We talk about Michael’s interest in the suburban garden, his own background and how he has developed his particular niche of being a commentator on gardens and gardening but without being a horticulture or landscape expert. We move on to the importance of maintaining the radical tradition of British gardening, and the untold histories behind celebrated landscapes (such as the eviction of villagers in creating grand estates), framing gardening as a site of social stories and power.
We move on to the degradation of so much public and garden space by developers, who are potentially shutting out a whole generation of new homeowners from gardening, the “potting shed porn” of BBC Gardener’s World, the colonial mentality of much American gardening and much more.
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