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EP 1: Intergenerational Living & Bees - Johanna Griggs, Tone Wheeler, Tara Dennis & Gary Finn
Season 1, Ep. 1
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The first Better Ideas podcast Hosted by Peter Colquhoun, where he chats with experts, enthusiasts and the Better Homes and Garden TV crew to make your home...well.... Better. Johanna Griggs Talks about one of her passions Bees and bee keeping. Then environmental architect Tone Wheeler starts the conversation on true Intergenerational Living followed by
Gary Finn who specialise in accessibility Architecture. Follow by Tara Dennis given us her top tips on keeping the peace when you are doing intergenerational living - her daughter and boyfriend are currently living back home.
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