Local Spotlights: Harry Watkins/ St Andrews Botanic Garden

What is the role of a Botanic Garden in the wake of the ecological crisis? Our guest in this episode is Dr. Harry Watkins, a landscape architect and the Executive Director at the St Andrews Botanic Garden. He speaks to us about some of the changes and projects he has introduced at the St Andrews Botanic Garden, his vision for its future, the importance of community engagement and increasing the accessibility of gardening as a form of engaging in care, healing and regeneration.

Looking North is funded by the St Andrews Centre for Energy Ethics, the Scotland's Future Series, and the St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art.

Production: James Crooks (Centre for Energy Ethics)

Host: Anne Daffertshofer

Song: Woods

Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios.

Link: • [No Copyright Music] Woods - Acoustic... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.