Episodes

  • 4. Why don't we love dandelions?
    May 30 2021

    In the latest episode of the #wildflowerhour podcast, Isabel Hardman talks to botanist Joshua Styles about his love of dandelions and the many different species you can find growing wild in Britain and Ireland. She also hears from author Jon Dunn about lockdown botany, and we're off on another wild flower hunt with Leif Bersweden.

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    28 mins
  • 3: Under Milkwort
    May 16 2021

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    33 mins
  • 2: Get to know wild orchids
    Mar 12 2021

    The #wildflowerhour podcast finds out how you can identify orchids even when they're not in flower, hears more about your favourite plants, learns about a proper wild flower lawn, and goes on another one of those walks with Leif Bersweden. Presented by Isabel Hardman.

     

    Britain's Orchids: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691177618/britains-orchids

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    35 mins
  • 1: The flowers on our streets
    Feb 27 2021

    Isabel Hardman presents the first in a new series of the Wild Flower (Half) Hour podcast. She meets Sophie Leguil, who runs the More Than Weeds campaign, and hears from BBC presenters Chris Packham and Martha Kearney about their favourite wild flowers. Rebecca Wheeler introduces the challenges for the next two weeks of #wildflowerhour and Leif Bersweden takes us on a wild flower walk. 

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    29 mins
  • 20: Men who stare at orchids
    Jun 24 2018
    The latest episode of the #wildflowerhour podcast includes an interview with a man who has created a wild orchid haven in his back garden, a look at Orchid Hunter Leif Bersweden's adventures studying orchids for his PhD, and another one of those lovely readings from Zoe Devlin's book, Blooming Marvellous.
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    29 mins
  • 19: Hutton Roof
    May 27 2018
    Isabel Hardman visits Hutton Roof, a massive limestone pavement in Cumbria, with Bryan Yorke, who studies the rare orchids that grow there.
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    32 mins
  • 18: Plants ARE cool
    May 14 2018
    In the latest #wildflowerhour podcast, Isabel Hardman challenges Dr Jonathan Mitchley of the University of Reading to explain why plants are important and even cool. We also hear a reading from Zoe Devlin's lovely book, Blooming Marvellous, and find out about why Dom Price from the Species Recovery Trust likes to lie down in fields and stare at ants. More information on #wildflowerhour on [wildflowerhour.co.uk](wildflowerhour.co.uk)
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    36 mins
  • 17: A violet obsession
    May 1 2018
    In the latest episode of the #wildflowerhour podcast, we find out about Moira O’Donnell’s love of violets, discover one of your favourite nature reserves, and learn about the fight to save Oxfordshire’s endangered plants.
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    27 mins