DiscoverThe Organic Gardening PodcastS4 Ep9: September: It’s time to embrace the dark! – with Nick Dunn
S4 Ep9: September:  It’s time to embrace the dark! – with Nick Dunn

S4 Ep9: September: It’s time to embrace the dark! – with Nick Dunn

Update: 2024-09-01
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As the nights draw in, Chris sits down with Nick Dunn, professor of urban design at Lancaster University. Nick is also the founding director of the Dark Design Lab, exploring the impacts of nocturnal activity on nature. Nick enlightens us about the role darkness plays in our gardens and artificial light's impact on the wider environment. 



“What light pollution basically does is it alters the way plants and animals behave. The classic example is of moths being drawn to bright lights. But beyond that it's much more serious because it can interfere with important feeding, mating, navigating and also prey-predator relationships”





 Also in this episode…



Despite the late start, Fiona and Chris celebrate their growing successes, and tell you why you should try “seed rambling”.  From the postbag, the team troubleshoot how to bring life to contaminated clay soil, what you can do with a problematic rosemary bush and how to rescue a diseased rose. 

 

 Thanks again to our sponsors, Viridian Nutrition. Visit their website at www.viridian-nutrition.com
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S4 Ep9: September:  It’s time to embrace the dark! – with Nick Dunn

S4 Ep9: September: It’s time to embrace the dark! – with Nick Dunn

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