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If you’re like me and get a bit confused about pruning… Tom Pattinson has a brief guide on why, how and when to trim your shrubs and bushes … 

Steve Lowe from the Rivers Trust is on ‘top of the world’ on a fifteenth century Pele Tower that’s being restored…

And if you’d like the lowdown on eider ducks… Tom Cadwallender’s here to tell us all about one of our most distinctive sounding birds and the connection to Saint Cuthbert and the Farne Islands.

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From scented wonders to hybrid teas, we adore roses and Tom Pattinson’s looking through rose-tinted spectacles… 

Steve Lowe from the Northumbria Rivers Trust is working on a ladder for fish….

Tom Cadwallender’s is here to tell us about one of our large and colourful residents, the shelduck…

And, Beekeepers are bracing themselves for a new threat to colonies, the Asian hornet, we’ll have more on this destructive invader and how you can help our bees…

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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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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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From ‘Dig for Victory’ to 'Pick for Britain', Tom Pattinson takes us on a potted history of compost and how a special recipe (John Innes) helped win the day…

Steve Lowe’s keeping an eye on river levels and the future is looking brighter in Northumberland for crayfish thanks to a project with Northumberland Zoo… 

Could Beavers be coming to Northumberland? Mike Pratt, CEO, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, explains more about the plan to bring back one of nature’s eager engineers. 

And, if you (like me) struggle to identify birds (I’m rubbish at it), fear not, we’ve got an exciting new feature to help from our very own birder, Tom Cadwallender (British Trust for Ornithology).

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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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The Nature Garden Podcast team take a wander down the garden path and country lane… with stories from the past and present…

In this episode...Sweet scents and bright new stars in the garden with, writer and broadcaster, Tom Pattinson...

Tom Cadwallender’s delighted that House Martins are nest building… and is looking out for the flashing white dive bombers… here come the terns… 

Anthony Johnston, from the Northumberland Wildlife Trust reports on how Druridge Bay is faring under the Covid-19 restrictions… and…watch out…  there are some pesky crows about... what a story - you couldn't make it up! 

All coming up on Nature Garden Podcast….  

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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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Welcome to a special episode of the Nature Garden podcast… it’s something a little different: a calming nature meditation to help you to relax and to be mindful.  

Meditation can help us at any time in life and, like any exercise, it isn’t always easy at first... but it can bring great rewards. Kris Kitchun (Kiczun), a specialist occupational therapist working for the NHS, is here to guide us.

This gentle journey will take you into nature for just over 15 minutes. 

So, calm thoughts time now as Kris walks us through a nature meditation…

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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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A weekly wander along nature paths, river banks and beaches, through woods and wetlands, parks and gardens... and a chance to look at all things Northumbrian, gardening and nature.

On today's show:

Plants for free and surprises in the garden... the beautiful and amazing story of swifts... silty streams and willowy solutions... and the first cuckoo of spring.

Join: gardening writer, Tom Pattinson; birder, Tom Cadwallender (British Trust for Ornithology); and Steve Lowe from Naturally Northumbria; for nature, gardening and heritage tales, observations, tips and reports, with your host, Carl Stiansen.

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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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Join the Nature Garden podcast team for more tales from Northumberland and a gentle wander down the garden path and country lane...

Tom Pattinson is talking rhubarb and why he loves this wonderful plant so much, and he’ll clear up a little confusion about it… 

Steve Lowe brings us tales from a walled garden rescue, a strange burial ground and a Knights Templar medieval hospital…

And, Tom Cadwallender explains how he got into bird watching and why it’s really good for you.

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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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The Nature Garden team returns with a mix of garden and nature related stories, tips and reports:

Tom Pattinson is creating 'green gold' from waste, Steve Lowe reveals a mysterious 'message in a bottle' and an exciting Capability Brown story.  And Tom Cadwallender explores the beautiful nests of pied flycatchers and rather different abodes of tawny owls.

Join the two Toms, Steve and your host, Carl Stiansen, for a wander down the garden paths and country lanes of Northumberland.

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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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Gardening writer and broadcaster, Tom Pattinson, has some top tips on transplanting seedlings, Steve Lowe tells us about his work as a 'crayfish wrangler' with the Rivers Trust and birder, Tom Cadwallander tells us about the very different nesting habits of wrens and puffins,

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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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