
Fungi and the Tree of the Year
How Wales’ grassland fungi can tell us where our ancient meadows survive; a man on a mission to plant 10,000 oak trees and a beech tree that's not backwards in coming forwards!
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Hydro - accusations the hydropower sector has been "abandoned" after a key grant is scrapped.
Farming Seaweed - it provides an important habitat for marine life and is the first link in the aquatic food chain and it's also a nutritious healthy food for us! We're well used to Laverbread in Wales but are we making enough of seaweed? We hear from the director of a company who wants to farm it off the Pembrokeshire coast and believes seaweed farming is the future and not just for food
Fungi - can you help spot waxcap fungi in your local lawns, parks or the wider countryside this autumn? Plantlife would love to hear from you via a new "WaxcApp" to help them identify Wales’s remaining fragments of species-rich grassland.
Oak trees - why 78 year old Jeff Lewis from Gorseinon is on a mission to plant 10,000 native Oak Trees by Christmas!Wales' Tree of the Year - we meet this year's winner, the Chapter House tree. Surrounded by history, it stands in the shadows of a 17th century Orangery and amid the ruins of the 12th century Cistercian Abbey at Margam Park, near Port Talbot. In a few week's time the overall UK winner will be chosen, if successful it will be entered into the European tree of the year competition.
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- Sun 22 Nov 202007:00BBC Radio Wales
- Wed 25 Nov 202018:30BBC Radio Wales
- Thu 26 Nov 202005:30BBC Radio Wales
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