Wake Up and Smell the Roses

On this Earth Day, we welcomed Carmen Sheridan, Cultural Gardener at Wakehurst, to talk to us about how building relationships with the wildflowers around us can support us into new ways of being.

Carmen is passionate about creating gardens that are supportive for biodiversity and people, and creating spaces where people can learn about and connect with plants. She shared her personal experiences of connecting with and learning about wildflowers and reflections on belonging and our environment – with space for reflection on your own relationships with flowers and the world around us.

Carmen is also editor of FLORXL zine, a collaborative publication celebrating the joy and diversity of plants and gardens. All profits from sales go to the Lemon Tree Trust to support their work creating gardens in refugee camps:

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We also welcomed the UK’s ‘Green Poet’, Martin Kiszko, a hugely multi-talented poet, composer and screenwriter who has been performing his one-man show based on his publication, GREEN POEMS FOR A BLUE PLANET and VERSE FOR THE EARTH, since 2010, at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and the Edinburgh Fringe.