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
Chelsea and songbirds
Frost and drought in the garden and Tom's buzzing after a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show…
Tom Cadwallender’s taking a 'tern' at volunteering and listening songbirds…
And sustainability is one of Steve Lowe’s missions: composting, wormeries and hot bins at the Cresswell Pele Tower…
Plus we’ve got some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
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Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk
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 back to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio.
In this episode…
Frost and drought… have been keeping Tom on his toes… and he’s fresh back and buzzing after a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show…
Tom Cadwallender’s taking a tern at volunteering (the pun’s intended!”) and listening to the spring songs of blackbirds and thrushes…
And sustainability is one of Steve Lowe’s missions as he finds out more about composting, wormeries and hot bins at the Cresswell Pele Tower…
Plus we’ve got some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast.
Theme intro fades out:
Carl Stiansen: Frost and drought… have both been keeping Tom on his toes as he’s been away to Chelsea … and he’s got a few tips for the garden when you’re away on your Jollybobs and want come back to thriving plants.
Tom Pattinson: audio
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Carl Stiansen: Tom Cad’s a super keen volunteer and he’s been involved with monitoring a rare tern colony in Northumberland for quite some time now, and there’s some very exciting news to report from his latest stints.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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Carl Stiansen: The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the greatest gardening events in the world. It shines a light on great gardening, new ideas and innovation and wor Tom’s fresh back from Chelsea and he’s full of inspiration.
Tom Pattinson: audio
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Carl Stiansen: And now… it’s a pleasure to welcome back, Steve Lowe, who’s on a sustainability mission… composting in the walled garden at Creswell Pele Tower with Pam Jose from Enrich the Earth.
Steve Lowe: audio
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Carl Stiansen: Back anno: And you find out more about composting at: Pam’s website: enrich the earth.co.uk that’s: enrich the earth.co.uk
The songs of blackbirds and thrushes are frequently featured on our podcasts and, this week, Tom Cadwallender’s taking a closer look at these beautiful birds and their tunes.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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Carl Stiansen: And so…to the sound of wor blackbird… Here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden.
Tom Pattinson: audio: Jobs for the Week
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Carl Stiansen: You’ve been listening to gardener, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology, and Pam Jose from enrich the earth.co.uk in conversation with Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower. Don’t forget, you can listen back to all of our previous programmes via@ the Nature Garden Podcast, that’s the Nature Garden Podcast. I’m Carl Stiansen, thanks for listening, and enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature, bye for now.