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  <title>S03 Episode 8: Designing with flowers. With Hazel Gardiner</title>
  <description>Designing with flowers. With Hazel Gardiner &amp;amp;nbsp; A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. &amp;amp;nbsp; These notes may contain affiliate links.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Garden soundtrack &amp;amp;nbsp;  Over the hump of the year &amp;amp;nbsp;  1:56 Vita Sackville west struggling with summer &amp;amp;nbsp;  Readings from  In Your Garden, Vita Sackville West. Oxenwood Press, 1996 Read by Andrew Timothy O'Brien &amp;amp;nbsp;  5:30 Interview with Hazel Gardiner  5:55 Creating in relationship with others –&amp;amp;nbsp;elevating and encouraging.  8:25 Hazel’s career path. Dealing with burnout and serious illness  13:11 Retraining in floristry. Transferable skills.  18:50 Choosing the floristry path, rather than gardening or garden design  21:50 The through-line in a varied career  24:00 Fearless. A parental gift of confidence  27:10 Building a team  29:23 A typical week  30:45 Incorporating artificial flowers  33:15 Hazel’s early gardening memories  40:46 Creating installations that flummox –&amp;amp;nbsp;Hazel’s ideal brief  43:12 A ‘chewy’ style –&amp;amp;nbsp;texture, layer and story  46:15 How people interract with the work  48:00 The place of sustainability, seasonality and a responsive approach  51:28 Natural mechanics  52:22 Hazel’s own garden &amp;amp;nbsp;  56:38  Bramble &amp;amp;amp; Briar,  the Substack for the more confessional side of my gardening content. Sign up at https://andrewtimothyobrien.substack.com/ &amp;amp;nbsp;  57:28 An extract from my book,&amp;amp;nbsp;To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, DK Life, &amp;amp;nbsp;https://geni.us/Qs2d &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; *** &amp;amp;nbsp; Thank you to Hazel Gardiner&amp;amp;nbsp;for joining me on this episode of the Gardens, Weeds &amp;amp;amp; Words podcast. &amp;amp;nbsp; You can find Hazel on Instagram here&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/hazelgardinerdesign/ and on the web here&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.hazelgardinerdesign.com/studio &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;  &amp;amp;nbsp; My own book, To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, is published by DK Life, and is available here https://geni.us/Qs2d &amp;amp;nbsp;  &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; I’m ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. There will be a few spaces opening up in September 2023, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. http://www.andrewtimothyobrien.com &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB&amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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