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Latest episodes

371. Finding healing wild plants on a walk with herbalist Brigit Anna MacNeill

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

Enjoy a mellow, beautiful ramble with herbalist and healer Brigit Anna MacNeill and find gentle joy in the wild plants we find in our gardens, parks and hedgerows. Brigit offers Plodcast host Fergus Collins deep insight into the medicinal…
Sound Escape 293. Finding peace and gentle stream in a mountain cleft

October 2, 2026 · 16 min

After the rains, a mountain stream giggles once again. You pause beside it, marvelling that so tiny a flow should, over the years, have carved a deep cleft in the hillside that is home to gorse, rowans and stunted oaks. A raven circles…
370. Enjoy a deep and soothing connection with wild plants, with forager and botanist Robin Harford

September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Head out on an incredibly mindful, soothing – and rather wet – adventure at Budleigh Salterton estuary in Devon with celebrated ethno-botanical researcher Robin Harford. Robin has an astonishing knowledge of plants and reveals, through a…
Sound Escape 292. Be soothed and teased by the waters of the Witch's Pool

September 25, 2026 · 14 min

You follow a path through woods, high above a stream. There is wind high in the trees but you can hear falling water. Suddenly the path opens into a wide glade and find yourself beside high waterfalls tumbling into the Pwll y Wrach: the…
369. Learn how foraging can improve our bodies and minds on a wild wander in Herefordshire with Liz Knight

September 22, 2026 · 55 min

The Plodcast celebrates the start of autumn with a visit to deepest Herefordshire to go foraging with expert Liz Knight. Liz extols the power of plants we tend to despise: docks, nettles and thistles and shares some wonderful wisdom about…
Sound Escape 291. The soft sounds of an autumn woodland walk

September 18, 2026 · 17 min

Recent rain has revived the woodland and you are compelled to take an evening walk in search of fungi along a stream and through the crunchy leaf litter. The strong, earthy scent of mushrooms fills the gloaming beneath beech trees, while…
368. Rewilding head, heart and landscape at the Sharpham Estate in Devon

September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

Sometimes it's vital to take some time out and reconnect with nature and the present moment. The Sharpham Trust on the River Dart in Devon offers nature-based, mindful retreats at its beautiful 500-acre estate. As well as helping visitors…
Sound Escape 290. Soothing rain falling in a thirsty wood - and a marsh tit sings

September 11, 2026 · 12 min

After months of heatwaves and drought, it's blissful to wander through a wooden valley listening to rain falling on leaves. And as if summoned by the falling water, a rare marsh tit makes its sneezing call.BBC Countryfile Magazine's…