Tender Shoots Garden Club - Greenfulness

Garden Clubs are in decline – Indy’s BBC GQT question from August 2025

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000

This is the question Indy asked the BBC GQT panel at RHS Hyde Hall Summer Garden Party August 2025. It was about the decline of garden clubs, and how clubs can adapt and recruit younger members.

What do you tree? (Apple version, pictures will show automatically on screen between chapters) – What do you see when looking at a tree?

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:15:00 +0000

What do you tree? (Apple version, pictures will show automatically on screen between chapters instead of in show notes)

You'll need at least 30 mins to listen to this greenfulness podcast.

Put your phone on airplane mode, on silent & turn off autoplay.

To get the best full experience it's better to use the pocket casts app which you can download via these links below

Apple AppStore

or via

Google Android PlayStore

-Terms mentioned

Xylem tubes

The Tree Listening Project

Transpirational pull

Stomata

80-99% evaporation

Interception

Lichen

Sulphur dioxide, sulphur chips

Lidar technology.

Mycorrhizal fungi

WWW Wood wide web

-Terms coming soon

Chlorophyll

Grafting

Foreest bathing

Petrichor

VOC

Fermi paradox

Essential fatty acids

SOURCE:

https://treelistening.co.uk

https://purduelandscapereport.org/article/how-do-trees-use-water

https://princetontreecare.com/10-astounding-facts-about-trees

https://www.gardenersdream.co.uk/blogs/gardeners-dream-blog/how-many-trees-on-earth-are-there

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2115329119

https://www.lung.org/blog/2020-breathhttps://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/oxygen-tree

https://www.nibio.no/en/subjects/soil/mycorrhiza%E2%80%93the-roots-of-the-roots

Music: Epidemic Sounds

CHAPTERS (images will show automatically on screen between chapters)

00:00 Introduction

04:21 Start of Greenfulness

15:30 Lichen

31:08 Ladybird larva

Indy

www.TenderShoots.uk

What do you tree? (Spotify version) - What do you see when looking at a tree?

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:15:00 +0000

You'll need at least 30 mins to listen to this greenfulness podcast.

Put your phone on airplane mode, on silent & turn off autoplay. To get the best full experience it's better to use the pocket casts app which you can download via these links below

Apple AppStore
or via
Google Android PlayStore

-Terms mentioned
Xylem tubes
The Tree Listening Project
Transpirational pull
Stomata
80-99% evaporation
Interception
Lichen
Sulphur dioxide, sulphur chips
Lidar technology.
Mycorrhizal fungi
WWW Wood wide web

-Terms coming soon
Chlorophyll
Grafting
Foreest bathing
Petrichor
VOC
Fermi paradox
Essential fatty acids

SOURCE:
https://treelistening.co.uk
https://purduelandscapereport.org/article/how-do-trees-use-water
https://princetontreecare.com/10-astounding-facts-about-trees
https://www.gardenersdream.co.uk/blogs/gardeners-dream-blog/how-many-trees-on-earth-are-there
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2115329119
https://www.lung.org/blog/2020-breathhttps://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/oxygen-tree
https://www.nibio.no/en/subjects/soil/mycorrhiza%E2%80%93the-roots-of-the-roots

Music: Epidemic Sounds


00:00 Introduction
04:21 Start of Greenfulness
15:30 Lichen
31:08 Ladybird larva

Indy

www.TenderShoots.uk

What do you tree? (Original version) - What do you see when looking at a tree?

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:15:00 +0000

You'll need at least 30 mins to listen to this greenfulness podcast.

Put your phone on airplane mode, on silent & turn off autoplay. To get the best full experience it's better to use the pocket casts app which you can download via these links below

Apple AppStore
or via
Google Android PlayStore




Lichen on tree


Lichen


Ladybird larva


Sulphur chips


Mycorrhizal fungi

-Terms mentioned
Xylem tubes
The Tree Listening Project
Transpirational pull
Stomata
80-99% evaporation
Interception
Lichen
Sulphur dioxide, sulphur chips
Lidar technology.
Mycorrhizal fungi
WWW Wood wide web

-Terms coming soon
Chlorophyll
Grafting
Foreest bathing
Petrichor
VOC
Fermi paradox
Essential fatty acids

SOURCE:
https://treelistening.co.uk
https://purduelandscapereport.org/article/how-do-trees-use-water
https://princetontreecare.com/10-astounding-facts-about-trees
https://www.gardenersdream.co.uk/blogs/gardeners-dream-blog/how-many-trees-on-earth-are-there
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2115329119
https://www.lung.org/blog/2020-breathhttps://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/oxygen-tree
https://www.nibio.no/en/subjects/soil/mycorrhiza%E2%80%93the-roots-of-the-roots

Music: Epidemic Sounds


00:00 Introduction
04:21 Start of Greenfulness
15:30 Lichen
31:08 Ladybird larva

Indy