The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes
A trip down the garden path and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and the birds and the bees and more.
The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes
Tiptoe through the tulips & herons
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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….
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Carl Cape Band.
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And a very happy May to you all... and by the way, I saw the first swallow here on Holy Island this week followed the next day by the return of the house martins…
01:57: Carl: Now, most of our tulips are now up and shining out proudly… some ever so regal in their Carl: resplendent colours… and what’s not to love about this stunning spring bulb… …let’s join Tom Pattinson on as travels back in time to the bulb craze that took over parts of Europe and caused joy and misery in the sixteen hundreds…
Tom Pattinson: audio
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07:25: Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust is on the banks of one of our bonniest rivers and he’s singing the praises of riverside flowers and looking at ways to help shore up our waterways with trees…
Steve Lowe: audio
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13:12: We’re celebrating the tulip this week and Tom’s been looking into the world of bulb collecting, and ways to help your Tulips to look good and stay strong…
Tom Pattinson: audio
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19:15: With its skinnie-ma-linkie lang legs (thanks to poet: J K Annand) and love of the river, ponds and the seaside, it’s a bird that resonates with me… … and Tom Cadwallander from the British Trust for Ornithology has been delving into the data of field surveys and the ways in which the colonial grey heron has moved with the times.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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27:53: Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Tom Pattinson: audio
33:46: Outro: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology; and Steve Lowe from The Northumberland Rivers Trust. I’m Carl Stiansen and do check out our Twitter and Facebook page: The Nature Garden and we’ll be back in soon and in the meantime, enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature… bye for now.