# Looking Forward by Looking Back: New Zealand to London, Philip Norman's Life Shaped by Gardens

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Podcast: [Cultivating Place](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cultivating-place-836884)
Published: 2025-12-25T18:46:03+00:00
Episode link: https://feedpress.me/link/14945/17241618/looking-forward-by-looking
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Duration seconds: 3811

## Resource

For our final Cultivating Place episode of 2025, Abra Lee is looking forward by looking back. She’s in conversation with Philip Norman, longtime curator at the Garden Museum in London. From New Zealand to London, Philips' is a life shaped by gardens. Happy Holidays and New Year! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you for listening over the years, and we hope you'll continue to support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow and engage in even more conversations like these. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com. All photos courtesy of Philip Norman, Garden Museum, London. All rights reserved.

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