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A trip down the garden and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and birds and bees and more.
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Dec 12, 2022
The running of the deer
*In this episode… *
*Colouring the winter months and creating shelter with hedging…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more…*
*The rising of the sun and the running of the deer… and our Steve Lowe who’s saving trees from deer with lambswool…*
*And Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying a performance of the seedcracker… a winter visitor to his garden with a mighty seed cracking beak, and did you know that the turkey isn’t from turkey? Tom’s tracking this festive superstar*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. *Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Nov 9, 2022
Nature's planting time
*In this episode… *
*We’re enjoying Nature’s planting time and chi energy…with Tom Pattinson…*
*Tall tales, gunge and fox poo remedies and history brought to life at the Cresswell Pele Tower…*
*And Tom Cadwallender looks into the names of geese and their wonderful wanderlust…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. *
Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Oct 19, 2022
Mellow fruitfulness
*Hello and welcome to the **Nature Garden Podcast**, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio. *
*It’s a chance to take a wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees… and an opportunity to hear stories from the past and present…*
*In this episode… *
*Autumn fruitfulness with Tom Pattinson… strawberry and raspberry stock taking and it’s jam time!*
*We’re out and about with Steve Lowe who’s on the trail of native Northumbrian crayfish… *
*The fantastic flashes of riverside royalty…. Tom Cadwallender is in the company this week of some kingfishers …*
*Plus, some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*
*And we’ll be taking tea for two… a time to put your feet up and relax as we take a little musical interlude. *
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. *
Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Aug 17, 2022
Dog days of summer
*It’s the height of summer for some crops in the garden and Tom Pattinson is as busy as a bee…*
*Steve Lowe is out and about looking for aliens as he goes in search of close encounters of the vegetative kind…*
*We’re out and about with Tom Cadwallender’s who has another episode in his ‘great places to see birds’ series…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Jul 13, 2022
Sunshine & clouds
*Sunny sunshine vibes with Tom Pattinson who is exploring the summertime garden and our living history…*
*We’re out and about with Tom Cadwallender’s who has a sad update on avian flu… and another exciting episode in his ‘great places to see birds’ series…*
*Tom Heap from BBC Countryfile’s reflecting on **ways to save the planet** and why what we do really matters…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Jun 17, 2022
What a wonderful world
*Planetary awareness with Tom Pattinson who is focused on being kind to mother earth…. And ways in which we can all help to make this a wonderful world.*
*We’re out and about with Tom Cadwallender’s who’s keeping a canny count of our winged wonders, dropping macaroni in nests (!)… and reveals another great place for watching birds…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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May 20, 2022
The darling buds of May
We’re filled with all the delights that May brings…plants and shrubs and trees are growing fast and late spring/summer birds are arriving...
Tom Pattinson is looking at the darling buds of May… and being safe in the garden.
Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying the wonderful space of Druridge Bay, Northumberland, and the amazing array of birds that flock there…
And Steve Lowe’s taking out a subscription this week… to the green gym!
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.
Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Apr 14, 2022
Spring has sprung!
*In this episode… *
*We’re full of positive vibes for the return of spring and the joy of being back in the garden… *
*Tom Pattinson is contemplating the lawn, first cuts, salads and vegetables*
*Tom Cadwallender’s welcoming back puffins and has news of how a blacksmith has helped kittiwakes to nest…*
*And Steve Lowe’s venturing out on Long Nanny with some young adventurers…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Jan 9, 2022
Reflections & resolutions
*We’re reflecting on a year where so much has happened… *
*Tom Pattinson is looking back through the seasons and successes in the garden…*
*Tom Cadwallender’s looking back and forwards to some amazing birding highlights.*
*And Steve Lowe’s thinking about gifts we can give at any time to help ourselves and the planet in 2022…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Dec 30, 2021
Mistletoe & vine
Festive delights from the Nature Garden: *The holly and the ivy… and folklore and mistletoe with Tom Pattinson … *
*Tom Cadwallender’s charting the rise in popularity at Christmas of robins and turkeys.*
*And Steve Lowe’s on a nature stroll in North Northumberland *
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…* Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Dec 6, 2021
Christmas trees & curlews
*Hello and welcome to the **Nature Garden Podcast**, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio. *
*In this episode… *
*There’s a touch of natural tinsel with Tom Pattinson’s guide to Christmas trees… *
*Tom Cadwallender is following the highs and lows of the curlew…*
*And have you ever wondered who keeps an eye on our coast and some two hundred miles of sea around us? …. Steve Lowe’s here to tell us more…*
*And, some festive music... and a chance to put your feet up. *
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. *
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*Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).*
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Carl:
Your boughs so green in summertime, Stay bravely green in wintertime.
