Landscaping, Start Lifescaping.
Through regenerative gardening, Monique breathes new life into the soil, and through her personalized landscape business coaching she helps clients build a high-integrity business reflecting care for the entire earth community.
Topics Discussed:
Monique's journey as a landscape gardener to regenerative ornamental gardening
Ornamental gardening means we aren't growing for food
Monique's central work is to draw people outdoors and reconnect them with nature
The Lifescape method
Straw Hat Park and Pocket Parks
Creating a sense of place
The Japanese practice of Shinto
How Monique applied regenerative farming practices to her ornamental garden designs and her business
Finding inspiration for her book project
Operating a hyperlocal business
The pricing challenge of regenerative landscaping/ incremental investing
Biochar
A discussion of tilling
How to prepare the soil for a garden
How gardens change people and their lives
Regeneration for entrepreneurs
Monique's ideas about slow living and good dirt
Monique's Book, Stop Landscaping, Start LifeScaping
Connect with Monique:
Monique's Website, thegardencontinuum.com/
On Instagram @thegardencontinuum
Monique's Book, Stop Landscaping, Start LifeScaping
About Lady Farmer:
Our Website
@weareladyfarmer on Instagram
Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC
Leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!
Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com
Get 15% off your order of all-natural plant fertilizers from BIOS Nutrients with the code LADYFARMER15.
Original music by John Kingsley. The Good Dirt podcast is edited and engineered by Aleksandra van der Westhuizen and produced by Mary Ball.
Statements in this podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not to be considered as medical or nutritional advice. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and should not be considered above the advice of your physician. Consult a medical professional when making dietary or lifestyle decisions that could affect your health and well being.
Released:
Oct 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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