33 episodes

A monthly podcast on how to garden for wildlife right at home with top-tips, plant ideas and even a book club!

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The Wildlife Garden Podcast The Wildlife Garden Podcast

    • Leisure
    • 4.9 • 97 Ratings

A monthly podcast on how to garden for wildlife right at home with top-tips, plant ideas and even a book club!

wildlifegardenpod.substack.com

    Ep. 33 Let It Bloom June! And a Spectacular Speedwell

    Ep. 33 Let It Bloom June! And a Spectacular Speedwell

    As we head into June we encourage you to leave the mower alone, with a little help from Plantlife. Then we have the second part of our interview with the fabulous Dr Abigail Lowe, talking about the preferred food for pollinators. And we polish things off with a stunning garden speedwell as our Native Plant of the Month, Veronica spicata ssp. spicata.
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    Find the podcast in your podcast app
    The Wildlife Garden Podcast | Facebook
    The Wildlife Garden Podcast (@thewildgdn) | Twitter
    Ellie’s Wellies – Organic Gardening | Facebook
    The Wild GDN | Youtube
    Websites for Wildlife Gardeners
    Garden Wildlife Recording Schemes
    Buzz Club
    Big Butterfly Count
    Big Garden Bird Watch
    BTO Garden BirdWatch
    Nature Overheard
    Bugs Matter
    Sightings
    Blackbird
    White-tailed Bumble Bee
    Poplar Hawk Moth
    Hedgehog
    Grey Heron
    Carrion Crow
    Wood Pigeon
    No Mow May
    Plantlife Guide To Liberating Your Lawn
    No Mow May The Right Way
    Wildlife Garden Forum Symposium
    Dr Abigail Lowe
    Nature Overheard Project
    Urban Nature Project
    Plants, pollinators and their interactions under global ecological change: The role of pollen DNA metabarcoding
    Shifts in honeybee foraging reveal historical changes in floral resources
    Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability
    Seasonal progression and differences in major floral resource use by bees and hoverflies in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape revealed by DNA metabarcoding
    Spiked Speedwell - Veronica spicata ssp. spicata
    Biological Flora of the British Isles: Veronica Spicata
    Botanical Society for Britain and Ireland Plant Atlas 2020
    RHS - Veronica spicata
    Gardeners World How to Grow Veronicas
    Early Bumblebee
    Buff-tailed Bumblebee
    White-tailed Bumble Bee
    Pantaloon Bee
    Yellow Legged Mining Bee
    Heath Fritillary


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    • 58 min
    Ep. 32 Interview: Dr Abigail Lowe and Windflower

    Ep. 32 Interview: Dr Abigail Lowe and Windflower

    This month we are thrilled to interview Dr Abigail Lowe, Community Science Officer at the Natural History Museum and an expert on plants and their pollinators. We also have a brief clip from the British Trust for Ornithology and a wildlife gardening correspondent too! If that’s not enough, we then look at a spring delight, the charming Windflower or Anemone nemorosa.
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    Our Links
    Find the podcast in your podcast app
    The Wildlife Garden Podcast | Facebook
    The Wildlife Garden Podcast (@thewildgdn) | Twitter
    Ellie’s Wellies – Organic Gardening | Facebook
    The Wild GDN | Youtube
    Websites for Wildlife Gardeners
    Sightings
    Hairy-footed flower bee - Bumblebee Conservation Trust
    Lacewings
    Two-pronged Bristletails
    Red Dead-Nettle
    Greenfinch
    Wildlife Garden Forum Symposium
    All WLGF talks
    Rob Jaques - Observing extreme weather events through weekly garden wildlife records
    Dr Abigail Lowe
    Nature Overheard Project
    Urban Nature Project
    Plants, pollinators and their interactions under global ecological change: The role of pollen DNA metabarcoding
    Shifts in honeybee foraging reveal historical changes in floral resources
    Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability
    Seasonal progression and differences in major floral resource use by bees and hoverflies in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape revealed by DNA metabarcoding
    Anemone nemorosa
    Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) (plantlife.org.uk)
    Anemone nemorosa L. in BSBI Online Plant Atlas 2020
    Bilberry bumblebee - Bumblebee Conservation Trust
    Melanostoma mellinum | NatureSpot
    Platycheirus discimanus | Flickr
    The Fern | UKmoths
    Endophytus anemones [Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects (ukflymines.co.uk)
    Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana | UKmoths
    Save The Trees Of Armarda Way
    STRAW Plymouth (Save the TRees of Armada Way)



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    • 1 hr 10 min
    Ep. 31 The Garden Jungle and Holly

    Ep. 31 The Garden Jungle and Holly

    Join us in our Garden Jungle with a fabulous book by Professor Dave Goulson. If that's not enough, we have brand new research from Professor Goulson's team on garden birds and we look at a fabulous tree for wildlife, the native Holly.
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Ep. 30 A Riotous Rainbow of Winter Colour

    Ep. 30 A Riotous Rainbow of Winter Colour

    Gardens should be full of flower all year round! In this episode we prove you can have every colour of the rainbow brightening your garden this winter. Then pucker up for our Native Plant of the Month: Mistletoe.
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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Ep. 29 The Deadwood is ALIVE! With Silver Birch

    Ep. 29 The Deadwood is ALIVE! With Silver Birch

    It's sometimes said that wood is most alive when it is dead. In this episode we delve deep into the rotten world of deadwood and discover the fascinating range of creatures that rely on it. We then pick one tree in particular, the stunning Silver Birch for our 'Native Plant of the Month'.
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Ep. 28 Should we Rewild our Gardens? Plus...the Hart’s Tongue

    Ep. 28 Should we Rewild our Gardens? Plus...the Hart’s Tongue

    A big question many wildlife gardeners may have asked themselves...should we Rewild our gardens? After a chat about our opinion, we get 'fernatical' about the Hart's Tongue, the first fern as part of our native plant of the month!
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    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
97 Ratings

97 Ratings

CThreap ,

Podcast for the soul!

I recently discovered this podcast as I started a new job with a long commute. I absolutely adore the funny friendly conversations about wildlife gardening. Really informative as well. I’m a keen wildlife gardener and there is something here for everyone from experts to absolute novices. I’m glad in a way that I’m late to discovering this because it means I get to binge a load of episodes in one go (I’m 11 episodes in with about 22 to go!) Keep up the good work guys, long may it continue!

Jenny Seapink ,

Inspirational & informative

I’m a new listener and absolutely loving the content which is conveyed in such a friendly and helpful manner. Recommend to all who want to understand more about bringing wildlife into your outside spaces.

Rich27863 ,

Top pod

If you are in to wildlife gardening, this is the best I’ve come across. Enthusiastic, knowledgeable and approachable even if you are a beginner like me!

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