Blossom Trees and Burnt Out Cars

BBC Sounds

Talia Randall talks to the nature-loving pioneers who are smashing down the barriers–visible and invisible–that keep so many of us locked out of green space. From a park in Glasgow, to a beach in Cornwall and a Traveller site by an A road in London. Nature can help us work out who we are. Take Ione, a British-Mexican land worker who finally understood what it meant to have a mixed identity when she saw a Mexican plant growing in English soil. As a kid, Talia broke into the nature reserve on her council estate. Some call this trespassing, othe...

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Blossom Trees and Burnt Out Cars

Episodes (7)

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Blossom Trees and Burnt Out Cars

Aug 17, 2022
49½ minutes
45 MB

Talia Randall’s quest started with a simple question. Who does and who doesn’t have access to nature? But it’s grown into so much more than that. In this final episode, Talia reflects on her own mixed heritage and wonders if she needs a plant portal to re-connect with her roots? She talks to Ione Maria Rojas, a British-Mexican land worker who finally understood what it meant to have a mixed identity when she planted a Mexican crop in English soil. The scent of a tropical plant trying desperately to bloom on a frosty windowsill, can be...

Blossom Trees and Burnt Out Cars

6. How plants can tell us who we are

BBC Sounds

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