The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife & nature notes
The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife & nature notes
Up with the larks
Tom Pattinson’s getting creative and investing time to propagate plants,
Tom Cadwallender’s up with the larks for the dawn chorus… and he’s super excited on Coquet Island… home of the roseate tern...
Steve Lowe’s trying his hand at beekeeping at the Creswell Pele Tower garden…
And… Dr Zoe Randall from Butterfly Conservation is here to inspire us all to take part in the Big Butterfly Count
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
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Intro and Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).
Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio.
Thanks for joining us on a canny wee wander down the garden path and country lane… with the birds and the bees, and the flowers and trees… and it’s a chance to hear some great stories from the past and present…
In this episode…
Tom Pattinson’s getting creative and investing time to propagate plants,
Tom Cadwallender’s up with the larks for the dawn chorus… and he’s super excited on Coquet Island… home of the roseate tern...
Steve Lowe’s trying his hand at beekeeping at the Creswell Pele Tower garden…
And… we'll also be hearing from Butterfly Conservation who are about to start the Big Butterfly Count.
Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…
All coming up… on the Nature Garden Podcast….
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Carl Stiansen: Plants can cost a pretty penny when we buy them… but it’s an investment… and Tom Pattinson’s making the most of his stock… and taking time to be creative in the garden.
Tom Pattinson: audio
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Carl Stiansen: Now for some glorious peace and calm… as we join Tom Cadwallender who’s listening to and counting birds in the beautiful early morning peace and summer light.
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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Carl Stiansen: Now, let’s go back to Tom P who’s a big fan of propagation and he’s got some great ideas on growing new plants and displays from old ones…
Tom Pattinson: audio
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Carl Stiansen: Steve Lowe’s been as busy as a bee, as always, at the Creswell Pele Tower and garden… and this week, he’s trying his hand at beekeeping…
Steve Lowe: audio
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Carl Stiansen: Tom Cadwallender’s enthusiasm is, of course, legendary and he’s sent us this report… out at sea… surrounded by terns… on one of the most wonderful bird sites in the North… Coquet Island… and yes, he’s buzzing!
Tom Cadwallender: audio
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Carl Stiansen: And…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: The Big Butterfly Count is an amazing piece of citizen science that happens every year and I’m delighted to say that we’ve got Dr Zoe Randle, Senior Surveys Officer at Butterfly Conservation here to tell us more about it.
Dr Zoe Randle, Butterfly Conservation: audio
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Carl Stiansen: 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 Cresswell Pele Tower...
And a big thank you to Dr Zoe Randle from Butterfly Conservation, and you can find out more about how to help butterflies at their website at: wild- spaces.co.uk
We’ll be back with more nature, gardening and heritage reports from Northumberland and beyond in a couple of weeks. And, 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.