'Bog Talk' earths us in the sphagnum squidge of bogs to draw out the magic of peatlands in Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor in south west England. We’ll be chatting about poetry, place, peatland restoration, tracing conversations and creations made over a year, from spring to spring. In this episode, we speak to our project partners at the South West Peatland Partnership at one of their sites on Dartmoor. High on the moor, surrounded by pools of greening sphagnum, we discuss the role of the project, change, and how the team share their work and inspire new generations to care for these extraordinary landscapes. 

Bog Talk is produced and presented by Rose Ferraby, and this episode features George Kohler, Eleanor Baker, Rachael Land and Justine Read, all from the South West Peatland Partnership. It is a project for RENEW at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Natural England, the Poetry Society and the South West Peatland Partnership. And is funded by Natural England through the Protected Sites Strategy.

Bog Talk Episode 3 Sphagnum Pools

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