O tannenbaum, O Christmas Tree… How lovely are thy branches! *Nordmans, frasers, Norweigan s…
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Nov 17, 2021
From little acorns...
*Tom Pattinson is getting ready for National Tree Week and looking at the ecological wonder of trees… *
*Can you imagine a hundred thousand birds flying together in amazing synchronous patterns? Tom Cadwallender reports from starling HQ at the Somerset Levels.*
*And we’re going retro …. as Steve Lowe delves into the world of period fashion and flintlocks…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Oct 29, 2021
All Hallows' Eve
A*n **All Hallows’ Eve** spectacular… Tom Pattinson reveals the science of autumn colours and how to grow your own pumpkins for next Halloween…. *
*Tom Cadwallender is looking at the folklore of scary birds and the spooky superstitions inspired by owls and crows… *
*And some ghostly goings on…. as Steve visits one of his favourite haunts… in search of **the white lady of Cresswell**…*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Oct 19, 2021
Propagate & conserve
*Tom Pattinson is propagating… and his guide can help you to make plants for free… and ooph up your borders and veg beds… *
*Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower Project and Northumberland Rivers Trust… is catching up on the heritage side of conservation…*
*Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is on a road trip to his Scottish birding roots and saving the osprey. *
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P and music from Jason Vare/Shaggy: https://www.facebook.com/ShagpileMusic/ *Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Aug 5, 2021
Butterfly gardens & feathery fortunes
*Hello and welcome to the **Nature Garden Podcast**, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio. *
*It’s a chance to take a wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees… and an opportunity to hear stories from the past and present…*
*In this episode… Tom Pattinson is floating like a butterfly to see what kind of plants and shrubs attract them to the garden…*
*Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust… has some tips on how to make your outdoor patch a haven for all kinds of nature…*
*Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology has been watching the amazing habits of sparrows and how egrets survived the fads of fashion*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Faceboo…
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Jul 19, 2021
Greenhouses & the soft-plumaged petrel
*Tom Pattinson on the joys of greenhouse gardening…*
*We’re down in the grounds of the restoration project at Cresswell Pele Tower with Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust…*
*Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is excited about an albatross-related visitor from afar...*
*And, we’ll be taking a musical interlude with Shipcote and Friends...*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Jul 7, 2021
Wildflowers, rotations & terns
*Tom Pattinson’s taking stock of the fruit and veg and flowers in the garden and the benefits of good garden design and crop rotation*
*Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is celebrating the success of a project helping the beautiful Roseate Tern to live here in Northumberland on Coquet Island.. *
*Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust is checking out the floral gems to be found on derelict land...*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….
Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.c…
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Jun 18, 2021
Why do birds sing? Ospreys & garden safety.
*On today's show: *
*We’re joining an amazing project that has helped Ospreys return to Northumberland… *
*Tom Pattinson’s here full of sunshine enjoying some warm gardening while keeping an eye on hazards… his advice could save your life…*
And... *Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is listening to birds and asking why do they sing?*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. All coming up on The Weekending Show…*
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Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Jun 4, 2021
Auks, rooks & long grass
*Tom Pattinson’s musing on the benefits of ’No Mow May’ and keeping your grass long...
We’re down in the garden of Cresswell Pele Tower but not in the rockery… this week we’re checking out the rookery with Steve Lowe and why do we say a ‘murder of crows’…?*
*And…. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking AUK-ward this week… reporting on guillemots and all. And he has some fascinating facts about puffins.*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… *Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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May 17, 2021
Herbs, Kielder & Cresswell
*We’re getting herby and we’re off to the west side of Northumberland …
Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us all about herbs and the famous herbalists of yore, including the great Morpethian and Northumbrian chap, William Turner. *
*We’re down in the garden of the magical Cresswell Pele Tower restoration with Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust…*
*And, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is reflecting on bird surveys and the beautiful space that is Kielder Wildwood.*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… and a warning on the F-word: F.R.O.S.T!*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
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May 3, 2021
Tiptoe through the tulips & herons
*It’s time to tiptoe through the tulips and yes, we’re mad about them but not quite the way that people were in the seventeenth century… Tom’s looking back at ‘tulipmania' and has some tips on how to grow terrific tulips.*
*We’re down by the river Coquet with Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust.*
*And Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking into the professor of the river banks and seashore… the grey heron.*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….
