Listen to episode 156 below.
Publication date: 07-12-23.
Duration: 14:55.
Host: Ivonne Smit.
Illustration: veg patch at Kew Gardens Kitchen garden, July 2023.
Episode 156: Kew Gardens: Kitchen Garden
Discucoverage
Listen to part I of Ivonne’s visit to Kew Gardens in London. First stop on your tour is the Kitchen Garden.
In Georgian times, a large kitchen garden supplied members of the royal family living in Kew Palace, as Ivonne explains. Today, the fruit and vegetables are being used in Kew’s restaurants. Let’s find out which plants are being grown there now.
Discuknowledge
Ivonne also shares some Discuknowledge about Latin plant names and their origins. We see those names everywhere on signs in botanic gardens.
December 2023 = Kew Gardens month!
Discutafel’s podcaster Ivonne visited Kew Gardens twice.
We release a four-part podcast series on these famous gardens in December 2023. Learn about the highlights, listen to some very special sounds.
To accompany the podcasts, we publish blogs about Kew Gardens, their history and importance for now and for our future.
More info
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: website
- Edible Science: Kew’s Kitchen Garden
- New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonoides)
- Walking stick or Jersey cabbage (Brassica oleracea longata)
- Naming of plants: info on Discutafel
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