Eatweeds Podcast: For People Who Love Plants

EP62: Why your body knows things about trees that your mind will never understand

A guided contemplative practice. Lean your back against a tree for five minutes of sensory presence. Robin opens with Tommy Cooper's "pick a card, any card." It becomes

EP61: Robin Reads - After The Great Forgetting

In the 17th century, Descartes, Galileo, and Newton transformed a living world into mechanical clockwork.  Descartes drew the fatal line between mind and matter, renderi

EP60: Connecting Children and Families to the Wild - with Chris Holland

Chris Holland has spent over three decades helping people - young and old - find their way back to the natural world. In this warmly personal conversation, Robin and Chri

EP59: Storytelling, Plants and the Feminine - with Clare Viner

Robin Harford meets storyteller Clare Viner beneath a flowering hawthorn tree in Devon to explore the living tradition of oral storytelling. Clare shares how stories bel

EP58: What Is Domei

Show Notes: Understanding Domei This episode explores Domei, a contemplative practice designed to bridge the gap between humans and the living world through sensory enga

EP57: The Poor Man's Herb

In this new short-form episode, Robin Harford challenges our relationship with common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) – a plant we've dismissed for centuries simply because it gro

EP56: Plants, People & Memory

In this episode of the Eatweeds Podcast, Robin Harford is joined by Dr Sarah Edwards, ethnobotanist at the University of Oxford.  Together they explore the 400-year hist

EP55: The Wild Power of Mushrooms

Tom Baxter is the founder of Bristol Fungarium, the UK’s first organic-certified medicinal mushroom farm. A former organic vegetable grower and forest school leader, Tom

EP54: Wild Ayurveda

In this episode, herbalist and Ayurvedic practitioner Jo Webber joins Robin Harford to explore how Ayurveda — the world’s oldest system of natural health — can be rooted

EP53: Crafting Herbal Teas

In this episode of the Eatweeds Podcast, Robin Harford sits down with Vivien Rolfe, a herbalist and researcher with a fascinating background in both science and herbal me

EP52: Indigenous Plant Practices in India

In this episode of the Eatweeds podcast, Robin Harford is joined by filmmaker Nirman Choudhury to explore the deep connection between India’s indigenous communities and t

EP51: Green Recovery - Beyond Sexual Trauma

In this powerful episode, host Robin Harford welcomes Hannah-May Batley, founder of Hedge School, to discuss her groundbreaking work in plant-based healing and community

EP50: The Sound of Trees

Welcome to Episode 50 of the Eatweeds podcast, where host Robin Harford takes us on an auditory journey into the world of sound art and ecoacoustics with guest Jez riley

EP49: So You Want To Be A Herbalist

In this episode, #49 of the Eatweeds podcast, I sit down with Helen Kearney at the Betonica herb school on a lazy Summer day in the Devon countryside. We dive into the a

EP48: The Car Free Forager - An Interview With Andy Hamilton

In this episode of the Eatweeds podcast, Robin Harford invites the seasoned forager, Andy Hamilton, for a deep and meaningful conversation about the evolving world of for

EP47: Foraging, Sustainability and Culinary Exploration with Matthew Pennington

In this episode of Eatweeds, host Robin Harford interviews Matthew Pennington, co-owner of The Ethicurean restaurant.  Matthew discusses the restaurant's philosophy of u

EP46: Foraging In Italy

This week on the Eatweeds podcast, we travel to the remote, idyllic region of Abruzzo, Italy, a haven for foragers, to meet our special guest, Marta Udalowa. Originally h

EP45: Hawthorn Harmony - A Tale of Foraging, Wildcrafting, and Connection

Join us for a breath of fresh air with episode 45 of 'Eatweeds,' a podcast dedicated to celebrating the joy and richness of wild food. Our host, Robin Harford, transports

EP44: A Year on Wild Food

My guest for this episode of the Eatweeds podcast is the remarkable Mo' Wilde. An author and experienced foraging teacher, Mo' has done something few could even contempla

EP43: Plants, Enchantment and Wild Words

In Episode 43, "Plants, Enchantment and Wild Words," Robin and Zoe delve into the enthralling world of plant lore and explore how enchantment and folklore have shaped our