Trees A Crowd

A podcast by David Oakes - Tuesdays

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132 Episodes

  1. Dr Trevor Dines (Part One): Nobody ties themselves to buttercups (unless you’re born a botanist!)

    Published: 1/10/2023
  2. Sarah Gillespie: Of Moths and Mezzotints - an Artist’s Metamorphosis

    Published: 12/6/2022
  3. Dan "Swampy" Hooper: The power of protest and learning to live with it (and pooing in tunnels with friends)

    Published: 11/1/2022
  4. Leigh Morris: Sexy carrots & feral wallabies - the adventures and curiosities hidden behind Manannan’s cloak

    Published: 10/4/2022
  5. Dr Amy-Jane Beer: The 3 R’s of Nature Writing - Reading, Roaming and the Radial symmetry of Sea Urchin larvae

    Published: 9/6/2022
  6. Dr Gavin Broad: Broadening horizons with Darwin's wasps and other tales of cannibalism, incest and zombies

    Published: 8/2/2022
  7. Lost on Lundy: The hidden treasures of a wildlife landmark; aka, “David adventures to Puffin Island!”

    Published: 7/5/2022
  8. Bonus Beatrice: Bearded Seals & Ice Flowers - further stories from the ice sheets

    Published: 6/14/2022
  9. Beatrice von Preussen: All the little things that inspired an artist to travel from pole to pole

    Published: 6/7/2022
  10. George Monbiot: Feeding our future with heaven-sent bacteria and home-brewed scrumpy!

    Published: 5/24/2022
  11. Norwegian Spruce: Our Viking Christmas Tree; aka ‘The Return of the Native’

    Published: 12/24/2021
  12. Holly: Merry berries & mistle thrushes deck our true native Christmas tree

    Published: 12/21/2021
  13. The Viburnums: Ways fared to Guelderland via chalk paths and waterlogged fens

    Published: 12/14/2021
  14. Elder: The people’s purple medicine chest lined with pariahs, period pop-guns & poo

    Published: 12/7/2021
  15. Wild Privet: Your country needs Spitfires, stick-insects and an untrimmed bush!

    Published: 11/30/2021
  16. Ash: Unlocking dieback with firelight, hurley sticks & Heiðrún the Viking goat

    Published: 11/23/2021
  17. Strawberry Tree: No, not that kind... rather, a god-sent Irish oddity with several subterranean secrets

    Published: 11/16/2021
  18. Dogwood: Victorian dating & rodent reanimating; the secrets of the bloody whippletree

    Published: 11/9/2021
  19. Brigit Strawbridge Howard: As busy as a bee, whilst remaining humble as a bumble

    Published: 11/5/2021
  20. The Limes: Bast-ardly BIG trees smothered in glamrock moths & decapitated bees

    Published: 11/2/2021

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Ever wondered what happens when you fill a cello with bees? Or how robins have successfully colonised the outer-reaches of our universe? Or why the world is destined to be populated purely by female turtles? This podcast celebrates nature and the stories of those who care deeply for it. Join artist, actor and Woodland Trust & Wildlife Trusts ambassador David Oakes, for a series of informal, relaxed conversations with artists, scientists, creatives and environmentalists as they celebrate the beauty of the natural world and how it inspires us as human beings. All episodes available at: https://www.treesacrowd.fm/ Why not become a "Subscription Squirrel" on our Patreon, and help support the production of this podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.