Theme music, Princess of the Ocean, featuring Steve Deegan, Jamie Robb and Carl Cape.
Carl Cape Band.*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us:…
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Apr 22, 2021
Peppers, migrations & tetties
*A bonny wee wander down the garden path and country lane with the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees… and an opportunity to hear stories from the past and present…*
*In this episode… *
*You say potato and I say tomato… and Tom Pattinson’s looking at both and at peppers sweet and hot…*
*We’re down by the river Coquet with Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust…*
*And Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is tracking the amazing journeys of migratory birds….*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. *
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Tomatoes and potatoes are mainstays of many a table and dish across the world, hot or cold, from saag aloo to pasta… and rightly one of our go to crops in the garden or backyard…let’s join Tom Pattinson who’s been checking out his toms and tetties… *
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Apr 2, 2021
Easter gardening, owls and fulmars
*Easter gardening without the full-on lockdown, oh yes… and it seems that many of us are up with the larks... *
*Tom Pattinson is getting set to enjoy the garden and the bursting buds and blossom this bank holiday … *
*We go Fulmar spotting and beach cleaning with Steve Lowe…*
*Some are little, some are tawny, but whatever their size or colour, we adore and revere owls, the magical birds of the night… we’ll join Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology on a flight with Hedwig and co….*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on A…
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Mar 24, 2021
Spring equinox planting & cuddy ducks
*Happy spring!
The times they are a-changing in a most glorious and beautiful way… and our correspondents are here to celebrate all the joys of spring…*
*Tom’s giving ‘thanks for the plants’ and the colours, scents and joy that they have brought through winter and here now to the exciting eve of the new season… *
*Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust has been busy here on an island that’s very close to my heart… Lindisfarne… and looking into septic tanks… hmmm, he gets all the good jobs!*
*Tom Cadwallender ‘s marking a special day for a bird made famous by Saint Cuthbert… and singing the praises of the ornithological therapy of birdwatching.*
*Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…*
*All coming up on The Nature Garden Podcast….
Theme tune **Princess of the Ocean **by the Carl Cape Band.*Support the show
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Dec 19, 2020
Yule logs, winter bees & robins
*We look back at was has been a topsy-turvy 2020 and look ahead with positive thoughts about the New Year … *
*Tom Pattinson reflects on a very unusual gardening year … and has some wonderful apple scented seasonal tips on yule logs*
*Steve Lowe, Northumberland Rivers Trust, is out and about with nature on a wander along a hidden jewel of a river... *
*Tom Cadwallender is celebrating festive birds, and looking at the Christmas robin and how 2020 brought us some amazing new county records…*
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*… We’ve got winter bees with Buglife and how to help them…
Music from Carl Cape Band: **It Must Be Christmas Time **and **Auld Lang Syne**
And the Durham University Music Choir: **While Shepherds Watched*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show o…
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Dec 6, 2020
Walk into winter & the Twelve Days of Christmas
*Tree planting and Christmas trees with Tom and how you can help save the planet with a tree or two no matter how small it is… *
*Steve Lowe is out and about with nature on a classic countryside walk beside and across the River Aln - watch out Steve!*
*Tom Cadwallander is celebrating the birds of Christmas and the ornithological story behind the popular song… **The Twelve Days of Christmas *
*And, we’ve got more great top tips and inspiration from Tom and some jobs for the week…
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Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Nov 23, 2020
Late colour, Wallington, spiders & starlings
