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  1. Gardens of the National Trust | Cliveden

    10 augustus 2017 · 24 min

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    Set high above the Thames, the grounds of Cliveden House are home to a world famous parterre, Japanese Garden and topiary-lined long walk.
    Around every corner you’ll find stories of mystery, decadence and the fame and misfortune of Britain’s political elite.
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    We take you behind the scenes of the Trust and shed light on some of the techniques our staff and volunteers use to keep the gardens at Cliveden looking spectacular all year round.

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    For information about visiting Cliveden please visit
    https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/cliveden

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  2. National Trust Gardens Podcast | No Dig Gardening

    15 december 2016 · 6 min

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    Clay soil can be tough and difficult to work with. Gardeners in the veg garden at Sissinghurst explain how no dig gardening has worked deliciously well to provide fresh vegetables to our restaurant…even when it’s snowing outside!

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    For information about visiting Sissinghurst Castle Garden please visit
    https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/sissinghurst-castle-garden

    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

  3. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Meadows

    8 december 2016 · 6 min

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    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!

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    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

    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

  4. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Sissinghurst

    1 december 2016 · 24 min

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    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.

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    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'

    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

  5. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Festive Decorations

    24 november 2016 · 6 min

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    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.

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    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

  6. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Walled Gardens

    17 november 2016 · 6 min

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    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.

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    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

  7. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Croome

    10 november 2016 · 22 min

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    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...

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    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

  8. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Pelargoniums

    3 november 2016 · 6 min

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    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.

    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

  9. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Compost

    27 oktober 2016 · 5 min

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    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

  10. National Trust Gardens Podcast | Stourhead

    20 oktober 2016 · 23 min

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    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.

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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

    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