The Adventures of the Tree Detective

16:54

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 12: Dr....

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/10/12

We're back as Mark Chester chats with Dr. Glynn Percival, Ph.D., Senior Arboricultural Research Manager at Bartlett Tree Experts. Dr. Glynn Percival: Glynn is a Senior Arboricultural Researcher who relocated from the UK to The Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in Charlotte, North Carolina. Glynn primarily focuses on how environmental stress (drought, heat, waterlogging) influences tree growth and susceptibility to pest and disease attack. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers, magazine

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20:17

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 11:...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/09/28

We're back as Paul Naylor throws more questions at the Tree Detective Mark Chester. Mark Chester: Mark Chester has spent more than 30 years working with trees and advising on their management as a professional consulting arborist. He is the Principal Consultant at Cedarwood Tree Consultants, which he founded in 2005. Founder of the education social enterprise Oscar's Tree Academy, which provides forest school resources for primary school aged children and their teachers, he is also the editor of

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23:18

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 10: What...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/08/31

We're back as Paul Naylor chats with the Tree Detective Mark Chester about his three decade career. Mark Chester: Mark Chester has spent more than 30 years working with trees and advising on their management as a professional consulting arborist. He is the Principal Consultant at Cedarwood Tree Consultants, which he founded in 2005. Founder of the education social enterprise Oscar's Tree Academy, which provides forest school resources for primary school aged children and their teachers, he is also

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21:16

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 9:...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/08/17

We're back as the Tree Detective Mark Chester continues his chat with chartered biologist Russell Ball. Russell Ball: With has a keen interest in nature, Russell has held a number of key industry positions: Executive Officer for both the London Tree Officers Association and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) – European office. He also worked as a Tree Protection Officer for Harrow Council and two years tree consulting in Madrid. He was on the technical editing committee for the Spanish

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22:45

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 8:...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/08/03

We're back as the Tree Detective Mark Chester chats with chartered biologist Russell Ball. Russell Ball: With has a keen interest in nature, Russell has held a number of key industry positions: Executive Officer for both the London Tree Officers Association and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) – European office. He also worked as a Tree Protection Officer for Harrow Council and two years tree consulting in Madrid. He was on the technical editing committee for the Spanish national

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14:52

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 7: Kevin...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/07/20

We're back as the Tree Detective Mark Chester concludes his latest chat with Kevin Martin from Kew Gardens. Kevin Martin: Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kevin is responsible for the management of Kew's world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the Collection, Kevin has a unique role at Kew, where he manages the trees as 'custodian' and 'advisor'. He also

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16:23

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 6: Kevin...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/06/29

We're back as the Tree Detective Mark Chester continues his chat with Kevin Martin from Kew Gardens. Kevin Martin: Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kevin is responsible for the management of Kew's world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the Collection, Kevin has a unique role at Kew, where he manages the trees as 'custodian' and 'advisor'. He also teaches

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17:21

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 5: Kevin...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/06/15

We're back as the Tree Detective Mark Chester continues his chat with Kevin Martin from Kew Gardens. Kevin Martin: Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kevin is responsible for the management of Kew's world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the Collection, Kevin has a unique role at Kew, where he manages the trees as 'custodian' and 'advisor'. He also teaches

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23:42

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 4: Kevin...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/05/25

We're back as the Tree Detective Mark Chester chats with Kevin McBride from Kew Gardens. Kevin Martin: Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kevin is responsible for the management of Kew's world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the Collection, Kevin has a unique role at Kew, where he manages the trees as 'custodian' and 'advisor'. He also teaches about trees

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18:59

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 3: Rob...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/05/04

We're back for our third episode as the Tree Detective Mark Chester continues his chat with the Tree Hunter Rob McBride. Rob McBride: After a career problem solving in IT, Rob McBride began to discover the natural world on his doorstep and especially the special ancient trees. He found that many were undiscovered, and lacking any legal protection, were vulnerable to loss from developments including road building. He spent his days exploring, finding many of these treasures and recording them and

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17:08

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 2: Rob...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/04/20

We're back for our second episode as the Tree Detective Mark Chester continues his chat with the Tree Hunter Rob McBride. Rob McBride: After a career problem solving in IT, Rob McBride began to discover the natural world on his doorstep and especially the special ancient trees. He found that many were undiscovered, and lacking any legal protection, were vulnerable to loss from developments including road building. He spent his days exploring, finding many of these treasures and recording them and

