Polly Nicholson on The Tulip Garden (#29)
In this episode of The Plantastic Podcast, Polly Nicholson, owner of Bayntun Flowers and author of The Tulip Garden, shares her deep-rooted love for plants and her journey into gardening and tulip cultivation. Polly provides insights into historical tulip species, her dedication to preserving tulip varieties, and the importance of maintaining heritage plants. She also delves into the history of tulips from Tulipmania and how a virus turned a bulb into a frenzied commodity to how an Ottoman Emperor used a clever way to light tulip flowers at night. Polly discusses lessons from her organic flower farm, and she offers valuable advice for gardeners about designing with tulips, soil health, organic practices, and how to successfully cultivate, save, and rotate tulips. Enjoy the show!
The Plantastic Podcast · Polly Nicholson, Jared Barnes
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Show Notes
POLLY NICHOLSON BIO
Specialist flower grower and tulip expert, Polly Nicholson is the owner of Bayntun Flowers in Wiltshire – growers of organic flowers cultivated in walled gardens and a one-acre field at the foot of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. Nicholson holds the National Collection of Tulipa (Historic) with Plant Heritage, and has been featured on BBC Gardener’s World, Radio 4, in Gardens Illustrated, Country Life, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The World of Interiors, and House & Garden. Learn more about Polly through her book The Tulip Garden, her Instagram @bayntunflowers, and her website Bayntun Flowers.
THE PLANTASTIC PODCAST
The Plantastic Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Dr. Jared Barnes. He's been gardening since he was five years old and now is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. To say hi and find the show notes, visit theplantasticpodcast.com.
You can learn more about how Dr. Jared cultivates plants, minds, and life at meristemhorticulture.com. He also shares thoughts and cutting-edge plant research each week in his newsletter plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe. Until next time, #keepgrowing!