Tree Lady Talks

Send us Fan Mail Following Julian Forbes Lairds 'And Another Thing' Episode, in Series 2 (Episode 7 & 18), we gave people the right to reply and so here is Jon Heuch, Arboricultural Consultant, who took us up on the offer.  Don't forget if you'd like to have your say about this subject, just get in touch via the website! For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive clic...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring Vanessa Keith, Principal of Studioteka in New York, who talks, amongst other things, about her book 2100: A Dystopian Utopia - The City After Climate Change , which is being made into a video game and is utterly inspiring and a very practical and clever way of engaging all age groups into delivering climate change reality through the education of gaming - check it out -...

Send us Fan Mail James' notes from his biog at https://jamesaldred.com ' I got my first proper break with the BBC in 1998 when they sent me to film in the rainforest canopy of Borneo. Since then I’ve been lucky to film in dozens of different countries and to spend long periods working in most of the worlds tropical rainforests. I’ve been honoured to provide camerawork for many high profi...

Send us Fan Mail From the Grown in Britain website :- In the UK, we import £7.8bn of foreign timber each year, whilst neglecting the potential of our own forests and woodlands. Only China imports more wood than the UK. Grown in Britain certification reduces unnecessary imports, by encouraging and supporting active and sustainable management of our own forests and woodlands. Dougal Driver, CEO, tal...

Send us Fan Mail This years conference was held at Loughborough, and the podcast contains contributions from Jill Butler, Ted Green, Russell Horsey, Keith Sacre and more, in roving interview style by The Tree Lady, Sharon Durdant-Hollamby.  See more about getting involved in the industry at the arboricultural association website Also interviewed was Mark Brays, Oklahoma Forestry Service Officer, d...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks podcast features Jim Chambers  from Tim Moya Associates talking to Sharon about the diseases that affect London Planes, including Neofusicoccum parvum, Inonotus hispidus, and massaria, to name but 3.  Also available on the treeladytalks.co.uk website and here at youtube with photos describing what Jim has found out,  For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive clic...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Wells is the Public Landscape Manager for the coastal City of Santa Monica in Southern California. Santa Monica strives to be a beacon of sustainable local government. Prior to this role, Matthew served as the Director of Tree Preservation for NYC Parks, an Arboricultural Officer for the London Borough of Camden, and a Tree Surgeon in his local English village. As a Charte...

Send us Fan Mail This bitesize episode centres on the interview Sharon had with Cath Wright, in our Mental Health and Nature Special , and following the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth , September 8th 2022. For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here. 

Send us Fan Mail Lyndsie Bourgon, author, oral historian, and 2018 National Geographic Explorer chats to Sharon about her new book, the Tree Thieves , which covers the subject of timber poaching. The book follows cases of redwood burl theft and maple and cedar poaching, and then branches out to consider the global timber trade and work being done by the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Forest Se...

Send us Fan Mail Extract from a previous episode with Peter Wohlleben, Series 2 Episode 15, The Heartbeat of Trees.  For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here. 

Send us Fan Mail Professor Roland Ennos is a visiting professor of biological sciences.  His book, 'The Wood Age', places wood at the centre of our evolution, history, and our future. For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here. 

Send us Fan Mail JFL provides an update on the case featured in his earlier podcast And Another Thing ,  explaining the successful outcome for his client: the prosecution was thrown out as an abuse of the process of the court, or, alternatively, because the prosecution related to an offence “unknown to law”. In a subsequent ruling, the Judge awarded JFL’s client a substantial six figure sum for co...

Send us Fan Mail  Astonishing events occur beneath the sea: a mysterious glow beckons at night, the smallest organisms play the largest role, and fish, who seem so taciturn, converse with each other—loudly.   But we only know a fraction of the sea, despite its size and intrigue—even the moon’s surface has been studied more than the ocean’s depths. In The Blue Wonder, marine biologist and diver Fra...

Send us Fan Mail On all your favourite platforms and at the  Tree Lady Talks website is Andrew Baker of the Woodland Carbon Code, telling all in this informative interview with Sharon about the UK situation with Carbon - sequestration, offsetting, and more.  Affectionately known as 'The Carbonator', he is on a mission, and he knows what he's talking about! Andy recently joined the W...

Send us Fan Mail After 5 years as a Forest Manager and another year as Carbon Project Manager with Tilhill, Andy recently joined the Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) team as their Woodland Carbon Markets Advisor. During his time at Tilhill he represented the ICF on the WCC Advisory Board, after achieving his professional membership in 2019. Working with landowners, investors and project developers, Andy...

Send us Fan Mail Peter Wohlleben is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language. He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate , published by Greystone Publishing which was translated from German into English in 2016. His new book, The Heartbeat of Trees , is out in June and this episode is desi...

Send us Fan Mail Peter Wohlleben is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language. He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate , published by Greystone Publishing which was translated from German into English in 2016. His new book, The Heartbeat of Trees , is out in June and this episode is desi...

Send us Fan Mail Before, during and after views of the situation that faced, and still is facing the people and the council of Sheffield, after the felling of five and a half thousand trees from 2017.  Featuring:- Christine King – STAG – on the Street Tree Partnership - website features the timeline of events that took place. Darren Butt - Sheffield Street Tree Strategist - Treeconomics website fo...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Shorley is the Urban Projects Officer for the Woodland Trust , and in this soundbite she delivers her dream scenario for Sheffield in the wake of the tree removals which is discussed in the full episode out this friday May 28th. Inspired by community activism for trees in her home city of Sheffield, Sarah joined the Woodland Trust in 2018 to lead the Tree Charter community m...

Send us Fan Mail One woman's soundbite, an extract taken from the full interview to be published on May 28th.  For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here. 

Send us Fan Mail Anna Parkin talks here about the nature recovery plan in collaboration with  Sheffield Green Parents and Kids Plant Trees have been joined by Rotherham Wildlife Trust , Sheffield Greenpeace , Sheffield Climate Alliance , The Diocese of Sheffield , Sheffield Friends of the Earth and more to declare a Nature Emergency for Sheffield. Get involved on your social media and support this...

Send us Fan Mail It all happens in a virtual coffee shop.  Michelle Ryan, Chair of the Arboricultural Association, has created a Women in Arb group, and for this episode, Sharon has joined her and a group of ladies in the profession to discuss everything from a woman's point of view. If you're looking to get into this profession, this is a fascinating insight from people who do it, and s...

Send us Fan Mail Michelle Ryan, Chair of the Arboricultural Association, talks to Sharon for this episode of Women in Arb.  For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here. 

Send us Fan Mail This is a taster of a long documentary entirely featuring women who are working in the arboricultural industry - tree surgeon, tree officer, arboricultural consultants, a career-changer,  a technical specialist, and the Chair of the Arboricultural Association.  And it's all conducted in a virtual coffee shop.   For more episodes in the Tree Lady Talks Archive click here. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Naomi explains the path her career took when a career in dance was set aside for a chance to work in arboriculture.  She explains:- Growing up in Bronx NY and studying dance and music throughout my formative years, I would never have imagined the professional life realized.  I studied Botany, Horticulture, Landscape Design, but nothing fit until my first hike in t...