The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife & nature notes

The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife & nature notes

A trip down the garden and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and birds and bees and more.

Episodes

December 12, 2022 39 min

In this episode… 

Colouring the winter months and creating shelter with hedging…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more…

The rising of the sun and the running of the deer… and our Steve Lowe who’s saving trees from deer with lambswool…

And Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying a performance of the seedcracker… a winter visitor to his garden with a mighty seed cracking beak, and did you know that the turkey isn’t from turkey? Tom’s tracking this fe...

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In this episode… 

We’re enjoying Nature’s planting time and chi energy…with Tom Pattinson…

Tall tales, gunge and fox poo remedies and history brought to life at the Cresswell Pele Tower…

And Tom Cadwallender looks into the names of geese and their wonderful wanderlust…

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….  


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October 19, 2022 32 min

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… 

Autumn fruitfulness with Tom Pattinson… strawberry and raspberry stock taking and it’s jam time!

We’re out an...

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August 17, 2022 47 min

It’s the height of summer for some crops in the garden and Tom Pattinson is as busy as a bee…

Steve Lowe is out and about looking for aliens as he goes in search of close encounters of the vegetative kind…

We’re out and about with Tom Cadwallender’s who has another episode in his ‘great places to see birds’ series…

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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July 13, 2022 41 min

Sunny sunshine vibes with Tom Pattinson who is exploring the summertime garden and our living history…

We’re out and about with Tom Cadwallender’s who has a sad update on avian flu… and another exciting episode in his ‘great places to see birds’ series…

Tom Heap from BBC Countryfile’s reflecting on ways to save the planet and why what we do really matters…

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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June 17, 2022 38 min

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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May 20, 2022 38 min
We’re filled with all the delights that May brings…plants and shrubs and trees are growing fast and late spring/summer birds are arriving...

Tom Pattinson is looking at the darling buds of May… and being safe in the garden.

Tom Cadwallender’s enjoying the wonderful space of Druridge Bay, Northumberland, and the amazing array of birds that flock there…

And Steve Lowe’s taking out a subscription this week… to the green gym!

Plus some top...
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April 14, 2022 37 min

In this episode… 

We’re full of positive vibes for the return of spring and the joy of being back in the garden… 

Tom Pattinson is contemplating the lawn, first cuts, salads and vegetables

Tom Cadwallender’s welcoming back puffins and has news of how a blacksmith has helped kittiwakes to nest…

And Steve Lowe’s venturing out on Long Nanny with some young adventurers…

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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January 9, 2022 35 min

We’re reflecting on a year where so much has happened… 

Tom Pattinson is looking back through the seasons and successes in the garden…

Tom Cadwallender’s looking back and forwards to some amazing birding highlights.

And Steve Lowe’s thinking about gifts we can give at any time to help ourselves and the planet in 2022…

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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December 30, 2021 33 min

Festive delights from the Nature Garden: The holly and the ivy… and folklore and mistletoe with Tom Pattinson … 

Tom Cadwallender’s charting the rise in popularity at Christmas of robins and turkeys.

And  Steve Lowe’s on a nature stroll in North Northumberland 

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… 

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December 6, 2021 32 min

Hello and welcome to the Nature Garden Podcast, with me, Carl Stiansen, and the Weekending Show Team from Lionheart Radio. 

In this episode… 

There’s a touch of natural tinsel with Tom Pattinson’s guide to Christmas trees… 

Tom Cadwallender is following the highs and lows of the curlew…

And have you ever wondered who keeps an eye on our coast and some two hundred miles of sea around us? …. Steve Lowe’s here to tell us more…

And, some fe...

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November 17, 2021 30 min

Tom Pattinson is getting ready for National Tree Week and looking at the ecological wonder of trees… 

Can you imagine a hundred thousand birds flying together in amazing synchronous patterns? Tom Cadwallender reports from starling HQ at the Somerset Levels.

And we’re going retro …. as Steve Lowe delves into the world of period fashion and flintlocks…

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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October 29, 2021 31 min

An All Hallows’ Eve spectacular… Tom Pattinson reveals the science of autumn colours and how to grow your own pumpkins for next Halloween…. 

Tom Cadwallender is looking at the folklore of scary birds and the spooky superstitions inspired by owls and crows… 

And some ghostly goings on…. as Steve visits one of his favourite haunts… in search of the white lady of Cresswell

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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October 19, 2021 35 min

Tom Pattinson is propagating… and his guide can help you to make plants for free… and ooph up your borders and veg beds… 

Steve Lowe from the Cresswell Pele Tower Project and Northumberland Rivers Trust… is catching up on the heritage side of conservation…

Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is on a road trip to his Scottish birding roots and saving the osprey. 

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P and musi...

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August 5, 2021 37 min

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… Tom Pattinson is floating like a butterfly to see what kind of plants and shrubs attract them to the garden…

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Tom Pattinson on the joys of greenhouse gardening…

We’re down in the grounds of the restoration project at Cresswell Pele Tower with Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust…

Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is excited about an albatross-related  visitor from afar...

And, we’ll be taking a musical interlude with Shipcote and Friends...

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.

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July 7, 2021 36 min

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 t...

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On today's show: 

We’re joining an amazing project that has helped Ospreys return to Northumberland… 

Tom Pattinson’s here full of sunshine enjoying some warm gardening while keeping an eye on hazards… his advice could save your life…

And... Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is listening to birds and asking why do they sing?

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast…....

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June 4, 2021 40 min

Tom Pattinson’s musing on the benefits of ’No Mow May’ and keeping your grass long... 

We’re down in the garden of Cresswell Pele Tower but not in the rockery… this week we’re checking out the rookery with Steve Lowe and why do we say a ‘murder of crows’…?

And…. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking AUK-ward this week… reporting on guillemots and all. And he has some fascinating facts about puffins.

Plus s...

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May 17, 2021 32 min

We’re getting herby and we’re off to the west side of Northumberland …

Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us all about herbs and the famous herbalists of yore, including the great Morpethian and Northumbrian chap, William Turner. 

We’re down in the garden of the magical Cresswell Pele Tower restoration with Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust…

And, Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is reflecting on bird sur...

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