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Send us Fan Mail The good, the bad and the downright disastrous. Tom Pattinson’s full of positivity in the garden, harvesting and storing seeds. Tom Cadwallender’s scanning the summer skies for swifts and reflecting on the season’s birds. We’re beach cleaning with Steve Lowe at one of our quietest beaches that used to be a dump, and we look at the disastrous spillage of nurdles into the River Tyne, and how these plastic pellets are affecting our coastline. Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail In this episode… What’s in a name? Tom Cadwallender’s delving into the wonderful world of local bird names, throssels, howlets and all.  Steve Lowe brings us news of exciting Anglo-Saxon discoveries at an archaeology dig. And, we’re out and about with Tom Pattinson in the summertime garden. Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail Shakespearian inspiration, cuddy ducks and saints, and the beautiful sound of sedge warblers. Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, sunshine and frost, and Herbidacious highlights in the garden beds and pots. Tom Pattinson’s spending time in the herb garden in search of parley, sage, rosemary and thyme.  We’re off to the sunshine with Tom Cadwallander who’s looking at Corsican finches and nuthatches.  Steve Lowe’s chatting to an awesome organisation that’s bringing the wonders of wildlife to us all… And some gardening Jobs for the Week with Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, spring colours and sounds galore... Tom Pattinson’s revelling in the spring bulbs and shrubs, and the exciting signs of new shoots in the flower borders and veg beds.  Tom Cadwallander’s taking a look at auks and the early return of puffins and he’s celebrating the chirpy, chiff-chaff. Steve Lowe is at one of our finest museums in search of an answer to the question ‘Who is Eric?’  Plus gardening Jobs for the Week with Tom P.   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

Send us Fan Mail A homespun guide to some of the gifts our contributors are thinking about to  make things merry and brighter. The ‘Two Toms’ and Steve Lowe with some wonderful ideas, that don’t have to cost a fortune, but may help to save the planet and ourselves.  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

Send us Fan Mail It's that time of the year known as ‘Nature’s planting time’ and Tom Pattinson’s here with lots of exciting options for reinvigorating your garden…  Tom Cadwallender’s been observing the changes in his crab apple tree and its attractiveness to birds, and he’s been along the Aln estuary enjoying the sound of golden plovers.  And, we’ve got some top tips for the garden from Tom Pattinson. 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

Send us Fan Mail It's mid-autumn and Tom Pattinson’s making the most of the seasonal changes and preparing for Nature’s planting time.  Tom Cadwallender’s spotted a fabulous kingfisher and he's enjoying the incoming Vs of honking geese   Big Butterfly Conservation are here with an update on one of our most important nature counts…  Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.   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

Send us Fan Mail It's peak summer and still wonderfully warm in Northumberland and Tom P’s ripening crops and harvesting potatoes and onions…  Tom Cadwallender’s turning the calendar page to a new season of birds and checking the Aln estuary for avian ins and outs…  Steve Lowe’s reflecting on the life of someone who inspired him to dive deep into conservation... we celebrate the work of Doctor Angus Lunn, a Northumberland Wildlife Trust stalwart and map maker extraordinaire. Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail It's mid-summer and the temperature’s rising and so is Tom P’s excitement… we join him on a tour of his raised beds, and flowers and veg… Tom Cadwallender’s watching the summer skies for swifts and more….and listening to the classic sounds of summer… We’re at the ‘Love Northumberland’ awards at Alnwick Castle with Steve Lowe…  The big butterfly count is underway and Dr Jamie Wildman is here to help us join in… it’s a wonderful way to help butterflies! Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail It’s time for some self-care and safety and we should all take our time to listen to Tom P...  Tom Cadwallender’s out and about in the uplands of Northumberland and enjoying the collective nouns of bird, and the amazing ‘drumming’ of snipe. And we’re going medieval with Steve Lowe for a colourful re-enactment  Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail Frost and drought in the garden and Tom's buzzing after a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show… Tom Cadwallender’s taking a 'tern' at volunteering and  listening songbirds…  And sustainability is one of Steve Lowe’s missions: composting, wormeries and hot bins at the Cresswell Pele Tower… Plus we’ve got some top tips for the garden from Tom P… 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

Send us Fan Mail Hello spring! Tom Pattinson’s getting the pruning gear out but please do consider carefully before you chop… Tom’s here to give us a steer. Tom Cadwallender’s muckle glad to be back and he’s enjoying woodpeckers and fieldfares at dawn… And we have an exciting update from the latest dig at Lindisfarne and some amazing new finds… Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P. 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

Send us Fan Mail We’re catching up with Tom Pattinson in the bleak mid-winter and he’s full of busy in and out of the garden… Tom Cadwallender’s reflecting on the good and the bad as we move into a New Year of birding. And we’ll be looking into the magical mystical world of moths, Dr Zoe Randall is here from Butterly Conservation to tell us how we can help them.  And there’s a chance to hear another sinister ‘Tale from the Hovel’ from the Alnwick Poison Garden…  Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… 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

Send us Fan Mail Tom Pattinson’s delving into late season colour and singing the praises of indoor plants, and it’s national tree planting week And, Tom Cadwallender’s in search of a small Arctic seabird that’s as tough as they come, and he’s looking at the curlew and the pressures they’re facing... Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P.   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