The Wildlife Garden Podcast The Wildlife Garden Podcast

Just a quick update on where we have been and what is coming up on the podcast!

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We've made it! One year of the podcast and 24 episodes later, we have a chat about our own way into gardening and test ourselves on what we've learned so far. Then we look at our most ancient native tree, the Yew.


Find all the information and links mentioned in the episode on our website Ellies Wellies - Happy Birthday to Yew (and us)!


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A new year is upon us and we start in style by taking a break from our own rules and discuss wildlife we've seen outside gardens over the Christmas holidays. Then we return to the fantastic Dr Ian Bedford who tells us exactly why there is no need for pesticides in any garden! We finish by discussing the delightful Dog Rose, whose ruby red berries speckle hedgerows up and down the country over winter.


Find all the information and links mentioned in the episode on our website Ellies Wellies - Delightful Dog Roses and Dr Ian Bedford pt. 2


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As winter comes on more birds start to visit our garden and we discuss some of the plants looking good right now. Then, our guest Dr Ian Bedford tells us about how he gardens for wildlife and insects. We also discuss a botanical mystery about the fabulous native shrub Daphne mezereum, which is followed by our native plant of the week, the incredible Crab Apple.


Find all the information and links mentioned in the episode on our website Ellies Wellies - Interview: Dr Ian Bedford and Incredible Crab Apples'


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Book club is upon us so we delve deep into the world of pollination with a fantastic book by ecologist Professor Jeff Ollerton. After that, Ellie takes a sip of our homemade Sloe Gin while Ben waxes lyrical about the fantastic (if thorny) shrub Prunus spinosa, otherwise known as the Blackthorn.


Find all the information and links mentioned in the episode on our website Ellies Wellies - Pollination perfection and 'The Gin Shrub'


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As Hedgehogs roam the British countryside looking for a place to nestle down and hibernate for the winter, we discuss how you can help them in your own gardens. Then we take a look at a favourite wildflower of ours that looks fantastic in any garden: the Teasel.


Find all the information and links mentioned in the episode on our website Ellies Wellies - Spiky characters: Hedgehogs and Teasel


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