S02 Episode 1: Nature all around. With Caro Langton     A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Autumn is here   Nature all around us     Reading 03:40   To Autumn by John Keats     Read by Rose White, Richard Chivers and Rachel Coldbreath.     05:55 Nature Unnoticed   07:28 The pot of basil     Interview with Caro Langton 08:46   09:25  House of Plants   10:09 Where did the journey into plant obsession begin for Caro?   13:41 What’s going on in the plant:person equation?   The Moth Snowstorm: nature and joy by Michael McCarthy https://amzn.to/2m5XmOn   17:23 Plant tribes and communities   The Houseplant Festival at the London Garden Museum, 21 September 2019 https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/houseplant-festival/   21:04 Plant installations   23:42 What makes a garden?   26:15 A deep connection with plants in a short space of time.   31:34 What’s next in the RoCo story?     Huge thanks to Caro for making time to talk to me about her work and her life with plants. You can find out more about Caro and the work she does with Rose Ray as RoCo here: website: https://www.ro-co.uk instagram: http://instagram.com/studio.roco   House of Plants: living with succulents, air plants and cacti by Rose Ray and Caro Langton, published by Frances Lincoln 2016 https://amzn.to/2nxOtNP     Root, Nurture, Grow: the essential guide to propagating and sharing houseplants by Caro Langton and Rose Ray, published by Quadrille 2018 https://amzn.to/2ls8IvO   You can read my review of Root, Nurture, Grow here https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootnurturegrow       The effect of plants in the workplace on productivity…   Nieuwenhuis, M., Knight, C., Postmes, T., & Haslam, S. A. (2014). The relative benefits of green versus lean office space: Three field experiments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(3), 199-214. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-30837-001   Do plants increase workplace productivity? https://www.goget.com.au/blog/plants-in-the-office/         With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.        website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB