Podcasting from the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.




Had a great brainstorming(thought showering) session with Jay and Deborah at the Botanical Gardens. How can podcasting augment the work of the gardens?

How about

- Podcasts of visitors talking about the gardens

- Podcasts for pupils coming into the gardens -sub-themed for different age groups.

- Vid casts of special plants and habitats which they can access before they arrive.

- Themed podcasts – the medicinal podcasts – conservation podcasts.

- Podcasts of trail around the gardens

- The gardeners talking about their areas of the gardens.

 -The Green Man podcasts

These could all be different subscription items made up of small manageable chunks podcasts will. There is a botanical garden in Melbourne that has one substantial podcast that takes you on a tour of the gardens. A bit big (30 minutes) for my liking. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens podcasts will be short and sweet and make the listener WANT to visit the gardens.

 

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  1. on November 17, 2006 at 8:24 pm Sarolta Said:

    I like your ideas a lot. :-)

  2. on December 6, 2006 at 9:26 pm Elfyn Morris Said:

    Hi Mike,
    Very interested to hear about podcasting at Botanical Gardens. I’m trying to get it going at Sarehole Mill. Must get together to catch up on what you’ve been doing.

    Elfyn

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