As the Season Turns

For July, Alice Boyd visits author and mudlark Lara Maiklem on the Thames foreshore in Wapping, London. Lara takes us on a mudlarking walk, to search for London’s forgotten objects. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part of As the Season Turns , an award-winning podcast created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, s...

Wallow with us in the quiet of July, seeking out the coolness of water in the orchard and the wetlands. Along the way we hunt for chicken of the woods and predict the weather on St Swithin’s Day. To begin, Sam Lee sings 'I Have Been A Rambling' - an unusual song with a strange image at its heart. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, maker...

In our Found Sound for June, Alice Boyd meets award-winning silversmith Cara Murphy on a beach near Belfast, Northern Ireland. We hear how the natural world influences Cara’s work, later joining her at the Ulster Museum to explore the role of handmaking in contemporary society. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are...

For June, Sam Lee sets the tone with a serene arrangement of the beautiful midsummer hymn, 'Abroad for Pleasure'. We stroll from meadow to orchard to woodland, where we meet nightjars, spark bonfires and stumble across a truly adorable mammal of the month. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To fi...

For May's Found Sound, Alice Boyd heads to Bristol to record the dawn chorus and meet wildlife presenter, activist and birder Nadeem Perera. We hear about how birdwatching has changed Nadeem’s life, and his role in building community as a founder of Flock Together. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part of As th...

To bring in May we'll forage for bread and cheese, gather round the Maypole, and slip down to the riverbank to meet our mammal of the month. To begin, Sam Lee sings a new version of the Padstow May Song. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To find out more visit www.ffern.co Hosted on Acast. See a...

For April's Found Sound, Alice Boyd meets artist Lucy May Schofield in her studio in rural Northumberland. We hear about Lucy’s water-based woodcut printing practice, as well as her fascination with the passage of time, our place in the cosmos and our relationship to the earth. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are...

Wend your way with us through an April day - through the blossoming orchard, to Japan for our monthly tree ritual, under the oak trees with Zoe, our resident forager, and up into the dusky air with emerging bats. Soundtracked by Sam Lee's song for April, 'The Cuckoo'. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal pe...

In March, Alice meets organic food grower and author Claire Ratinon in her garden in East Sussex. Sheltering from the rain, they plant the first seeds of the year in Claire’s greenhouse and meet some feathered friends - discussing signs of spring, tomatoes and the enormous value of growing. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts ali...

March is the start of spring - to celebrate, Sam Lee sings an uplifting new arrangement of the folk anthem 'Birds in the Spring'. Our mammal of the month is the mad March hare, while in the woods we look for bear garlic and go birch tapping. Meanwhile, Lia tells the Cornish folktale of The Fairies and the Bees. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created...

For February's Found Sound, Alice Boyd meets wood artist Darren Appiagyei in Greenwich Park in south-east London, before heading to his studio to learn more about his wood turning practice. In the background, you’ll hear chirping parakeets, the rumble of traffic and the occasional plane overhead, all of which are part of the sonic tapestry of this urban landscape. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks...

For February, Sam Lee gives us a bold new version of 'Oakham Poachers', a traditional ballad recorded in Gloucestershire. In the orchard, we explore mistletoe folklore and select apple trees for planting. Zoe goes foraging for jack by the hedge, while our mammal of the month has a striped face, a grey back and a big personality... And Lia tells the Norse tale of Baldur, Frigg and the mistletoe. As...

For January’s Found Sound, Alice Boyd meets Scottish-Scandinavian illustrator, printmaker and storyteller Morvern Graham on the East Scottish coast. Together, they head out onto the windy beach to collect limpets for Morvern’s latest folklore character: the Shellycoat. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part of A...

For our first episode of 2025, we are delighted to welcome this year's musician - the wonderful Sam Lee, who has composed a song for January especially for us. Zoe Gilbert begins the year looking for jelly ear fungus and wood wives. And our presenter Lia Leendertz tells a seasonal folk tale from Somerset. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffe...

For our final Found Sound of 2024, we have created a special episode for you. Alice Boyd travels to Somerset to meet our very own Lia Leendertz, Almanac-maker and presenter of As the Season Turns. They visit Stanton Drew Stone Circles, to the south of Bristol, where they talk about stone circle myths, marking the seasons and fresh starts. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and i...

For December, our final episode of 2024, we mark the winter solstice with fireside tales of elder trees and wrens. The Breath sing 'Carry Your Kin', a song for the turn of the year, and we walk through the still, dim woods, looking for winter's jewels. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To find o...

This month, Alice Boyd is with ecological food grower, forager and cook Poppy Okotcha in her garden in Devon - where they plant beans, make compost and discuss how gardens can help us envision alternative ways of living. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interview...

In November's episode we mark the old festival of Samhain, and the end of the harvest - while in our ancient woodland the animals, too, are saying goodbye to autumn. We explore the fire folklore that abounds at this time, from Guy Fawkes to Will o' the Wisps, and The Breath sing 'All That You Have Been', a song for this dark month. To lighten the dark Lia tells a tale of spiders and fire, traditio...

This month, Alice Boyd is back on another foraging walk with Zoe Gilbert, author, folklorist and contributor to As the Season Turns . This time, they’re looking for some autumnal treasures among the falling leaves in an ancient woodland near Hamstreet in Kent. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part of As the Sea...

October is prime season for mushrooms - and we find them in the ancient woodland and in fairy rings, exploring the best kinds to eat and the folklore surrounding them. We identify Heath Star Moss and hear the tale of Herne the Hunter (be warned - this tale is a little scary!), while The Breath play 'Little One', a song for autumn babies. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by...

This month, Alice meets Roka from Roka Brings Flowers on her narrowboat ‘Leafy Lady’. Roka is a florist and craft maker living a nomadic life on the British waterways. As she and Alice discuss the ups and downs of this way of life, they discover ripe tomatoes, dried elderflower - and the experience of going through a lock. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with p...

In September, the wildlife in our ancient woodland is thriving on the season's abundance, while in the orchard with Zoe we meet some interesting characters. The Breath sing Cliona's Wave, telling the tale behind it, and Lia too is in Ireland for a story from the Fenian Cycle: The Salmon of Knowledge. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, m...

For August's Found Sound, Alice Boyd meets sisters Martha and Ella Webb, a clothes maker and scientific illustrator, in their studios in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The sisters demonstrate their creative processes, discussing how they find inspiration in nature and each other. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part...

August is the first real harvest month - so we go foraging in the ancient woodland, delving into the folklore of blackberries, elder and rowan along the way. Zoe tells a familiar tale from the herb garden, and The Breath sing 'Harvest', one of the first songs they wrote together. Our moss of the month takes us underground, while in the sky above we look out for meteors. An excerpt from Seamus Hean...

This month, Alice Boyd meets artist and woodworker Sophie Sellu on the way to her studio Grain and Knot in south-east London, where Sophie discusses her artistic practice and Alice collects some soothing woodworking sounds. Found Sounds are sonic scrapbooks of field recordings and interviews with people keeping heritage crafts alive. They are part of As the Season Turns , an award-winning podcast...