The Nature Garden: gardening, wildlife and nature notes

The Weekending Show
  • 4.7 (3)
  • Home & Garden
  • Updated Bimonthly

A trip down the garden path and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and the birds and the bees and more. 

  1. Jun 20

    Shakespeare & Cuthbert

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    29 min

  2. May 21

    Scarborough Fair

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    38 min

  3. Apr 11

    Birds sing and pair again

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    41 min

  4. 12/08/2025

    Gifting

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    43 min

  5. 11/21/2025

    Crab apples & plover

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    33 min

  6. 10/23/2025

    Roots & kingfishers

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    39 min

  7. 08/19/2025

    Ripening

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    40 min

  8. 07/27/2025

    Summertime

    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: gardenersradio@outlook.com Thank you for your support! Music link: Gaia by Carl Cape Band on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk

    39 min
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A trip down the garden path and country lane with nature enthusiasts and gardeners chatting about the flowers and trees, and the birds and the bees and more. 

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