Hello Spring!

Spring has sprung and we’re celebrating the change of seasons…

New shoots and the colours and scents of bulbs in the garden…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more…

Our resident adventurer… Tom Cadwallender’s watching the early spring birds coming in and we’re joining him on his travels in Costa Rica. 

And we welcome two new guests to the Nature Garden… John Knox and Dean Smith from the Alnwick Poison Garden in a series of botanical features you really won’t want to miss!

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….  

Transcript

Nature Garden Podcast: 22 April 2023

00:00:00: Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).

Carl Stiansen:
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… 

Spring has sprung and we’re celebrating the change of seasons…

New shoots and the colours and scents of bulbs in the garden…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more…

Our resident adventurer… Tom Cadwallender’s watching the early spring birds coming in and we’re joining him on his travels in Costa Rica. 

And we welcome two new guests to the Nature Garden… John Knox and Dean Smith from the Alnwick Poison Garden in a series of botanical features you really won’t want to miss!

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….  

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00:03:14: Hello Spring #1:

Carl: It’s time to enjoy and celebrate the coming of light… and to mow and sow and just get generally carried away with gardening and Tom Pattinson’s doing just that while keeping a careful eye on the weather and soil…

Tom P: 

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00:08:39: Spring birds:

Carl: Northumberland’s alive to bird song as newcomers join our stalwart feathered friends in gardens and fields from far and wide… and Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology’s absolutely loving it!

Tom Cadwallender:

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00:15:09: Hello Spring #2:

Carl: Whether it be a bowling green work of art or a much smaller green feature… grass and lawns are a thing we love… and this week, Tom Pattinson’s got his eyes firmly fixed on the moss and turf.

Tom Pattinson:  

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00:20:40: Alnwick Poison Garden/Daffodils with Dean & John:

Carl: And now… we begin a very special series of reports from the legendary Alnwick Poison Garden in Northumberland… stand by folks for an amazing tour of the dangerous world of plants… and some sound advice… a warm welcome to John Knox and Dean Smith!

John Knox and Dean Smith, Alnwick Poison Garden:

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00:25:57: Costa Rica:

Carl: Birds light up our lives all over the world and Tom Cadwallender’s been on an amazing adventure in rainforests and more…. Here’s Tom’s report from a truly exotic sounding Costa Rica: Tom Cadwallender

Tom C:
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00:36:18: Jobs for the week with Tom P:

Carl:  And… to the sound of wor blackbird…  Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…

Tom P:

00:42:15: Outro: 

Carl: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; and birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology; and John Knox and Dean Smith from the Alnwick Poison Garden. I’m Carl Stiansen and, don’t forget, you can listen back to all the previous reports we’ve done on the Nature Garden Podcast… that’s the Nature Garden Podcast… enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now.