In Conversation with Daniel Deniaud-Powell - Co-owner: Des Heures Dehors

We Are Carbon

I was delighted to be joined by Daniel Deniaud-Powell for a conversation about the wonderful potential of our gardens for supporting both biodiversity and food production, and exploring the practical steps we might take to bring such enrichment into our own green spaces and lives.

Daniel co-owns and runs 'Des Heures Dehors' with his wife Hélène.

His passion and connection to nature is clear, and he has a wide range of experience producing food, designing gardens and food forests and running unique enterprises; such an edible flower farm, to make small scale growing profitable.

We touch on all of this alongside gleaning some very practical guidance for anyone considering creating an edible, biodiversity garden.

See the video version of this episode here: https://www.wearecarbon.earth/daniel-deniaud-powell-biodiversity-gardening/

For a further breakdown of this discussion see the timestamps below, and use the references section to find links out to Daniel's work and a range of further resources that he mentions.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:12 - What is an Edible biodiversity garden?

00:09:15 - Soil health & principles from regenerative farming

00:12:44 - Supporting diversity / creating an ecosystem

00:18:34 - Our bad relationship with creepy crawlies & creatures in our spaces

00:24:33 - Nature isn't fully functioning - rewilding through standing back OR taking action?

00:27:49 - Daniel's dream garden

00:31:58 - Daniel's favourite species to include in a garden design

00:35:50 - Including food in the biodiversity garden

00:41:19 - How to produce food with low maintenance - approach and plant suggestions

00:48:08 - Commercial business from a small growing space

00:55:39 - Gardens at restaurants / working with chefs

01:03:10 - Current focuses

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References mentioned by Daniel:

• Charles Dowding - Vast info on producing food 'No Dig'.
• Richard Perkins - Farming in small spaces
• Huw Richards - Video learning for self sufficieny / permaculture gardening
• Dr Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School