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Wild Tales | Nature Podcast

Delve into intriguing stories from our weird, wonderful and utterly wild world.

You’ll experience nature in a whole new way, from untangling the strange world of spider sex and digging up the greatest fossil finds, to meeting mysterious ocean giants and finding out why there’s no such thing as a seagull.

Join rangers Rosie Holdsworth and Ajay Tegala on adventures in the UK’s diverse habitats and uncover fascinating tales that connect us with wildlife.

New Wild Tales are released twice a month.

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This podcast is made by the National Trust, Europe’s biggest conservation charity. Looking after history, nature and beauty for everyone to enjoy.

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Latest Episodes:

National Trust Gardens Podcast | Meadows Dec 08, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
Alan meets Josh Sparkes, a gardener at Sissinghurst and self-proclaimed meadow obsessive.
He explains how a return to traditional practices has helped revitalised the wildlife at Sissinghurst. Scythes at the ready!
Discover more
For information about visiting Sissinghurst Castle Garden please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/sissinghurst-castle-garden
Plants Mentioned

Leucanthemum vulgare – Oxeye daisy
Lychnis flos-cuculi – Ragged robin

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National Trust Gardens Podcast | Sissinghurst Dec 01, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
Alan Power visits Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent, previously home to poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West and her husband, politician Harold Nicolson.
Working from ruins, the couple’s personalities collided and combined to create this dramatic, world-renowned garden.
It comes complete with 300 varieties of rose, an area that’s planted to sparkle at twilight, and a castle tower with views to take your breath away.
Discover more
For information about visiting Sissinghurst please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/sissinghurst-castle-garden
Plants Mentioned

Sweet chestnut coppice woodland – Castanea sativa
Azalea mollis
The Himalayan blue poppy – Meconopsis betonicifolia
Polyanthus – various
Pleached lime trees - Tilia platyphyllos ‘Rubra’
Fritillaria imperialis
Tulips – various
Narcissus – various
Alba rose – various
Bourbon rose – Mme. Lauriol de Barny, Souvenir de la Malmaison
Centifolia rose – various
Damask rose – various
Gallica rose – Tuscany Superb, Cardinal de Richelieu, Belle de Crécy
Moss rose – Général Kléber
Peony
Iris
Eremurus – various
Phlox paniculata 'David'

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National Trust Gardens Podcast | Festive Decorations Nov 24, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
In this mini episode Alan joins in with the festivities at Croome as the team prepare for Christmas. Learn from the volunteers how to make the perfect festive wreath from your own garden at home.
Discover more
For information about visiting Croome please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/worcestershire-herefordshire/croome
For details on craft workshops nearby please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/christmas/christmas-craft-workshops
Where you'll also find details of lots of non-christmas activities throughout the year too.
Plants Mentioned

Eucalyptus
Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia
Pyracantha
Holly – Ilex aquifolium
Yew – Taxus baccata

Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

National Trust Gardens Podcast | Walled Gardens Nov 17, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
In this mini episode Alan meets the owners of the walled garden at Croome Court who have turned this wild and derelict space into a beautiful and productive garden for us all to enjoy.
Discover more
For information about visiting Croome please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/worcestershire-herefordshire/croome
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

National Trust Gardens Podcast | Croome Nov 10, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
Gardener and host, Alan Power visits Croome in Worcestershire, the first landscape that Capability Brown got his capable hands on.
With a diverse history from a secret RAF base, to a home for Hare Krishna devotees, Croome has seen it all.
Unravel the challenge of restoring the garden back to Brown’s 18th century vision and find out how can you take inspiration from the evergreen shrubbery to transform your garden into a winter wonderland.
And discover what is it about Croome that attracts all kinds of feathered friends...
Discover more
For information about visiting Croome please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/worcestershire-herefordshire/croome
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk
Plants Mentioned

Daphne – Daphne odora
Portuguese laurel – Prunus lusitanica
Common holly – Ilex aquifolium
Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis
Sage – Salvia officinalis
Winter jasmine – Jasminum nudiflorum
Guelder rose – Viburnum opulus
Witch hazel – Hamamelis
Heather – Erica
Common broom – Cytisus scoparius
Pine - Pinus

National Trust Gardens Podcast | Pelargoniums Nov 03, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
In this mini episode, gardener and host Alan power discovers why a walled garden at Stourhead is home to a superb collection of pelargoniums and find out a tasty way they can be used in the kitchen to bake a Geranium Cake.
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For information about visiting Stourhead please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/stourhead
Geranium Cake Recipe
Serves: 8
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Effort: easy
INGREDIENTS

6-8 rose geranium leaves
240g butter
240g caster sugar
4 eggs
140g self-raising flour
120 g semolina
Caster sugar, for dusting
Fresh cream and rose petals, to serve.

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm spring-form cake tin with baking parchment.
Lay the geranium leaves around the base of the tin, upside down, stalk-end pointing towards the centre of the tin.
Cream together the butter and sugar until very pale and fluffy, and then gradually beat in the eggs, a little at a time.
Fold in the flour and semolina. Spoon the cake mixture into the tin, taking care not to disturb the leaves. Bake in the centre of the oven, for about 45-50 minutes, until the cake is firm but springy to the touch.
Take the cake out of the oven, release the spring clip and carefully remove the sides of the tin. Turn the cake gently over onto a cooling rack set over a plate, bottom side up and carefully remove the base of the tin and the baking parchment.
Leave until completely cold, dust with caster sugar, and serve with fresh cream and rose petals.

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National Trust Gardens Podcast | Compost Oct 27, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
The first of our little extra mini episodes “ Garden cuttings”. Autumn is the perfect time to build a compost heap. Join the green fingered gardeners at Stourhead, Wiltshire to learn the eco science behind “cooking” the perfect organic compost.
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For information about visiting Stourhead please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/stourhead
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk

National Trust Gardens Podcast | Stourhead Oct 20, 2016

Show notes

Enjoy these classic episodes from our pilot series. For deeper dives into history, nature and adventure be sure to check out our most recent episodes.
Beginning the series on his home turf, Gardener and presenter Alan Power takes a walk around Stourhead in Wiltshire, one of England’s greatest landscape gardens.
Its fabulous tree collection make autumn a favourite time of year for visitors, volunteers and staff alike. We find out what the walled garden tell us about life in the 18th century, and how dormice are thriving on the Stourhead Estate.
Discover more
For information about visiting Stourhead please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/stourhead
Follow the National Trust Podcast on your favourite podcast app. If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at podcasts@nationaltrust.org.uk
Plants Mentioned

Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia
Agapanthus africanus
Variegated Tulip Tree – (Liriodendron tulipifera aureomarginata)
Poplar trees / Trembling Poplar – European Aspen)
Birch – Betula
Cherries – Prunus Taihaku
Red Maple – Acer rubrum
Willow – Salix alba ‘Britzensis’
Japanese Maple – Acer palmatum
Handkerchief tree – Davidia involucrata seedlings – for tree nursery
Katsura trees – Cercidiphyllum
Guelder Rose – Viburnum opulus
Rowan – Sorbus aucuparia, commonly known as the Rowan or Mountain-ash
Whitebeam – Sorbus aria

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