Stories and secrets from National Trust’s beautiful and historic gardens. Each episode, Alan Power, Head Gardener at Stourhead, visits a different property to explore the gardens, discover the wildlife, and meet the people who love and look after these special places. We'd love to know what you thought of this series to help us make more of them in the future. Please let us know in our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/gardens-survey
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2024-04-18 | Join us as we celebrate the season of blossom with poetry and music written and produced by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his band LYR. In this episode, Simon shares the inspiration behind his poetry, and the band discuss how they produced the song ... |
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2024-04-03 | In the 1930s, the mysterious Ferguson’s Gang captivated the British public with their daring and unusual stunts. Led by the enigmatic “Bill Stickers”, the group was unlike any other gangsters of the era. They were mask-wearing, all-women activists who ... |
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2024-03-28 | Google Podcasts is coming to an end between April and June this year. To keep up with the National Trust Podcast please follow or subscribe using an alternative app. Spotify - https://spoti.fi/4a88H3d Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/4a1nH2N Youtube... |
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2024-03-21 | National Trust Podcast is back with a new collection of immersive tales in nature, history and adventure. Look out for Series 8 launching 4 April. Travel to the 1930s to unmask the eccentric Ferguson’s Gang, find out how the felling of the Sycamore G... |
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2023-12-14 | For the past few years Holnicote Estate, Exmoor National Park, has been home to furry inhabitants engineering a solution to local flooding, and developing a habitat not seen in the UK for centuries. Â In this episode we revisit the site to check in on ... |
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2023-10-12 | Growing up, Drag Queen Misty Monique thought it was a bit unfair that at the weddings she went to, men wore suits while women could wear a variety of outfits and costumes. Discovering drag opened a whole new world of expression and also a means to ent... |
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2023-09-21 | Embark on the last voyage of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship and learn how its discovery changed our understanding of a civilisation. In 1939, archaeologists uncovered a “ghost ship” under the acidic sandy soil of Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk. Now, presenter Ja... |
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2023-09-07 | In March 1939 a group of 23 children and their two adult guardians stepped off a coach in Waddesdon village, Buckinghamshire. The arrivals were Jewish refugees who had escaped Nazi Germany, where they’d been forced to leave behind their homes and loved... |
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2023-08-24 | Join a global tech treasure hunt and explore an unusual ancient landscape. Discover the thrills of Geocaching and peer into hidey holes at Brimham Rocks, a 320 million year old site, once home to ancient reptiles the size of cars, Druids and Victoria... |
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2023-08-10 | Join a tour of a garden designed for pleasure, as we relive its party heyday. Claremont in Surrey once played host to events described as the lovechild of Glastonbury Festival and a Buckingham Palace garden party. Presenter James Grasby uncovers the ... |
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