The Cerne Giant Festival is almost here once again and organiser Jane Still tells us what events will be happening, in particular wildlife gardening • Hannah Bourne-Taylor ardent and tireless campaigner to have swift bricks installed in all new builds, gives an update on her 18-month long campaign, which has received cross-party support in the Lords and the Commons • Prof Andrew Gosler, Professor of Ethno-Ornithology at Oxford University, with more delightful stories as to how our familiar songbirds got their folk names • and Mike Burks, MD of the Gardens Group, which includes Poundbury Garden Centre, on efforts to reduce and eliminate the sale of peat-based garden compost • Jenny Devitt is your host…
Jenny Devitt