Beauty in All Things

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.

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. 

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. 

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.  

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.

This month on our podcast Beauty in All Things, Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is joined by Horticultural Advisor Philip McMillan Browse to discuss the finer points of the origins of apples. We also chat with Kathleen Kendall about her family – her father was Heligan’s last gardener before the gardens fell into complete disarray, as well as finding out about the very rare inhabitants of our record-breaking bug hotel, Bugginghum Palace.

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.

It’s late summer at Heligan, and Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore is out in Valentines Field, walking the Eight Fold Year and talking with Dr Grace Twiston-Davies about wildflower collection. Here we learn about the wildflower crop, and gently move towards Harvest, and the promise of Autumn. 

In June at Heligan Head of Gardens and Estate Alasdair Moore chats with Laura Chesterfield in our magical Shepherd’s huts. They’ll be discussing why it’s so important to give nature a voice – and we join Laura in her conversation with Dame Judi Dench and David Mills, reminiscing about a rather special oak tree and a cheeky red squirrel.