Growing Wild

This month Charlotte speaks to Editor of new magazine Bloom; Zena Alkayat, writer and creator of Wild Patience; Tanya Shadrick and writer and wild swimmer; Ella Foote.  The common thread being they have all discovered something they love, followed the crumbs and contribute to our enjoyment of nature as a result.

This month Charlotte Petts hears from George Monbiot, Robert McFarlane and Kate Bradbury at the Peoples Walk for Wildlife and Lia Leendertz tells us all about her new Almanac and things to look out for in the natural world in October.

This month Charlotte speaks to outdoor therapist and writer Ruth Allen about her upcoming adventure across Bosnia Herzagova, Joe Minihane talks to us about his book Floating; a life regained and resident gardener Sophie Eliades talks us through our dust bowl of a summer on her allotment.

This month Charlotte speaks with Anne Thwaites about the splendidness of seaweed, Fran Corney tells us all about the project The Last Fisherman Standing and part time fisherman Paul Marchant tells us tales of the sea and why so few fisherman remain in Worthing.

This month Charlotte speaks to columnist and author Kate Bradbury on her book; The bumblebee flies anyway, we head out with an RSPB monitoring group to find out all things Swift and she speaks to Isabella Tree of Knepp Estate in West Sussex.

This month's show is a little different. We have four people simply telling stories of their experience of pilgrimage. The conversation meanders through faith, connection with nature, emotional health and how often you need to shower… all the good stuff.

This month Charlotte goes birch tree tapping with Alice Bettany and chums, we hear all things butterfly and moth with Neil Hulme and we head down to the Earth Day beach clean held by Pier 2 Pier.

This month the common thread is Wellbeing. Charlotte Petts visits the nature connection for mental health project 'Grow', the Lemon Tree Trust talk about their project to aid displaced people in Iraq to grow their own green spaces and she visits the Dementia Inclusive Gardening group at the Hove community allotment Plot 22. Nature is vital for our health, fact!

We're back! After that little break, Charlotte Petts returns with a night walk by the South Downs with Natasha Lythgoe of The Art of Re-Wilding, ONCA gallery and their Remembrance Day for Lost Species and Joshua Tutt with his joy for the No Dig system.