This Old Tree
Old trees are awe inspiring links to the past that fire our imagination. What are their stories? Seasoned arborist and amateur historian Doug Still interviews local experts, historians, and regular folks to celebrate the myths and uncover the real tales. If you're a tree lover, join in to look "beyond the plaque" at heritage trees and the human stories behind them. Monthly.
This Old Tree
Tree Story Shorts II
This is the second edition of Tree Story Shorts on This Old Tree, where listeners get to contribute and tell their own tree stories! From New York to California to China and Nepal, listen to what people have to say about the trees that inspire them.
Guests
Gil Reavill
Author, screenwriter, journalist
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Reavill
James Voorhies
Retired grounds manager and entomologist
Paul Smith College '72
Georgia Silvera Seamans
Founder, Local Nature Lab
Host, Your Bird Story podcast
Chi Ngai Chan
Staff Scientist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
linkedin.com/in/chingaichan/
Fran Hutton Lee
Retired GIS specialist and cartographer
linkedin.com/in/fran-v-hutton-lee-4184a125/
Brandon Namm
Tree Inspector, City of Portland, OR
Principal Consultant, Laurelin Tree Consulting
laurelinconsulting.com
Eva Monheim
Speaker, consultant, garden coach, designer, writer, photographer
Co-host of The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast
evamonheim.com
Leena Chapagain
Botanist and gardener
Dumbarton Oaks
Steven Koehn
Director of Cooperative Forestry
U.S. Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/state-private-forestry/coop-forestry
Theme Music
Diccon Lee, www.deeleetree.com
Artwork
Dahn Hiuni, www.dahnhiuni.com/home
Website
thisoldtree.show
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We want to hear about the favorite tree in your life! To submit a ~3 or 4 minute audio story for consideration for an upcoming episode of "Tree Story Shorts" on This Old Tree, record the story on your phone’s voice memo app and email to:
doug@thisoldtree.net
This episode was written in part at LitArts RI, a community organization and co-working space that supports Rhode Island's creators.
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