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The Meaning of Trees Podcast explores the many ways that trees remain quietly essential to all our lives today. Ancient Tree Specialist, Tom Hill, uncovers his guests' personal histories with trees and forests, investigates our basic human dependency upon them and shines a light on how they continue to connect us to each other and to other living things.
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- Sep 20, 202531 min
Girl in a Tree – Bianca Thomas - @girlinatree – E41
Bianca Thomas is a climbing arborist whose sole purpose in life has become to learn and gather wisdom from trees, following an ayahuasca induced epiphany that she’s never looked back from. In this end of season special with a final twist, Bianca tells Tom why trees have become her most trusted of guides since leaving behind a career in molecular biology, how her newfound partners are connecting her to an ever-expanding network of other tree inspired people and why the margins of convers...
- Sep 13, 202538 min
Natural Burial Site Owner - Simon Ferrar - E40
TEDx speaker, Simon Ferrar, is founder and creator of Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground, a multi award winning nature reserve where people are laid to rest sustainably, in harmony with natural processes. Tom gets Simon's thoughts on how trees are like silent watchers over our lives, learns about the ancient burial practices coming back to life at Clandon Wood and asks for advice on how best to plan for his own death one day. Find out more about Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground here -...
- Sep 6, 202540 min
Tree Hugging Lawyer - Sarah Dodd - E39
Sarah Dodd is CEO and founder of the UK’s first and only law firm specialising solely in tree-specific legal and protection issues. With the dust still settling after the Sycamore Gap trial, Tom gets Sarah’s expert opinion on exactly where this world famous case now leaves us, what might have motivated those who felled the iconic tree that night and how likely a similar event might be tomorrow. Learn more about Sarah’s firm, Tree Law, here: https://www.treelaw.co.uk/ Check out the...
- Aug 30, 202550 min
Tree Bat Guru - Jim Mulholland - E38
Jim Mulholland is a bat and veteran tree specialist with a knack for leaving a big impression in the expert talks and training courses he delivers. In this wide-ranging interview, recorded at Savernake Forest, Tom and Jim cover everything from bat poo, bat discos and Batman to neurodiversity in the scientific communities Jim is a part of and why Die Hard's opening scene is something we could all learn a thing or two from. Sign up for Jim's Bats & Trees Masterclass training here: https://b...
- Aug 23, 202529 min
Epping Forest Biodiversity Officer - Andy Froud - E37
Nobody knows Epping Forest quite like Andy Froud, a man who has spent the past quarter century looking after its 55,000 veteran trees and getting up close and personal with the super-rare wildlife that lives in and alongside them. Tom and Andy chat about his early years spent in West Ham Park, the challenges of managing a vast ancient forest just 15 miles from Big Ben and how to correctly identify a daddy long legs. Learn more about Epping Forest here: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-t...
- Aug 9, 202544 min
Fungal Ecologist - Professor Lynne Boddy - E36
Lynne Boddy is Professor of Mycology at Cardiff University and has been a true pioneer in progressing our knowledge of much maligned but essential tree and forest fungal communities for the past 50 years. Tom and Lynne discuss some of the strangest and rarest fungi hiding in our woods, why the Wood Wide Web concept definitely needs more work and dive deep into the unsexy world of rot and wood decay. Check out Lynne’s brilliant videos on wood decay and tree fungi as part of Ancient Tree Forum’...
- Aug 2, 202549 min
Heritage Trees Specialist - Julian Hight - E35
Julian Hight is a heritage trees author and storyteller who has travelled the globe in search of nature’s oldest veterans and the timeless tales we attach to them. He chats with Tom about his many tree-inspired adventures, the rich historical and sacred significance of trees he’s encountered and why Windsor’s age-defying ancients continue to leave him awestruck. Check out Julian’s brilliant range of books here: https://worldtreestory.my-free.website/ Book on to one of Julian’s upcoming tree t...
- Jul 26, 202556 min
Tree Architecturalist - Tom Joye - E34
Dubbed “the education of the eye” by its founders, Tree Architecture is an alternative way of seeing and interpreting trees and ex-forester, Tom Joye, has been leading sold out courses on the subject for some years now in the UK, creating a quiet revolution in how we think about and manage the trees we look after. Tom shares the core perspective-shifting principles and language behind this new branch of science, explains why many trees in Belgium are at a disadvantage and takes us to meet one...
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The Meaning of Trees Podcast explores the many ways that trees remain quietly essential to all our lives today. Ancient Tree Specialist, Tom Hill, uncovers his guests' personal histories with trees and forests, investigates our basic human dependency upon them and shines a light on how they continue to connect us to each other and to other living things.
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