{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65bfc4fcf0e6d100176ad617/6a66ecbbd1989631427e3d2b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep75: A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With... Joshua Sparkes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65bfc4fcf0e6d100176ad617/1785129255225-c817b2e7-d1be-4071-9032-693e8a01faf8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://notjustagarden.co.uk/joshua-sparkes/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://notjustagarden.co.uk/joshua-sparkes/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Joshua was on Gardeners' World 2024 episode 23 when Frances Tophill visited him at Birch Farm in North Devon and described him as \"a horticultural maverick\"!</p><p><br></p><p>Joshua joins us for a Chit-Chat and shares his remarkable transformation of Birch Farm as well as what would make it into his beautifully biodiverse dream garden.</p><p><br></p><p>We also learn about the importance of polycultures, some major slug management lessons, tree leaf salads from lime trees, to bladder nuts, to Sichuan pepper trees, growing vegetables in rubble and sand, big boy plants, and Joshua's important work trialling perennial vegetables for viable crops for the future of agriculture.</p><p><br></p><p>Some mentions from our guest, links can be found here: <a href=\"https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://notjustagarden.co.uk/gardens/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Peter Korns Trädgård</li><li>Keith Wiley at Wildside</li><li>Grass Roof Co</li><li>Mt Cuba Center</li><li>Chicago Botanical Gardens</li><li>Howard Nurseries</li><li>The Field Nursery</li><li>De Hessenhof Nursery</li><li>Mount Stewart</li><li>Prickly Nut Wood</li></ul>","author_name":"Sweetpea and Bear"}