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Mabey in the Wild

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Series 1

Natural history series presented by Richard Mabey

Mabey in the Wild: Series 2: Elm, Beech And Holly

Elm, Beech And Holly

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - Mabey in the Wild, Series 2, Elm, Beech And Holly

Richard Mabey considers the cultural and natural history of the Elm, Beech and Holly.

Richard Mabey in the New Forest tells the natural and cultural history of three British trees - Holly, Beech and Elm. From 2013.

Richard Mabey is that rare species - a gifted writer who can talk about the natural world in a way that interweaves botany, personal insights, intellectual history, art, memoir, poetry and an account of man's relationship with Nature.

Here he turns his attention to three favourite trees in the British landscape - the much-battered Elm, the festive Holly and his own 'personal' tree, the Beech.

Recorded on location in the New Forest his guests include the naturalist Clive Chatters and founder of Common Ground, Susan Clifford.

Producer:  Susan Marling

A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2013.

Mabey in the Wild: Series 2

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Naturalist Richard Mabey presents two programmes about British trees

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