Off on holiday near the acclaimed gardens at Great Dixter and making myself a sort-of themed compilation.
Only have two tracks so far - Robin Saville's Bryophyte Society Annual Picnic and Cassandra Jenkins Delphinium Blue:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hFlNSRYZsmW9CzeSYlJyT
That said, a themed title isn't a necessity - more, a mood. Nobody wants a crap compilation of songs called "Sunflowers" or whatever.
― djh, Thursday, 24 July 2025 07:29 (one month ago)
I'm sure I can think of more as plants are a particular special interest, but here are a few botanical themes off the top of my head:
Einstürzende Neubauten - The Garden
Buck-Tick - 曼珠沙華 manjusaka
Green-House - Sunflower Dance
― Etherwave, Thursday, 24 July 2025 12:55 (one month ago)
Most assuredly not crap and has mood aplenty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Qd0mbji0U
― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 24 July 2025 13:02 (one month ago)
obligatory mort garson mother earth’s plantasia mention
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 July 2025 13:10 (one month ago)
Peter Hammill – Naming the Rose
https://open.spotify.com/track/7c1sa0koUiI77H6h0OCMBc?si=f4dcdfeacff54442
― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Thursday, 24 July 2025 13:10 (one month ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Greq05zAS9g
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 July 2025 13:11 (one month ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iu4CYqenM8
― henry s, Thursday, 24 July 2025 14:09 (one month ago)
Lots of Van Morrison songs about gardens; the one that's coming to mind right now is "Sweet Thing."
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 24 July 2025 14:31 (one month ago)
An unlikely horticulturalist...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y-NAOfpuTw
― Posts That Witness Madness (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 July 2025 14:37 (one month ago)
Virginia Astley's astounding *From Gardens Where We Feel Secure* to thread!
Florist's s/t is a gorgeous album, if that fits.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 25 July 2025 08:59 (one month ago)
Stevie Wonder - Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
― BrianB, Friday, 25 July 2025 11:51 (one month ago)
Recommend this label thats been putting out some great ambient stuff this year, started by a couple of people connected to the Ransom Note website...
https://musictowatchseedsgrowby.bandcamp.com/
Music To Watch Seeds Grow By
"Dedicated to intertwining the serene beauty of music with the nurturing process of planting seeds when the first new signs of life emerge in the growing season. A carefully crafted collection of ambient & minimalist soundscapes, occasionally branching into new-age. A soundtrack for quiet moments of sowing, nurturing, & witnessing the slow, rewarding process of growth."
― Reggaeton Sax (NickB), Friday, 25 July 2025 13:11 (one month ago)
"I Shot The Sheriff"
― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Friday, 25 July 2025 15:07 (one month ago)
Nice one.
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 25 July 2025 16:03 (one month ago)
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili)
Absolutely this. Also, I beg your pardon, but I never promised you a rose garden (whatever that song is).
― emil.y, Friday, 25 July 2025 16:06 (one month ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH63m4D5tZw
― Posts That Witness Madness (Tom D.), Friday, 25 July 2025 16:10 (one month ago)
Probably not right for the list, but I do love the couplet in Nick Cave's "Nature Boy":
I was walking 'round the flower show like a leper coming down with some kind of nervous hysteria
When I saw you standing there green eyes, black hair, up against the pink and purple wisteria
― the way out of (Eazy), Friday, 25 July 2025 16:11 (one month ago)
Cherry Tree Carol
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 25 July 2025 16:24 (one month ago)