Saturday
The Germination Station
13:15
Jason Williams moved into his apartment in March 2020. Then the pandemic hit. Lockdown turned from days, to weeks, then slowly to months. His 18th floor balcony became an escape. It went from one marigold to a mini paradise.
Jason learned that balcony gardening has its own challenges. There was little to no representation online discussing the difficulties of balcony gardening. So he decided to make a YouTube channel documenting learnings to help others with container gardening. His channel then also became an outlet to express struggles with mental health. Along the way, Jason replicated his balcony at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2022, and created the feature garden (an alleyway garden) at the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, as well as the feature exhibit at the RHS Urban Show in 2024.
Jason currently presents on Season 2 of Alan Titchmarsh's Gardening Club as his community gardening champion. Most recently, Jason won a coveted research grant from The Churchill Fellowship and studied how to make our towns and cities greener in Milan, Barcelona, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. He has turned Cloud Gardener UK into a brand and it is his mission to work with developers, communities and local authorities to ensure that urban residents can reconnect to nature.