The Meaning of Trees Podcast
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.
https://linktr.ee/themeaningoftreespodcast
Episodes
41 episodes
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,...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 41
•
31:45
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 ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 40
•
38:06
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 wher...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 39
•
40:23
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...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 38
•
50:49
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...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 37
•
29:57
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...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 36
•
44:48
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 histor...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 35
•
49:07
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 qui...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 34
•
56:27
Rainforest Communicator - Alejandra Hart - E33
Alejandra Hart is a writer and Woodland Trust Communications Officer whose heartfelt stories inspire people to care more deeply about temperate rainforest restoration in the UK.Tom and co-host, Arifah Sheikh, learn about the unique meeti...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 33
•
47:27
Worm Guy - Kevin Chase - E32
Forest Entomologist, Kevin Chase Ph.D, is a Researcher with Bartlett Tree Experts who grew up in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania, USA.Tom and Kevin talk about their special collaboration around worms, unearth what makes these h...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 32
•
46:26
Bonsai Collector - Amelia Williams - E31
Bonsai connoisseur, Amelia Williams, has been studying and working with trees of all sizes for more than 20 years, most recently as Director of UK tree consultancy firm - the Arb Company.Tom and Amelia zoom in on the miniature world of t...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 31
•
53:19
The Mystery Guest - E30
Tom meets a mystery guest in what ends up being a particularly revealing interview for him personally...Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcast channels and content here: https:...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 30
•
30:38
IN ARBORETUM Filmmaker - Kate Colenbrander - E29
Kate Colenbrander is a Canadian filmmaker, photographer, writer and UCL Anthropology graduate who brings hidden stories to light from beneath the surface of mainstream conversation.Tom and Kate discuss her provocative new film - In Arbor...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 29
•
54:34
Deep Time Forest Researcher - Elena Pearce - E28
Elena Pearce is a post-doctoral Researcher with Aarhus University in Denmark with a special curiosity in what Europe’s forest ecology was like before the last ice age.Hear her explanation of the long term warming and cooling cycles of ou...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 28
•
37:05
Big Tree Hunter - Fred Breglia - @bigtreehunters - E27
Fred Breglia is Director of the Landis Arboretum in Upstate New York and a huge advocate for the protection of old growth forests and champion trees, connecting more than 1.5 million tree enthusiasts from around the world through his much loved...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 27
•
46:46
Ancient Tree Ecologist - Vikki Bengtsson - E26
As a founding member of the Ancient Tree Forum, Vikki Bengtsson has studied Europe's veteran trees and their special ecology for more than 30 years and her latest research remains at the cutting edge of tree related-science.Tom and Vikki...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 26
•
44:19
Artist & Father - Luke Adam Hawker - @lukeadamhawker - E25
Luke Adam Hawker is a tree-inspired artist, a devoted father, a Sunday Times best selling author and a Woodland Trust ambassador.After a short walk in the Surrey Hills, Tom and Luke sit down to discuss the timeless powers of trees in sto...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 25
•
52:43
Wild Boar Expert - Chantal Lyons - E24
Chantal Lyons is author of ‘Groundbreakers: The Return of Britain’s Wild Boar’ and has spent the past few years immersing herself into the world of megafauna.After walking in the Forest of Dean, Tom and Chantal discuss wild boars’ specia...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 24
•
48:16
iTaukei Mental Health Advocate - Meli Tanuku - E23
Meli Tanuku Nakauvadra is a Counselling and Education student at Fiji's National University and a strong advocate for mental health awareness in indigenous iTaukei culture.Tom and Meli talk about why trees and natural spaces matter so mu...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 23
•
25:53
The Mythical Seacraft - E22
The story of Na Waqa Drua, a revolutionary project to create a giant twin-hulled, wind-powered ocean canoe combining ancient and cutting edge technologies in a shared mission to sail around the world.Tom interviews Carson Young and his d...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 22
•
15:10
Ministry of Forestry Official - Sanjana Lal - E21
Sanjana Lal is Fiji’s national Conservator of Forests and heads up the Fijian Government’s Ministry of Forestry department, advocating for sustainable forest stewardship in a country with 61% tree cover where 80% of the land is owned and inhabi...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 21
•
26:01
Intangible Heritage Protector - Simione Sevudredre - E20
Simione Sevudredre is one of Fiji’s best-known advocates when it comes to protecting indigenous heritage and human rights in the South Pacific.Tom and Simione chat in depth about Fijian totem trees, the humble coconut, Fijian tribal valu...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 20
•
48:58
SENTINELS Videographer - Pita Yee - @woahstudiosfj - E19
Season 2 kicks off with guest host Arifah interviewing Tom on his return from Fiji alongside talented Videographer and Woah Studios Director, Pita Yee.We learn about the making of their new documentary - 'Sentinels: Protecting Fiji's Her...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 19
•
54:04
The Meaning of Trees Podcast Creator - Tom Hill - E18
Friend of the podcast, Arifah Sheikh, takes charge of this end of season special as Tom turns guest for the day before interviewing his 10 year old daughter to find out what trees mean to her.Find links to all The Meaning of Trees Podcas...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 18
•
59:10
Ancient Tree Doctor - Reg Harris - E17
Reg Harris is an arborist and veteran tree consultant that works on highly prestigious trees like the famous Major Oak at Sherwood Forest.Tom and Reg chat about the lifelong impressions a chance meeting with an indigenous North American ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 17
•
55:57
