National Trust Gardens Podcast | Stourhead

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.

Beginning the series on his home turf, Gardener and presenter Alan Power takes a walk around Stourhead in Wiltshire, one of England’s greatest landscape gardens.

Its fabulous tree collection make autumn a favourite time of year for visitors, volunteers and staff alike. We find out what the walled garden tell us about life in the 18th century, and how dormice are thriving on the Stourhead Estate.

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Plants Mentioned

Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia 

Agapanthus africanus

Variegated Tulip Tree – (Liriodendron tulipifera aureomarginata) 

Poplar trees / Trembling Poplar – European Aspen)

Birch – Betula

Cherries – Prunus Taihaku

Red Maple – Acer rubrum

Willow – Salix alba ‘Britzensis’

Japanese Maple – Acer palmatum 

Handkerchief tree – Davidia involucrata seedlings – for tree nursery 

Katsura trees – Cercidiphyllum 

Guelder Rose – Viburnum opulus

Rowan – Sorbus aucuparia, commonly known as the Rowan or Mountain-ash 

Whitebeam – Sorbus aria