You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lample.

Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

Show.

I am so excited for my conversation today with our guest, Peter Wooliebin.

If you don't recognize the name, Peter is the author of the International and New York

Times bestselling book, The Hidden Life of Trees, what they feel, how they communicate.

I found this book to be fascinating, filled with amazing insights into areas that don't

get covered enough in my opinion.

As a lifelong tree lover, I have anthropomorphized trees since childhood, and I still do it today

just as much.

I've always felt and inherently knew that trees had special qualities to them that made

them more like us than anyone knew until more recently when a lot of scientific research

has been coming in.

And we're still learning so much.

And Peter's book delves into that very topic throughout the book, with example after

example of how these trees really do feel and communicate.

And I find it equally interesting to learn of Peter's story and journey to where he arrived

today to become an international bestselling writer and steward of the forest.

Coming out of school, Peter wanted a career that would allow him to fosters

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