Could your garden be the safest space to cultivate your story?

In this conversation, Kendall Marie Platt discusses how she has rediscovered herself through the creative and restorative art of horticultural therapy. With honesty and vulnerability, she shares her the impact of a late ADHD diagnosis, bullying and why cultivating safe and nurturing spaces for women matters so deeply to her. Kendall reflects on gardening as both a therapeutic practice and a creative process, one that invites patience, presence, and emotional reconnection. Together, the discussion highlights growth as a lived, organic journey, the importance of community, and the power of storytelling through writing as a way to tend to our inner worlds, much like a garden.

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About the Host:

Lucy Colgan is a seasoned creative leader, educator and podcast host with nearly two decades of experience in the arts and education. She holds a PGCE in Drama & Performing Arts and a Professional Diploma in Dance from Trinity Laban, and has worked as a freelance artist, project manager, and director across the creative sector.

She launched The Wilderness of Creativity in 2024 and invites listeners to explore what it really means to 'take the road less travelled' in creative life, combining vulnerability, practical insight and inspirational storytelling.

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Kendall Marie Platt is a Horticultural therapist and founder of Adventures with Flowers. After experiencing burnout in 2014, gardening became the practice that helped Kendall press the brakes and begin prioritising her own needs. Now, she shares everything she’s learned — combining practical gardening knowledge with therapeutic tools — to help women feel confident, supported, and capable of using gardening to feel calmer, happier, and more like themselves. Kendall is a writer, speaker and corporate workshop facilitator, has been featured on This Morning, BBC radio and in multiple publications such as The Independent, The Telegraph, Happiful and Reclaim magazine.

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