
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
People love to fill their homes with beautiful plants, but this is not a new phenomenon. The trade in wild plants and seeds has a complex history that stretches back into the past and across the world.
Ahead of the Gardeners’ World Autumn Plant Fair at Audley End, Amy Matthews is joined by English Heritage’s Emily Parker and Joe Bagley, The Houseplant Doctor, to explore how our obsession with houseplants developed from competitive Victorian collectors to 21st century plantaholics.
Plus, Joe has some expert tips on how to keep your horticultural housemates happy and enjoy them sustainably and ethically.
Don’t forget to follow this podcast and leave a review if you love the show.
Join: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/join/
Support our work: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/support-us/
The English Heritage Trust is a charity, no. 1140351, and a limited company, no. 07447221, registered in England and Wales.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4.7
199199 ratings
People love to fill their homes with beautiful plants, but this is not a new phenomenon. The trade in wild plants and seeds has a complex history that stretches back into the past and across the world.
Ahead of the Gardeners’ World Autumn Plant Fair at Audley End, Amy Matthews is joined by English Heritage’s Emily Parker and Joe Bagley, The Houseplant Doctor, to explore how our obsession with houseplants developed from competitive Victorian collectors to 21st century plantaholics.
Plus, Joe has some expert tips on how to keep your horticultural housemates happy and enjoy them sustainably and ethically.
Don’t forget to follow this podcast and leave a review if you love the show.
Join: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/join/
Support our work: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/support-us/
The English Heritage Trust is a charity, no. 1140351, and a limited company, no. 07447221, registered in England and Wales.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3,224 Listeners
531 Listeners
930 Listeners
4,722 Listeners
447 Listeners
726 Listeners
715 Listeners
3,048 Listeners
21 Listeners
165 Listeners
3,100 Listeners
1,790 Listeners
1,994 Listeners
1,258 Listeners
90 Listeners
965 Listeners