About this episode
Datshiane Navanayagam explores the stories of women leading nurseries and flower farms in Germany and America.
Datshiane Navanayagam meets the women behind leading nurseries and flower farms in Germany and America. From a vase of cut roses to the perennials that brighten our gardens, these women cultivate beauty from bare earth. Danielle Dall’Armi transformed a derelict lemon and avocado farm in California into a rose farm with an international reputation. A self-taught horticulturalist, she now has 25,000 rose plants and supplies high-end customers. Anja Maubach runs the nursery founded by her great-grandfather, renowned botanist Georg Abends, specialising in perennials. She is also an expert on the great female horticulturalists of the past, such as Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West. Producer: Hannah Sander (Image: (L) Anja Maubach, credit Daniel Welschenbach. (R) Danielle Dall'Armi, credit Victoria Pearson.)
People in this episode
Host: Datshiane Navanayagam
Guests: Danielle Dall’Armi, Anja Maubach
Topics covered
- flowers
- horticulture
- women in agriculture
- nurseries
- flower farms
- beauty cultivation
Keywords
- flowers
- horticulture
- rose farm
- perennials
- women horticulturalists
- California
- Germany
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC World Service
Books & works: Gertrude Jekyll, Vita Sackville-West
Places: California, Germany
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