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Gardens of Earthly Delight

Andrew Valenti 10 Episodes Apr 24, 2026

This podcast explores the deep connection between humans and the natural world. Each episode features conversations with experts and celebrities who have cultivated meaningful relationships with the earth. The show delves into personal stories, insights, and experiences that highlight our bond with nature. It aims to inspire listeners to reflect on their own connection to the environment.

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The Healing Sting w/ Kate Hinkens Apr 24, 2026 4152 Kate Hinkens had been dealing with Lyme disease since she was seven years old. After years of misdiagnosis, relapse, and months of intravenous antibiotics that left her sleeping eighteen hours a day and unable to finish a sentence, she found her way to bee venom therapy - ordering bees online, standing in her bathroom with tweezers, and stinging herself until something shifted.Kate is now

The Less You Dig, The More You Grow w/ Charles Dowding Apr 10, 2026 3447 Charles Dowding is something of a legendary gardener. He coined the term "no dig" and created an entire movement and method to home and market gardening - all focused on the health of the soil. Charles is the author of 16 books - his latest, "Grow Together" being released just yesterday, April 9, 2026.I visited Charles at his market garden, Home Acres, in late February and we covered a lo

Make Me Good Soil w/ Sophie Strand Mar 27, 2026 4327 Sophie Strand is a writer and author of The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine, The Madonna Secret, and her most recent book, a memoir called The Body Is a Doorway. She lives in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she writes about mythology, ecology, and the intersection between storytelling and the more-than-human world.This conversation spans a lot of ground. We talk

A Life Changing Cup Of Tea w/ Henrietta Lovell (Rare Tea Lady) Mar 13, 2026 3800 Henrietta Lovell is the founder of Rare Tea Company and is known as the Rare Tea Lady. In the late 1990s, she was working in corporate finance, until a trip to China and a $50 pot of oolong changed everything. She fell in love with tea, not the industrial tea bag she grew up drinking in England, but tea crafted by farmers from specific places with terroir as complex as wine.For over 20 ye

The Hidden Cost of Growing Something Epic w/ Kevin Espiritu Feb 27, 2026 3144 Kevin Espiritu is the founder of Epic Gardening, a media and product company that's become one of the largest gardening brands in the world. What started as a hobby blog about hydroponics in 2013 has grown into a business with millions of followers, major acquisitions including Botanical Interests Seeds and GrowVeg garden planner, and a team of dozens serving home gardeners globally.Kevin

Tasting Is Believing w/ Darina Allen Feb 13, 2026 2941 Darina Allen is a culinary pioneer, educator, and author who co-founded the Ballymaloe Cookery School in 1983 on a 100-acre organic farm in County Cork, Ireland. She has taught thousands of students from over 65 countries, written nearly 20 bestselling cookbooks, sparked Ireland's farmers' market movement, hosted the television series Simply Delicious, and leads the Slow Food community in

The Hopi Farmer Who Grew an 800-Year-Old Seed w/ Michael Kotutwa Johnson Jan 30, 2026 4110 The Hopi Farmer Who Grew an 800-Year-Old SeedMichael Kotutwa JohnsonMichael Kotutwa Johnson is a 250th generation Hopi dry farmer and University of Arizona professor. His people have farmed the same land in northeastern Arizona for thousands of years - a place that receives only six inches of rain annually, with no irrigation and no pesticides. Michael once planted an 800-year-old corn se

Bonus Episode: In Conversation with Slow Food Jan 23, 2026 2173 Bonus episode! I was recently invited as a guest on the Slow Food podcast. Slow Food is a global movement dedicated to preserving food biodiversity, supporting small-scale farmers, and connecting people to their food traditions. Being asked to join their conversation was truly an honor.In this episode with Valentina, I share my journey through 20 years of working on farms and gardens arou

Cheese Is Not A Human Invention w/ Trevor Warmedahl (Milk Trekker) Jan 16, 2026 4095 Cheese Is Not A Human InventionTrevor Warmedahl (Milk Trekker)Trevor Warmedahl, also known as Milk Trekker, is a nomadic cheesemaker, teacher, and author who travels the world documenting endangered cheese-making practices from rural pastoral communities. He won the Daphne Zepos Teaching Award in 2022 and teaches through his Sour Milk School. His book, Cheese Trekking: How Microbes, Lands

Gardens of Earthly Delight Trailer Nov 29, 2025 121 Welcome to Garden of Earthly Delights. Here, we will be exploring our connection to earth through conversations with experts and celebrities who all have their own profound relationships with the natural world.If you feel like you've lost your connection to the earth, if you're looking to form a new connection, or if you're simply curious to hear some amazing stories, this podcast aims to

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