Tree Lady Talks

Silvija discusses her forest social science study on how people engage with green spaces. For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here.

Dallas Campbell, a science communicator and television presenter, discusses his early life, career in television, and fascination with space exploration. He reminisces about past collaborations and the creation of the TV program Britain Beneath Your Feet. Dallas emphasizes the importance of popularizing science and making it accessible to the general public. He also explores the im

Jim is an ecologist and arboriculturist, specialising in veteran trees and bats. Jim is the director of Bats Research & Training, where he helps professionals train for a bat licence. When he is not running the business he works for the Vincent Wildlife Trust, as a senior bat conservation officer.Jim’s current research interests include; improving how we survey trees for bats

This week Sharon speaks to Patrick Worms, Senior Science Policy Advisor for Centre for International Forestry research and World Agroforestry. President, IUAF - the International Union of AgroforestryVice-President, EURAF – the European Agroforestry FederationTrustee, Savanna InstituteSenior Fellow, EGA – the Evergreening Global AllianceSteering Committee Member, ILLP - Initiat

Lynne Boddy is Professor of Fungal Ecology at Cardiff University UK. She has taught and researched into the ecology of fungi associated with trees and wood decomposition for 45 years. Her research focuses on understanding how fungal mycelia behave in the natural world, climate change effects on fungi, antagonistic interactions between fungi, and development of fungal communities in

Catherine Nuttgens is the Urban Programme Lead for the Woodland Trust. She has a project management background connecting people to nature and landscape; as well as working in arboriculture in the urban environment. Her work has had themes such as tree equity, landscape heritage, ancient woodland, heritage crafts, outdoor play and forest schools. She was also tree officer for Sheff

Sharon Durdant-Hollamby, the Tree Lady, introduces the podcast which, since its beginnings in July 2020, has reached over 50 countries, and is now in its 4th season. Subscribe here to make sure you don't miss any episodes - available wherever you get your podcasts! For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here.

Ben is Co-Founder of Forestree, the new generation of Tree Management purpose built for Local Government. Here he talks to Sharon about all things arb in Australia. Click here for the link to his talk at TreeNet whilst he worked for the City of Burnside - all about innovation in urban forestry. Treenet is a National non-for-profit organisation here in Australia that does wonderful

Join Sharon and Gabriel as they discuss a wondrous seasonal journey through Britain and Ireland’s trees in his new book , The Tree Almanac 2024.This is a Christmas Tree Special! What is better for the environment, a real or plastic tree? What is your Celtic Tree Zodiac? What terms can we bring back to use? All this, with poetry, science and the history of our Christmas decoration

Why is gardening so good for us? What is the science behind the benefits for the body, mind and soul? What is so good about healthy soil for our health. All this and the importance of social prescribing.Richard Claxton trained at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School, qualifying in 1996. Initially he worked in South East London, specialising in paediatrics. He then complet