15 episodes
Beauty in All Things The Lost Gardens of Heligan
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5.0 • 27 Ratings
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Each month we’ll be uncovering the beauty in the little things, from soil to seeds, bulbs to bees, from The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Mevagissey on the Cornish Coast. Experience the inner workings with Alasdair Moore (our Head of Gardens and Estate) and guests as they take inspiration from nature and the environment around them, from the finest horticultural gardens in England.
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Resilient Nature
Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate, Alasdair Moor, is joined by our Seed Guardian, Katie Kingett, to delve into the wonderful world of seeds. Alasdair also discusses the stubborn nature of our Rhododendrons and elaborates on how our historic Flower Garden wall has become an integral part of the garden’s ecosystem with Head Gardener, Nicola Bradley.
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Winter Crafting - Lodges, dams and Lost Apples
Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Toby Davies for an update from the beaver enclosure, and discusses the fine art of Cider with Martin Renwick.
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Beyond the fertile crescent
Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by guests Andrew Omerod, Andy Wilson, Paul Doidge, Yoko Briggs and Louis Duddridge. It’s High Summer at Heligan, and time for a solstice celebration. We discuss Emmer Wheat and its role as the foundation of human experience, agriculture, civilisation but also colonialism, check in on Heligan’s ongoing glass-house restoration, and discover the joys of summer found in the Flower Garden and Pig Palace alike.
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The Earth’s Skin – Part 2
In this second two-part episode Heligan Co-Founder Sir Tim Smit is joined by biologist Merlin Sheldrake. Their walk through Heligan’s historic Productive Gardens encompasses plant evolution, post-apocalyptic food security and the nuances of worm twanging.
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The Earth’s Skin – Part 1
Starting a new season of Beauty in All Things, in the first of a two-part episode Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Professor Karl Ritz. Join them in the Melon Yard as they discuss and digest the mysteries of our planet’s richest resource; soil.
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The Season Turns
This month on our podcast Beauty in All Things, Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Horticultural Advisor Philip McMillan Browse to discuss the finer points of the origins of apples. We also chat with Kathleen Kendall about her family – her father was Heligan’s last gardener before the gardens fell into complete disarray, as well as finding out about the very rare inhabitants of our record-breaking bug hotel, Bugginghum Palace.
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Customer Reviews
So Evocative of being there
The pod cast is charming. So evocative of being in that magical garden hearing the different sounds and listening to the conversations. Love it
Thank you
Thank you for a lovely podcast
Podcast 3
Utterly brilliant, thank you. Learnt so much about old fashioned seeds and how much effort went into locating them in the 1990’s when the garden was being reborn.