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19:53

The Adventures of the Tree Detective Episode 1: Rob...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2026/03/16

Rob McBride: After a career problem solving in IT, Rob McBride began to discover the natural world on his doorstep and especially the special ancient trees. He found that many were undiscovered, and lacking any legal protection, were vulnerable to loss from developments including road building. He spent his days exploring, finding many of these treasures and recording them and campaigning for their protection. One of the first to appreciate the tree loss in Sheffield and campaign for the urban

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30:46

A View From The Treehouse Episode 8: Kevin Martin

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2024/11/25

We catch up once again with Kevin Martin, Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens. Kevin is responsible for the management of Kew’s world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. In conversation with Mark Chester, Kevin discusses his latest work and projects at Kew and in the wider world. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the Collection, Kevin has a unique role at Kew, where he manages the trees as

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32:32

A View From The Treehouse Episode 7: Russell Ball

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2024/08/06

On this episode of A View From The Treehouse we sit down with Russell Ball. Russell’s keen interest in nature stated young and led to him holding a number of key industry positions: Executive Officer for both the London Tree Officers Association and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) – European office. He also worked as a Tree Protection Officer for Harrow Council and two years tree consulting in Madrid. He was on the technical editing committee for the Spanish national standard for

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25:54

A View From The Treehouse Episode 6: Archie Miles Part 2

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2024/07/19

On this episode of A View From The Treehouse we sit down once again with recognised, world-renowned photographer, author and tree enthusiast Archie Miles. Archie has a passion for landscape and natural history, working regularly with The Tree Council and The Woodland Trust. He is the author of numerous books including The Hidden Trees of Britain, Malvern Hills and Westward: Travels Through the Malverns and East Herefordshire, Silva: The Tree in Britain, The Trees that Made Britain, and A Walk in the

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22:47

A View From The Treehouse Episode 5: Archie Miles Part 1

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2024/03/08

On this episode of A View From The Treehouse we sit down with recognised, world-renowned photographer, author and tree enthusiast Archie MIles. Archie has a passion for landscape and natural history and is the author of numerous books including The Hidden Trees of Britain, Malvern Hills and Westward: Travels Through the Malverns and East Herefordshire, Silva: The Tree in Britain, The Trees that Made Britain, and A Walk in the Woods. ‘Having trained in commercial photography, and worked on a range

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22:43

A View From The Treehouse Episode 4: Alice Whitehead

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2023/02/25

Alice Whitehead lives in Northampton and is passionate about the environment. She loves gardening, her allotment and her neighbourhood. Seeing Cherry trees in her street dying and not being replaced, she saw a worrying trend that concerned her; the local authority had not planted any street trees for fifty years. Alice decided it was time to change the situation. With a petition urging the council to fund new trees, she was soon working with the Woodland Trust to raise the profile of planting

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21:48

A View From The Treehouse Episode 3: Kevin Martin...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2023/01/13

We continue our chat with Kevin Martin, Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens. Kevin is responsible for the management of Kew’s world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. In conversation with Mark Chester, Kevin shares about life at Kew and his own journey from a commercial tree climber to working on international research projects. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the Collection, Kevin has a unique

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19:40

A View From The Treehouse Episode 2: Kevin Martin...

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2022/12/16

Kevin Martin is the Keeper of the Tree Collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and is responsible for the management of Kew’s world-renowned collection of trees, some dating from the founding of the Gardens in the 1760s. In conversation with Mark Chester, Kevin shares about life at Kew and his own journey from a commercial tree climber to working on international research projects in the first of this two-part interview. The youngest manager at Kew as well as the youngest Keeper of the

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32:16

A View From The Treehouse Episode 1: Lucy Saunders

The Adventures of the Tree Detective ·

2022/11/18

Lucy Saunders has managed trees for several local authorities over the past decade, so when the position of Trees and Woodlands Officer became vacant at the Lake District Council, she saw an opportunity too great to miss. She spends her days travelling through the Lake District National Park looking at trees. Her arrival coincided with Storm Arwen, the impact of which is still being felt. Her days are full, from dealing with requests to prune protected trees to identifying locations to plant trees,

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