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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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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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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 festive music...  and a chance to put your feet up. 

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

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Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).

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Carl: 

Your boughs so green in summertime, Stay bravely green in wintertime.
 O tannenbaum, O Christmas Tree… How lovely are thy branches! Nordmans, frasers, Norweigan spruces and noble firs… so many choices but which is the best? Here’s Tom with some festive advice on getting the most out of your Christmas tree…

Tom P:

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Now, it’s one of the avian stars of the county, and the symbol of the Northumberland National Park. Tom Cadwallander from the British Trust for Ornithology is falling head over heels for the beautifully wistful call of the curlew… a rather sensitive bill. bird of the hill and the coast in our county

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Carl: Christmas is a time for celebration and a time to unwind.. but you might get the needle… or rather a lot of needles… if you opt for a real tree… so Tom is it possible to bring a tree in from the cold outside to the living room?

Tom P:

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Festive musical interlude:
Carl: And now for something a bit different, we like to do on the radio show,  and now and then we do it on the podcast.. slow down, put the kettle on, have a cuppa and listen to a little bit of music and this week something festive... it's Winter’s Kiss by Clear Blue Skies featuring Derek Allan…
 
Song:  Winter’s Kiss by Clear Blue Skies featuring Derek Allan…
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2PQtuFM7h3SNxsFHgokgXR

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Managing the environment is an increasingly important job and our coastal areas are incredible habitats where complex interactions take place between people and nature. So how are these areas regulated and protected? Steve Lowe met up with Patrick Gray, Senior Marine Enforcement Officer, for the Marine Management Organisation team here in the region.

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Carl: And here’s Tom with some things to be getting on with in the garden

Tom P:

Carl: 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 and Cresswell Pele Tower. I’m Carl Stiansen and, don’t forget, you can listen back to all the previous reports we’ve done on the Nature Garden Podcast… that’s the Nature Garden Podcast… enjoy your gardening and time outdoors with nature… bye for now. 

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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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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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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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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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

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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 music from Jason Vare/Shaggy: https://www.facebook.com/ShagpileMusic/ 

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: [email protected]
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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…

Steve Lowe from the Northumberland Rivers Trust… has some tips on how to make your outdoor patch a haven for all kinds of nature…

Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology has been watching the amazing habits of sparrows and how egrets survived the fads of fashion

Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P…

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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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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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You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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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 top tips for the garden from Tom P… All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….  

Theme tune: Princess of the Ocean by Carl Cape Band featuring Steve Deegan, Carl Cape and Jamie Robb (fiddle).

Support the show

You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
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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….  All coming up on The Weekending Show…

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Support the show

You can follow Tom Pattinson, Steve and Tom Cadwallender and our wonderful guests and featured flowers, birds and projects on X via: @gardenersradio @TheNatureGarden and on Facebook: The Nature Garden.

And you can also tune in to our monthly live radio show on Saturdays at 11am on www.lionheartradio.com
Or email us: [email protected]
Thank you for your support!

Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk