This episode is an interview with environmental landscape artist, TED Speaker and art21 Educator Tobacco Brown. Tobacco connects art and environmental justice and is a visual artist, digital storyteller, master gardener, social practitioner, cultural historian and intuitive environmental advocate. We talk about community green spaces, how humans connect with the land and why it’s so important that we do. Dr Ian Bedford’s Bug of the Week: Beewolf What We Talk About  What can gardens teach us about ourselves?  Lessons we can learn from a garden that help us live our lives well Are there lessons we can take from life that will help us be better gardeners?  Wisdom residing in the soil Land justice Communication blight remediation How gardens grow with you as you go through life About Tobacco Brown Links Tobacco Brown What Gardening Taught Me About Life - Tobacco Brown’s TED Talk On Instagram art21 Other episodes if you liked this one: The Botanical Mind Public Green Spaces Patreon