Trees A Crowd
Episodes
Dr William C. Tweed: The secret histories of John Muir’s Giant Redwoods
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr William C. Tweed is a lover of Big Trees - the Giant Redwoods of California to be precise. An historian and naturalist, he has a career spanning ov...
Serena Manteghi: Ophelia and Shakespeare's floral secrets
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The third and final of our "Wildlfower Women" trilogy comes in the form a scene of Shakespearean serenity, unfolding upon the banks of the River Ouse ...
Rosalind Forbes Adam: The field of dreams at the Woodmeadow Trust
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosalind Forbes Adam is the founder and project leader of the Woodmeadow Trust in York, formerly the Hagges Woods Trust. The idea of “raising tomorr...
Jennie Martin: Foraging, fungi and forest bathing in lockdown
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jennie Martin is an ethnobotanist and conservationist with a particular interest in ethnomycology and nature literacy. The founder, and 15 year execut...
Life on Langholm Moor: Wild justice and community spirit seeking the raptors’ return
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of "Trees A Crowd", David Oakes looks into the world of wildlife crime and discusses the benefits of one of the largest planned ...
Dara McAnulty: The young naturalist providing new perspectives on old problems
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dara McAnulty is a 16 year old naturalist and writer from Northern Ireland. His love for nature burgeoning at a young age, he began collecting feather...
Éanna Ní Lamhna (Part 2): The trees of Ireland and our snake-free run up to the sixth extinction
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our conversation with Ireland’s favourite naturalist, Éanna Ní Lamhna, the broadcasting force of nature explains how St Patrick is ...
Éanna Ní Lamhna (Part 1): The force of nature teaching teachers about the Emerald Isle
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Éanna Ní Lamhna is undoubtedly Ireland’s favourite naturalist and broadcaster. She has served as the president of the Tree Council of Ireland, sec...
Alastair Humphreys: Living adventurously, yet learning how to love home
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alastair Humphreys, named as one of National Geographic’s adventurers of the year, has walked, cycled and climbed over seemingly every surface of th...
"Curlew" by Bella Hardy
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The uninterrupted world premiere of Bella Hardy's song "Curlew", as featured in our "World Curlew Day" episode - https://www.treesacrowd.fm/world-curl...
CURL-EW-PHORIA!
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why the duck is everyone wacky about this wonderful wader? In this special episode of Trees A Crowd, David Oakes calls on friends in lockdown to discu...
Alastair Gunn: Roses, wildflowers and tending ‘to the manor’s thorn’
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third and final episode of the Castle Howard trilogy, you’re introduced to head of gardens and landscapes, Alastair Gunn. Starting in one of ...
Nick Cooke: Beneath the boughs with bluebells and brambles
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the Castle Howard trilogy, meet the head of forestry, Nick Cooke. Nick has been part of the team looking after the estate sin...
Nick Howard: Heritage, home and honing the Howard’s way
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We begin this trilogy of episodes at Castle Howard, with Nick Howard himself. Most recognisable to the public from the television show “Brideshead R...
Luci Ryan: A hidden battle against HS2 to preserve five ancient woodlands
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David, speaking here as an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust, is joined in conversation by Luci Ryan, an ecologist and Lead Policy Advocate for conser...
Dr Helen Pheby: Sculpture for sheep, and rhubarb trains; the place ‘Extraordinary’ can happen
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Helen Pheby is the head of curatorial programmes at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Set in 500 acres of historic parkland, the park has provided a “gal...
Edward Davey: Learning how to feed the planet in response to COVID-19
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Davey is the Director of Geographic Deep Dives for the World Resources Institute and the Food and Land Use Coalition. Here, David and Ed speak ...
Tim Pears: Foraging fables from the hedgerows of the West Country
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Pears is a multi-award-winning author. His novel ‘In a Land of Plenty’ was made into a 10-part drama series for the BBC, and he’s just publi...
Rob Rose & Nat Stoppard: Food as a by-product of conservation at Rosewood Farm
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosewood Farm makes its home in the Lower Derwent Valley, deep in the Yorkshire Ings. Here, Rob Rose, his partner Natalie Stoppard, and their award-wi...
Ingrid Newkirk: One woman and ‘Animalkind’; the tale of PETA’s rabbits
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ingrid Newkirk is an animal rights activist, author, and the president of PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – and after 40 years...
Dr Bryce Stewart: The man who writes his phone number on lobsters
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bryce Stewart is a marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, and is currently a lecturer for the Department of Environment and Geography at the Uni...
Dr Catherine Barlow: No puffins were harmed in the making of this golden eagle podcast
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Catherine Barlow is project manager of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project, and previously worked on the ground-breaking Osprey Translocatio...
Mark Carwardine: "Don’t ever french-kiss a Narwhal”... and other words of wisdom
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Carwardine is a zoologist, leading conservationist, broadcaster and photographer. He came to prominence through his book and BBC documentary seri...
Joanna Lentini: Swimming with crocodiles to photograph her fears
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna Lentini is an underwater photographer and adventurer. She runs ‘Deep Focus Images’, a company that organises trips for those interested in ...
