National Tree Week

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We’re marking National Tree Week, an annual celebration at the start of the tree planting season, and an opportunity for us to wax lyrical about the wonderful world of trees. We’ll be hearing some fascinating stories about the art of tree collecting and the human connection to our woodlands from author and artist Amy Stewart. We’ll be catching up on the latest news from RHS Garden Rosemoor as they set out on a conservation project to protect one of our most rare but little known native trees. And if you’re feeling inspired to get outside and start digging, Bob Askew will be bringing us his thoughts on the best trees for small spaces. Host: Guy Barter Contributors: Bob Askew, Amy Stewart, Jonathan Webster Other Links: National Tree Week How to plant a tree Trees for small gardens Amy Stewart - The Tree Collectors Devon Whitebeam RHS Garden Rosemoor

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of...
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth!
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth, at an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:33.6	It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
0:47.3	A wonderful description there from Robert Louis Stevenson on the power of trees and their effect upon us.
0:55.0	It can be hard to put into words just how significant trees really are,
0:59.0	the scale of their role in our environment and how they can have such a positive impact upon our mental health.
1:05.0	Stevenson describes a feeling of relaxation and the science we have today backs up his words written in the 1800s.
1:11.6	As we now know that trees release chemicals called phytonsides.
1:15.6	When we breathe them in, they can reduce blood pressure, lower anxiety and even increase our pain threshold.
1:21.6	Trees can make us happier.
1:23.6	But as we know, a number of trees on our planet is constantly under threat,
1:29.2	and it's thought that although we have over 3 trillion trees in the world today, that figure
1:33.6	was around 6 trillion at the beginning of human civilization. So it's vital that we protect
1:39.3	our forests, jungles and woodlands, and continue to plant trees going forward to increase our planet's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide.
1:47.0	So this week on the podcast, we're marking National Tree Week, an annual celebration at the start of the tree planting season,
1:55.0	and an opportunity for us to wax lyrical about the wonderful world of trees.
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