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
What a wonderful world
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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…
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Intro and theme music:
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…
Planetary awareness with Tom Pattinson who is focussed 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…
Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
00:01:56 : Carl: There’s so much talk these days of ways to save the planet. Well of course we can all do our bit around the house and in the garden… In the UK, some things like our use of peat-based compost is changing… but are things changing quickly enough? Here’s Tom with news of an exciting festival…
Audio feature: Tom P:
00:08:02 : Carl: Tom Cadwallender, from the British Trust for Ornithology, is one of those hardy fieldwork folks who keeps tabs on bird populations so we know how they are faring… He’s been looking at the ups and downs of eiders and terns and amidst all the science … I hope he’s remembered the physics of bird droppings and beaks!
Audio feature: Tom C:
00:18:17: Carl: Tom Pattinson’s showing how our green fingers are good news for the planet… While some of our tools have barely changed over the years, the way we garden is evolving fast… Tom’s fresh back from the Chelsea Flower Show and he’s feeling very inspired!
Audio feature: Tom P:
00:23:42: Carl: Tom Cadwallender’s been looking at great places to watch our feathered friends and this week he’s taking a birdwatching walk in the beautiful valleys of the Cheviot Hills where he’s listening… and looking out for… dippers, warblers, pipits and all. Here’s Tom Cadwallender to tell us more…
Audio feature: Tom C:
00:32:07: Carl: Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden…
Audio feature: Tom P:
00:38:19: Carl: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; and birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology; and Steve Lowe from The Northumberland Rivers Trust and Cresswell Pele Tower. 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.
Note: The website link to the festival that Tom mentioned: What a wonderful world in Alnwick, Northumberland is: https://whataww.org/festival-june-2022 - a new festival aimed at raising awareness of climate change effects and bio-diversity loss and what we can all do in our homes and communities to tackle it….