Victoria Bromley: Producing wildlife documentaries and inspiring the next generation
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Bromley is a wildlife filmmaker and part of the BBC’s natural history unit. She has produced some of their most recognisable programmes, in...
Dr Richard Benwell: Carbon footprints and coots’ feet; the Greenman running in Wantage
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Richard Benwell is the chief executive of England's largest environmental coalition. He has worked at the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, the Royal Soc...
Dr Jo Elworthy: Living in Eden – how to leave the world better than you found it
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jo Elworthy is a botanist and the director of interpretation at the Eden Project in Cornwall. She’s been involved with Eden since its inception, ...
Sir John Lawton: The wit, wisdom and winged omens of the man who would re-wild Chernobyl
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Sir John Lawton is a fellow of the Royal Society, president of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and chair of the Endangered Landscapes Programme...
Amanda Owen: Deep in the Dales with the Yorkshire Shepherdess
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Owen is a farmer, known to readers and television viewers worldwide as the ‘Yorkshire Shepherdess’. With her husband Clive and their nine c...
The Art of Trees: Live from the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Woodland Trust
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Trees have captured the imagination of some of Britain’s most important landscape painters, with artists including John Constable and Paul Nash insp...
Harry Barton: Balancing Wildlife in Devon and a Vision of Natural Justice
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Barton is the chief executive of the Devon Wildlife Trust. He has worked for nearly 25 years in the environmental sector, including spells at th...
Tannis Davidson: Bulletproof elephants, 3D-printing a quagga and cloning thylacines
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tannis Davidson is the curator of the Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College London. From unearthing the dismembered ar...
Chris Watson (Part Two): If a podcast is recorded in a forest, and no one is around to hear it…
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the conversation with Chris Watson, following on from the recordings made during the dawn chorus. Chris is a legendary soun...
Chris Watson (Part One): The winds catching the conifers – and the secrets of the dawn chorus
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Watson is the president of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society. He’s worked on a range of television and radio documentaries, alongside the l...
Dr Jess French: Two legs, good – six legs, better! One woman and her many minibeasts
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jess French is a veterinary surgeon, writer and television presenter. She fronts the CBeebies show Minibeast Adventureand has recently published th...
Dr Terry Gough: Sowing seeds in the flowerbeds of Kings and Queens
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Terry Gough is the head of gardens and estates at Hampton Court Palace. For nearly three decades, he's followed in the footsteps of the likes of La...
Rebecca Speight: The Overstory and Understory of the Woodland Trust
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Speight is currently the CEO of the Woodland Trust and will shortly be taking over the reigns of the RSPB. Beccy began her foray into the Natu...
Wolfgang Buttress and Dr Martin Bencsik: Hive minds waxing lyrical
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wolfgang Buttress is an award-winning artist who creates multi-sensory artworks that draw inspiration from our evolving relationship with nature, and ...
Bella Hardy: Singing in the Shadows of Mountains
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David speaks to award-winning folk musician Bella Hardy. A fiddle-singer and songwriter from Edale in the Peak District, she has perf...
Maldives Underwater Initiative: Diving with Pearls
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David speaks to members of the Maldives Underwater Initiative based at the Six Senses resort in Laamu Atoll. The initiative includes ...
Dr Guy Stevens: Guarding the Big Blue’s Gentle Giant
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Guy Stevens is the CEO and co-founder of The Manta Trust. An experienced marine biologist and expert in conservation, he set up the Maldivian Manta...
Dr Fay Clark: Ring-tails, Killer Whales and the history of the British Zoo.
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Fay Clark is an animal welfare scientist. A self-confessed “zoo geek”, she specialises in the assessment and enhancement of captive animal welf...
Dr Ellinor Michel: Snail shells and concrete dinosaurs in deep time
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ellinor Michel is a molluscan systemetist and ecologist at the Natural History Museum and chair of the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. Her wor...
Dr Steve Etches MBE: Plumbing the prehistoric depths of the Kimmeridge Clay
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Steve Etches MBE is a renowned fossil expert. His collection of over 2,000 pieces from the Kimmeridge Clay include remains of ichthyosaurs, plesios...
Dr Katherine Brent: Morris dancing, bees and badger cull protestors
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Katherine Brent from Wotton-Under-Edge has danced the Morris since she was 18 years old for sides including Red Stags, Winterbourne Down, Rag Morri...
Astrid Goldsmith: Puppets, politics, and The Wind in the Willows with extra Wombles
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Astrid Goldsmith is an award-winning stop-motion animator. After tuition from Great Uncle Bulgaria and 12 years of hand-making models for other people...
David Fettes: Going against the crowd - and the best moment to press the button
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Fettes is technically a wildlife photographer but is far better described as a force – and primarily a part – of nature. Growing up in India...
Polly Morgan: Form and colour rather than life and death
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Polly Morgan is a modern artist known for her sculptural taxidermy. Growing up in pastoral Oxfordshire, she’s been surrounded by animals from an ear...
Mark Frith: a legacy of Britain's ancient oaks
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Frith is an artist and film-maker. His documentaries include “The War on Love”, “Hotel Splendide”, and BAFTA award-winning documentary “...