The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes

Send us Fan Mail Hurrah for the flower shows… Tom Pattinson’s prepping his clipboard and getting ready for the competitions… Tom Cadwallender’s here with good news about the bird that’s the RSPB’s emblem… and he’s enjoying the wonders and diversity of our seabirds... The laburnum’s a beautiful tree but why did it have to be removed from schoolgrounds? John and Dean from the Alnwick  Poison Garden...

Send us Fan Mail Summer’s here and Tom Pattinson’s out smelling the roses and revelling in their colours, scents and fragrances…  Tom Cadwallender’s off in search of the nocturnal Nightjar and migrating birds on the Aln Estuary…  And Steve Lowe is out on in the hay fields around Allendale surrounded by the charismatic calls of curlews… Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail Enjoying your gardening is the name of the game but Tom Pattinson’s got some wise advice that could really make a difference...  Eiders are one of Northumberland’s joys and Tom Cawallender is down on the waterline checking out the ducks… We’re also joining a celebration of cherries with John and Dean from the Alnwick  Garden. And we have an amazing story about a pied flycatcher. ...

Send us Fan Mail Everything’s looking peachy in the garden with the promise of fragrance to come… and Tom Pattinson’s on a tomato flavoured journey of discovery… Oh…Tiptoe from the garden, by the garden of the willow tree and tip toe  through the tulips… with care… really you should tiptoe and take care… join  John and Dean for more cautionary tales from the Alnwick Poison Garden. Tom Cadwallender...

Send us Fan Mail Spring has sprung and we’re celebrating the change of seasons… New shoots and the colours and scents of bulbs in the garden…Tom Pattinson’s here to tell us more… Our resident adventurer… Tom Cadwallender’s watching the early spring birds coming in and we’re joining him on his travels in Costa Rica.  And we welcome two new guests to the Nature Garden… John Knox and Dean Smith from...

Send us Fan Mail 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail 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….   Support the show You can...

Send us Fan Mail 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 a...

Send us Fan Mail 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… Support the show You...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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… Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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… Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail 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…   Support the show You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallende...

Send us Fan Mail 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 aro...

Send us Fan Mail 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 gar...

Send us Fan Mail A n  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 s...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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 wha...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ga...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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...