Ex-professional footballer Tayshan Hayden-Smith turned to the healing power of nature after the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy in 2017. 

Since then, he’s been on a journey to bring access to nature to all. He shows ranger Kate Martin around his local community garden and together they see that a garden can be anywhere and anything. 

Later Kate heads to the National Trust’s Sutton House to see the garden they’ve created out of an old car scrapyard and learns how to grow in small and unusual spaces.

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Host: Kate Martin

Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris

Sound Editor: Jesus Gomez 

 

Discover more: 

Find out more about gardener and activist Tayshan Hayden-Smith’s community work here: https://www.growtoknow.world/ 

You can read about growing in small spaces in ‘Small Space Revolution’ by Tayshan Hayden-Smith. 

Inside Tayshan demonstrates 20 different practical projects you can create to positively change small outdoor spaces and pulls out inspiration from community gardens around the world. 

You can buy the book here: https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241680445-small-space-revolution/

If you’d like to learn more about gardening with tips from our experts, you can here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/gardening-tips