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  • Resilient Nature

    Resilient Nature
    Feb 2 2024
    Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate, Alasdair Moor, is joined by our Seed Guardian, Katie Kingett, to delve into the wonderful world of seeds. Alasdair also discusses the stubborn nature of our Rhododendrons and elaborates on how our historic Flower Garden wall has become an integral part of the garden’s ecosystem with Head Gardener, Nicola Bradley.

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    25 Min.
  • Winter Crafting - Lodges, dams and Lost Apples

    Winter Crafting - Lodges, dams and Lost Apples
    Jan 4 2024
    Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Toby Davies for an update from the beaver enclosure, and discusses the fine art of Cider with Martin Renwick. 

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    27 Min.
  • Beyond the fertile crescent

    Beyond the fertile crescent
    Jun 23 2023
    Heligan’s Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by guests Andrew Omerod, Andy Wilson, Paul Doidge, Yoko Briggs and Louis Duddridge. It’s High Summer at Heligan, and time for a solstice celebration. We discuss Emmer Wheat and its role as the foundation of human experience, agriculture, civilisation but also colonialism, check in on Heligan’s ongoing glass-house restoration, and discover the joys of summer found in the Flower Garden and Pig Palace alike. 

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    54 Min.
  • The Earth’s Skin – Part 2

    The Earth’s Skin – Part 2
    May 30 2023
    In this second two-part episode Heligan Co-Founder Sir Tim Smit is joined by biologist Merlin Sheldrake. Their walk through Heligan’s historic Productive Gardens encompasses plant evolution, post-apocalyptic food security and the nuances of worm twanging.  

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    34 Min.
  • The Earth’s Skin – Part 1

    The Earth’s Skin – Part 1
    Mar 17 2023
    Starting a new season of Beauty in All Things, in the first of a two-part episode Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Professor Karl Ritz. Join them in the Melon Yard as they discuss and digest the mysteries of our planet’s richest resource; soil.

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    20 Min.
  • Balance and Bounty

    Balance and Bounty
    Sep 30 2022
    As the season turns at Heligan we pause, and Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore celebrates the joys of the autumn equinox. From chutney to cyder, seeds to shire horses there is a rich fullness to this time of year which we’re sharing with our friends at Gillyflower, The Sensory Trust, John Marchant Gallery and the Cornish Heavy Horse Society.

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    29 Min.