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
Wildflowers, rotations & terns
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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).
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Theme tune and intro: Carl: 00:00:
Carl:
Garden design can be on a grand scale or it can really be something quite simple.. Tom’s taking us around his garden this week to show us how thoughtful design can pay dividends in so many ways…
Tom Pattinson: 03:16: Garden design part one
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Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology adores Northumberland and he’s looking out across the moors to the uplands and National Park and back to the coastline, and delving into wor natural history and flora and fauna. He’s also reporting on a pet project… the awesome success of a project to help Roseate Terns to thrive on Coquet Island
Tom C :08:48
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Carl:
Growing fruit and veg is one of the joys of life for many of us whether it be a couple of pots or bags for potatoes, or a raised bed or two if we have space, or a couple of things in the cottage garden, or even an allotment…
Crop rotation is vital but what exactly is it? Here’s Tom with some warm notes from the summertime garden…
Tom Pattinson: 019:00: Garden design part two and crop rotation
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Carl:
Derelict land might look like it’s a bit of a mess to some people but Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust has been taking a closer look into the long grass and terrains where wildflowers can call their home and it’s amazing what you find…
Steve Lowe: 25:33
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Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Tom Pattinson: 30:13: Jobs for the week:
Outro: Carl: 35:33
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 soon and, in the meantime, enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature… bye for now.