Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 02, 2020, 01:14:29 PM
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The Scottish Rock Garden Club is pleased to announce a new project - This is the Scottish Rock Podcast, the official podcast of The Scottish Rock Garden Club. Grateful thanks are due to Connor Smith for his work on this initiative. We are delighted to add these podcasts to the range of free access resources we offer to all from SRGC.net - such as the Bulb Logs, International Rock Gardener monthly e-magazine and so much more - and we hope plant lovers will enjoy the podcasts!
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Reach the podcasts here - or from your usual podcast provider -
https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57
First podcast from Connor is "It's all a little bit Greek"
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Well done to Connor for his work on this on behalf of SRGC!
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Very well done.
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Another feather in the cap of the SRGC!
Good work, Connor!
cheers
fermi
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As those of who who have listened to his first podcast can tell, Connor is a Scotsman with a rather nice accent - which I am confident will not be any barrier to understanding, no matter where you come from!
Connor has worked at various interesting nurseries, both in Scotland and around the world and is now based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. He is a member of the SRGC Council.
He has recently begun a blog - "A Scotsman's Perpective" (https://ascotsmansperspective.blogspot.com) and also last winter began a diary for the Alpine Garden Society - "A Scottish Horticulturist's Diary" (https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/garden-diaries/scottish-horticulturist/)
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Connor speaking at Murabilia Gardening & Plant Fair in Lucca, Italy in 2019
Connor has also travelled with grant support - for example from the Merlin Trust for a Schachen Alpine Garden Placement - he wrote about that for both the Rock Garden and the International Rock Gardener for SRGC.
I hope you will all spread the word about the Scottish Rock Podcast!
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Second Scottish Rock Podcast by Connor Smith - Erythroniums with Ian Young
https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57
Connor says .....
Ian guides us through his experience with Erythroniums. Ian Young's Weekly Bulb Log Diary and Erythroniums in Cultivation ( his free e-book )
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The last podcast was Sorbus with Chris Parsons, https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57/episodes/Sorbus-with-Chris-Parsons-edcbfs?fbclid=IwAR2WEp4ill-9akiL715r-B6pbAMs7PoXBSDKfBeElcG3WKyuusi_VS4QSpk
now Connor presents Cushion plants with Alex Ruairķ - with notes of South America - is the subject of the latest podcast.....
Click this link to connect ....
https://anchor.fm/connor-smith57/episodes/Cushion-plants-with-Alex-Ruair-edg28f?fbclid=IwAR24BopeeDS_kiUC77nnK4z41bgpuP3Jtfd6SrpS9znY_RZ4__srDRepDoI
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Fifth episode of the Scottish Rock Podcast - The Garden in the Sky
Connor Smith looks back at his time at the Schachen alpine garden in Southern Germany last year.
A truly otherworldly garden surrounded by mountains.
Connor says " Number five is out as I recall my time at the Schachen alpine garden in Germany. From now on I am going to be posting the podcast episodes on the first Wednesday of every month. Unfortunately, like all things, coronavirus has affected the production capabilities of the podcast."
Click the link to listen to the podcast - also gives access to previous episodes: https://tinyurl.com/ya28tv97
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Scottish Rock Podcast number 6 with Luca Magi as he talks with Connor Smith about their work in various different nurseries around the world and Luca's travels to New Caledonia and Tasmania.
Click the link to hear the podcast :)
https://tinyurl.com/y7u9bk4f
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Scottish Rock Podcast No. 6 is with Linda Cochran on the Pacific North West .....
Find that here: https://tinyurl.com/yyzooa5u
New Scottish Rock Podcast - featuring Jay Ackerley from Canada ......
Growing alpines in British Columbia
Jay discusses his passion for the plants in both his home garden in Vancouver, Canada and his rock gardening cabin.
https://tinyurl.com/y53lx2tk
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Connor Smith writes : "The recent episode as we are joined by Jay Akerley will be the final episode of this season
The podcast has now reached over 1,000 listens and has had listeners in 37 different countries around the world.
In the future, I am hoping to have 4 episode blocks on a specific theme with experts in that field. They would be posted all within one month - to save the month waiting period per episode. A similar format to the international rock gardener.
Cheers for all the support, and I hope you have enjoyed it thus far!"
Thanks to Connor for all his work on the Scottish Rock Podcast - we wish him even greater success in the future!
(PS The International Rock Gardener free e-magazine continues to appear on the last Friday of each month!)
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Fantastic!
Many thanks to all involved!
We, the passive members of SRGC, are very lucky having such a generous, openminded and innovative spirit among all the nice persons that do all the work for us.