MARION CRAN: Pioneer of Radio Gardening
HILE garden enthusiasts in general do not perhaps avail themselves of all the Gardening Talks conveniently grouped for their consideration in The Listener, I know of many who tune in regularly to at least two garden sessions per week. With excellent talks from radio stations throughout New Zealand those in search of advice can, and do, receive expert local opinions on their particular problems, It may be of interest to such listeners to learn that Marion Cran, who writes delightfully of gardens in many lands, was the first radio speaker to broadcast ® garden talk. Marion Cran was connected with the BBC in its early days at 2LO and came on to the air for the first time in 1923, Her garden talks were deservedly popu-
lar and became a feature of BBC programmes. She spoke regularly over the air for many years on garden topics. In .1930-31 she gave several Empire Garden Talks, which she herself does not think were greatly appreciated. "I can’t say," she writes, "that the hustling new nations seemed to have much use for peaceful talks about English gardens." In the troubled days of 1940 we who listen to " London Calling in the Overseas Service of the BBC" would surely appreciate "Peaceful Talks" occasionally about anything from " Cabbages to Kings." When English gardens are oncé more ftee from the shadow of war, possibly we who have become Radio Garden Talk Fans will listen with real delight to further Empire Garden Talks.
L.A.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 43, 19 April 1940, Page 43
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253MARION CRAN: Pioneer of Radio Gardening New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 43, 19 April 1940, Page 43
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