Gardens, Weeds & Words podcast
It was an absolute pleasure speaking to Andrew O’Brien on his Gardens, Weeds & Words podcast.
Andrew is an online garden coach, podcaster, blogger. He spoke about Lemon Tree Trust’s garden at the 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in his first ever podcast, and so it was great to join him for this episode, three seasons in.
Jennie Spears from Lemon Tree Trust chats to Andrew about her own gardening background, and some of the people who are gardening against the odds in refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Plants bring joy and help to transform a shelter into a home, no matter who you are or where you live.
You did it! 🥳 Thanks to your generous donations, our Community Garden Appeal raised £3,662 GBP ($4,530 USD). Plus, every donation has been matched by one of our most generous supporters, meaning the appeal raised an incredible £7,324 GDP ($9,060 USD). Thank you so much. And we loved receiving your messages of support throughout our … Continued
Lemon Tree Trust (LTT) has awarded 162 winning gardens in its annual garden competitions this year – 63 more prizes than last year. Competitions took place in nine refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq again this year with 18 gardens from each camp being awarded prizes. To take … Continued
Today, on UN World Refugee Day, we have launched a special appeal, where we are asking our supporters to help us bring hope, connection and belonging to people displaced by war in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. There are currently over 280,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the Kurdistan Region, and over 1 million Iraqis … Continued