*Tom’s here with some colourful cures for seasonal blues… a planting antidote to disappearing flowers and foliage...*
*Steve Lowe is out and about with the National Trust at the magnificent Wallington Estate in Northumberland… *
*Tom Cadwallander is continuing his autumn diary and celebrating a champion of murmurations… the spectacular starling…*
*Did you know… the world’s biggest ever spider web was found in England… stay tuned for more amazing tales from the spidery web of life with BugLife… *
*And, we’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… *
Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
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Nov 11, 2020
Hedgehogs & pink feet
*Tom Pattinson’s looking at gardening and how it can save the day **again** during lockdown 2 and he’s full of beans... growing great things in pots for the kitchen...*
*Steve Lowe wants us all to do our bit to help save the hedgehog and he has some practical advice on how you can help... (there are lots of things you can do : ) )....*
*Tom Cadwallender is continuing his autumn diary and tracking pink footed geese...*
*Plus some top tips from Tom P and some jobs for the week in the garden… *Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Oct 26, 2020
'Grow Your Own' & great bird spots #1
*In this episode… we’re looking at the beauty of ‘growing your own’ and the treats of October*
*Tom Pattinson’s waxing lyrical about the benefits of growing a little bit of fruit and veg and how it helps to save the planet…*
*Tom Cadwallender is continuing his autumn diary and tracking the amazing arrivals of birds from all over the world to our coast and fields... and we’ll take a trip to one of favourite bird hides…*
*And we’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… *
*Theme music: **Princess of the Ocean** by Carl Cape (guitar/vocals) with Steve Deegan on guitar and Jamie Robb on fiddle.*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook…
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Oct 14, 2020
Autumn colour, leaves & migration
*In this episode… we’re looking at the wonders of October:*
*Tom Pattinson’s here to explain the chemistry that creates the colours of autumn and the fall of leaves… *
*Tom Cadwallander, British Trust for Ornithology, has been tracking the amazing arrivals of birds from all over the world to our coast and we take a countryside walk with him…*
*And happy fish reports from the rivers of Northumberland, Steve Lowe has been catching up with the Northumberland Rivers Trust…*
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*We’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… *
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast… *Support the show
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Sep 29, 2020
Summer into autumn
*We’re marking the change of the season from summer into autumn and catching up on seasonal reports from our correspondents… *
*Tom Pattinson is looking at the importance of short and long day flowering and how the light affects our plants…
We’re catching up on many of the comings and goings of birds over the recent weeks with Tom Cadwallander, British Trust for Ornithology, who also has news of a rare visitor to our shores… *
C*reepy crawly fans unite! Spider fan, Steve Lowe, Northumberland Rivers Trust, is here to tell us all about amorous spiders and their attraction to our bathrooms. *
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*We’ve got more great top tips for the garden from Tom and some jobs for the week… *Support the show
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Aug 4, 2020
Summer joy, terns & dolphins
E*verything’s rosy in the magical gardens at Alnwick and Howick, and there is great news for fans of Earl Grey tea... *
*The magnificent Union chain suspension bridge over the River Tweed between Scotland and England is 200 years old and we’re celebrating its beauty and wonderful engineering...*
*Steve Lowe is walking the south Northumberland coast and looking out for dolphins, sea glass and watch towers… *
*Tom Cadwallander tells us the heartwarming story of the rare Roseate Tern and how Coquet island has helped.
Plus top tips and jobs for the week in the garden.
Featuring: gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology, Steve Lowe from The Rivers Trust and Naturally Northumbria, and Martha Andrews, a trustee of the Union Chain Bridge, with the Nature Garden host, Carl Stiansen.
