Podcast 79 - Gardening Post-Lockdown with Adam Kirtland
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This week I\\u2019m speaking to Adam Kirtland, who began gardening seriously at the start of lockdown. His initial interest has become a full-blown obsession and we talk about the challenges presented by going back to work full time and having less time to garden. For more seasoned gardeners, this episode may be a useful reflection upon how we communicate with newer gardeners.
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About Adam Kirtland
\\u201cBookseller by day, gardener by night. I work as part of the head office team at Waterstones looking after some of the gifting products rather than books, but it\\u2019s still the love of books that got me here in the first place.
Gardening has always been something that I\\u2019ve used as a tool to relax and wind down but it\\u2019s only this year, during lockdown that I really found what it was to be a gardener. For me it\\u2019s not just mowing the lawn every fortnight or doing a bit of weeding, it\\u2019s become so much more. Making a garden for both me and my family that can be used in all season.
Lockdown opened my eyes to the world of Instagram and how huge the community is there and that\\u2019s where my gardening journey has taken me now.\\u201d
What we talk about:
Sources of gardening information
Catching the gardening bug
Gardening post lockdown and post-furlough
Gardening social media\\xa0
Links:
Adam\\u2019s Instagram account - @viewfromthepottingbench\\xa0
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