{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Eatweeds Podcast: For People Who Love Plants","title":"EP56: Plants, People & Memory","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/924235dd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3043,"description":"In this episode of the Eatweeds Podcast, Robin Harford is joined by Dr Sarah Edwards, ethnobotanist at the University of Oxford. \nTogether they explore the 400-year history of Oxford Botanic Garden — Britain’s oldest physic garden — and why ethnobotany is vital for preserving both cultural knowledge and biodiversity.\nDr Edwards shares her remarkable journey from Kew Gardens to working alongside First Nations communities in Australia, documenting traditional plant use and wisdom.\nShe reflects on the threats facing global plant diversity, the role of botanic gardens in conservation, and why re-establishing kinship with plants is essential for our future.\nAbout Dr Sarah Edwards\nDr Sarah Edwards is the author of The Ethnobotanical (link) and co-author of Phytopharmacy (link).\nShe teaches Ethnobiology and Biological Conservation at the University of Oxford and manages plant records at the Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum (link). \nHer work bridges science, culture, and art, from field collaborations with First Nations communities in Australia to recent projects with the Richmond Arts Service’s Cultural Reforesting programme.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q91i_VcMEu2XgjHhOpIbpHKFg6BUCGYGuPfjWiss9E0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5Njg5LzE2NDkz/MzM4MzctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}