Update to show info: the three house martin chicks have now fledged… check out our Twitter (@TheNatureGarden), Facebook page (@TheNatureGarden) and our w…
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Jul 28, 2020
Butterflies, buzzards & flower shows
T*he coronavirus has caused a lot of disruption to all of us but where have all the flower shows gone? Tom Pattinson is here with some good news… *
*You may have noticed more butterflies than ever in your garden, yard or favourite park and you can help our understanding of butterflies by taking part in an exciting nationwide survey… *
*And we’ll be hearing more from Zoe from the Big Butterfly Count later on in the show…*
*Tom Cadwallander is here to tell us all about the brilliant buzzard and the success of work to help them gain a firm ‘wing hold’ in the North of England and *
*We’ve got more top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… *
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast...*Support the show
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Jul 21, 2020
Inspiration, puffins & ratty
*In this episode…*
*if you fancy taking up gardening or restarting a garden project, … from pots to plots and veg patches to allotments… Tom is here to inspire you*
*It’s one of our most recognisable birds… whose image is found on seaside souvenirs and we just love them and their colours… Tom Cadwallander is joining the circus of puffins… *
*And Ratty is back… Kelly Hollings from the Restoring Ratty Project and Northumberland Wildlife Trust reports on the return of the water vole to Kielder… *
*Plus, we’ve got more great top tips from Tom and some jobs for the week… *Support the show
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Jul 15, 2020
Tomato feed & starling joy
*Foliar feeding and watering techniques to help you grow terrific tomatoes…*
*Is it a cloud, is it a swarm… no, it’s a murmuration, Tom Cawallander’s a huge fan of the starling and will tell us more about ‘the little druid’ … and we’ll be down among the curlews on the beautiful Aln Estuary in Northumberland..*
*And we've got some top tips from Tom for growing the perfect potato crop and a few jobs for the week in the garden… *
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. : ) *Support the show
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Jul 6, 2020
Gardens open, curlews & kittiwakes
*We’re reflecting on the lockdown and celebrating the unlocking of gardens and nature with Tom Pattinson; Tom goes visiting a couple of gardens taking part in the National Garden Scheme. *
*Tom Cadwallander is celebrating the curlew’s call and the maritime delights of the kittiwake...*
*And more celebration as the Northumberland Wildlife Trust prepares to reopen a wildlife centre on the beautiful Northumberland coast.
And some top gardening tips and 'jobs for the week' from Tom Pattinson...
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Support the show
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Jun 28, 2020
Ponds, magic dippers, insects & safety
*What a joy the garden is at this time of the year, but please do ‘take care’… Tom’s got a timely reminder for us all…*
*The Dipper is one of our cleverest birds and we’ll find out all about their magical eyelids… *
*Ponds can make a huge difference to our garden spaces and to the environment… and Jack is back to tell us about his wildlife-friendly creation…*
*Plus, the team behind a walled garden restoration at Cresswell can take a much deserved bow… Steve Lowe has the latest on this wonderful heritage project…*
*And some top gardening tips and 'jobs for the week' from Tom Pattinson...
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*All coming up on the Nature Garden Podcast…. *
Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
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Jun 22, 2020
Potatoes, tomatoes, hydro & a warbler
Gardening delights:
You say potarto and I say potaytoe..well actually we say tettie around here… Tom Pattinson has been digging around to enlighten us about our spuds (potatoes!) and tomaytoes… I mean tomatoes!…
Hydro heritage can help wildlife and tourism
Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust has found a link between pioneering hydro-electric schemes in the USA and UK on the Watouga river in North Carolina and the Aln at Denwick, Northumberland… standby for an amazing story…
And,
Birding record on Holy Island
It’s been a very exciting week for birdwatchers on Holy island, Northumberland, UK… a new county record for a very rare bird visitor to our shores… Tom Cadwallender will tell us all about the Asian Desert Warbler…#birding
All coming up on the Nature Garden Podcast…. : ) Support the show
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Jun 14, 2020
Pruning, eider ducks & a Pele Tower
*If you’re like me and get a bit confused about pruning… Tom Pattinson has a brief guide on why, how and when to trim your shrubs and bushes … *
*Steve Lowe from the Rivers Trust is on ‘top of the world’ on a fifteenth century Pele Tower that’s being restored…*
*And if you’d like the lowdown on eider ducks… Tom Cadwallender’s here to tell us all about one of our most distinctive sounding birds and the connection to Saint Cuthbert and the Farne Islands.*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
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Jun 7, 2020
Roses, shelduck & hornets
*From scented wonders to hybrid teas, we adore roses and Tom Pattinson’s looking through rose-tinted spectacles… *
*Steve Lowe from the Northumbria Rivers Trust is working on a ladder for fish….*
*Tom Cadwallender’s is here to tell us about one of our large and colourful residents, the shelduck…*
*And, Beekeepers are bracing themselves for a new threat to colonies, the Asian hornet, we’ll have more on this destructive invader and how you can help our bees…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
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Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
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Jun 2, 2020
Herbs, sparrows & making a pond
Herby tales and a potted history of herbalism with Tom Pattinson…from Morpeth naturalist, William Turner, to the Chelsea Flower Show and Jekka's herb farm, and this week's garden tips...
