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Wild Tales | Nature Podcast - National Trust Gardens Podcast | Festive Decorations

National Trust Gardens Podcast | Festive Decorations

11/24/16 • 5 min

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Wild Tales | Nature Podcast
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 [email protected]
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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 [email protected]

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National Trust Gardens Podcast | Walled Gardens

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 [email protected]

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National Trust Gardens Podcast | Sissinghurst

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'
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 [email protected]

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