Send Me To Sleep | Gardens
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What is an open garden and how does it work?
I'm not sure if you're familiar with the idea of an open garden I personally wasn't really aware of what it entailed until i went to my first one about a year ago now and essentially it is an event that takes place often well where i'm from in small villages Within communities where there are many people who take a lot of pride in their gardens. And for one day, or perhaps over a short weekend, they will open up their gardens to the public. For a small fee, usually, that goes to some local charity or cause. All organized by the local community. And you simply have the joy of being able to wander into someone's back garden and see what hard work and passion they've put into them. And oftentimes you'll have the gardener, the house owner, right there with you.
very happy to chat through the various plants they have, why they have chosen those plants, and exactly how and how long it took them to bring the gardens to where they are in the present moment when you see them. Never really having grown up in places with particularly nice gardens, I wasn't really sure what to expect. But honestly, I was so taken aback by what was possible, so inspired really, by the incredible work that these diligent and passionate enthusiasts put into their gardens. Hello, by the way, my name's Andrew, and today I'm going to be talking about gardens. I've always found gardens to be A wonderful, serene place. And there are many kinds of garden in this world. But when I search my mind for the image of a garden, I think the first one that always comes to my head is my grandfather's garden.
And now my grandfather is passed for many years now. And the house that I knew to be his growing up is now long since sold. So I haven't seen this garden for a long time. But it is an example of a true British garden, I would say. Both my parents have never really been into gardening so much. I suppose that's why I myself am not such a capable gardener. I wouldn't by any means describe myself as green-thumbed, though I appreciate gardens and nature and the process of gardening Immensely. I think it's beautiful and something that everyone should try to get into. I suppose I'll talk a little bit more about that later. But, being as that my parents were not so into gardening, we didn't have a great garden growing up.
That is to say, we had a small area that was our garden with a little lawn.
What personal experiences shaped Andrew's view on gardens?
We even had a few trees in the back, but There was no real care and attention paid to it so much. Perhaps a little bit, but not so much as my grandfather's garden, which I remember being dappled in the shade of little walkways of shrubs and trees. And hidden amongst these shrubs, if you walk through a short labyrinthian path into the center of the garden, you'd find a greenhouse where he would sleep. grow, well, I don't know what, to be honest. I think the memories that I'm drawing at the moment come from so long ago that I don't think I would have had any concept of the kinds of things he'd be growing in there. But it all seemed very mysterious in its own way. Thinking back and reflecting on these memories with my grown-up mind, I think he probably did a really good job of separating out the garden into little rooms, you could say, little garden rooms.
And honestly, I really wish just once I could go back into that garden and see it properly again to refresh my memory. I'm sure by this time as well, the garden that once existed is probably long gone, I know that the house was rented out after it was sold, and usually when houses are rented, the gardens get sort of transformed into something a little bit more low maintenance. Which is a real shame, because I remember... Like I say, beautiful trees, shrubs, rose bushes. I think my grandfather's garden was the first place I saw a truly beautiful flourishing rose bush with many large bloomed heads of deep red roses. That texture, particularly, is really very vivid in my mind. There's something that feels almost otherworldly in the texture of a rose petal, is there not?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is an open garden and how does it work?
0:00–5:09
2
What personal experiences shaped Andrew's view on gardens?
5:09–11:13
3
What memories does Andrew have of his grandfather's garden?
11:13–17:16
4
How do gardens reflect personal growth and transformation?
17:16–24:45
5
What are the features of impressive gardens Andrew has visited?
24:45–31:57
6
How does gardening contribute to community and connection?
31:57–36:11
7
What lessons can be learned from the process of gardening?
36:11–42:10
8
Why is nurturing a garden seen as a nurturing of oneself?
42:10–53:42