Our 'How to identify birds' (part two) feature and a focus on sparrows with birder Tom Cadwallender (British Trust for Ornithology)...
And Jack Hills from Holy Island talks to us about how to begin creating a nature pond.
Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
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May 24, 2020
Beavers, compost & identifying birds
*From ‘Dig for Victory’ to 'Pick for Britain', Tom Pattinson takes us on a potted history of compost and how a special recipe (John Innes) helped win the day…*
*Steve Lowe’s keeping an eye on river levels and the future is looking brighter in Northumberland for crayfish thanks to a project with Northumberland Zoo… *
*Could Beavers be coming to Northumberland? Mike Pratt, CEO, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, explains more about the plan to bring back one of nature’s eager engineers.
And, if you (like me) struggle to identify birds (I’m rubbish at it), fear not, we’ve got an exciting new feature to help from our very own birder, Tom Cadwallender (British Trust for Ornithology).*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
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May 18, 2020
Pesky crows, sweet scents & terns
T*he **Nature Garden Podcast **team take a wander down the garden path and country lane… with stories from the past and present…*
*In this episode...Sweet scents and bright new stars in the garden with, writer and broadcaster, Tom Pattinson...*
*Tom Cadwallender’s delighted that House Martins are nest building… and is looking out for the flashing white dive bombers… here come the terns… *
*Anthony Johnston, from the Northumberland Wildlife Trust reports on how Druridge Bay is faring under the Covid-19 restrictions… and…watch out… there are some pesky crows about... what a story - you couldn't make it up! *
*All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…. *Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
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May 14, 2020
A nature meditation
*Welcome to a special episode of the Nature Garden podcast… it’s something a little different: a calming nature meditation to help you to relax and to be mindful. *
*Meditation can help us at any time in life and, like any exercise, it isn’t always easy at first... but it can bring great rewards. Kris Kitchun (Kiczun), a specialist occupational therapist working for the NHS, is here to guide us.*
*This gentle journey will take you into nature for just over 15 minutes. *
*So, calm thoughts time now as Kris walks us through a nature meditation…*Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
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May 12, 2020
Garden gifts, cuckoos and swifts
A* *weekly wander along nature paths, river banks and beaches, through woods and wetlands, parks and gardens... and a chance to look at all things Northumbrian, gardening and nature.
On today's show:
Plants for free and surprises in the garden... the beautiful and amazing story of swifts... silty streams and willowy solutions... and the first cuckoo of spring.
Join: gardening writer, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender (British Trust for Ornithology); and Steve Lowe from Naturally Northumbria; for nature, gardening and heritage tales, observations, tips and reports, with your host, Carl Stiansen.Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
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May 4, 2020
Rhubarb, early birding & Knights Templar
Join the Nature Garden podcast team for more tales from Northumberland and a gentle wander down the garden path and country lane...
Tom Pattinson is talking rhubarb and why he loves this wonderful plant so much, and he’ll clear up a little confusion about it…
Steve Lowe brings us tales from a walled garden rescue, a strange burial ground and a Knights Templar medieval hospital…
And, Tom Cadwallender explains how he got into bird watching and why it’s really good for you.Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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Apr 30, 2020
Garden gold, owls & a message in a bottle
The Nature Garden team returns with a mix of garden and nature related stories, tips and reports:
Tom Pattinson is creating 'green gold' from waste, Steve Lowe reveals a mysterious 'message in a bottle' and an exciting Capability Brown story. And Tom Cadwallender explores the beautiful nests of pied flycatchers and rather different abodes of tawny owls.
Join the two Toms, Steve and your host, Carl Stiansen, for a wander down the garden paths and country lanes of Northumberland.Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
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Apr 24, 2020
Seedlings, crayfish and puffin nests
Gardening writer and broadcaster, Tom Pattinson, has some top tips on transplanting seedlings, Steve Lowe tells us about his work as a 'crayfish wrangler' with the Rivers Trust and birder, Tom Cadwallander tells us about the very different nesting habits of wrens and puffins,Support the show
You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on Twitter: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.
And you can tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: gardenersradio@outlook.com
Thank you for your support!
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