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 of industrial commissions, Archie Miles took up the offer to work with a publisher exploring the Worcestershire countryside of Sir Edward Elgar. From a rural background, this renewed Miles’ interest in the natural environment and trees. He explored the potential for tree-related photography based books, and has published several masterpieces over the past two decades, working with Felix Dennis, The Woodland Trust and other sponsors.

Still a photographer at heart, he is a highly engaging and sought-after speaker with a knowledge of trees beyond many. Archie joins A View From The Treehouse host Mark Chester to share about his journey, and what motivates him.

Mark Chester is editor of e-magazine The World of Trees, and is also the Principal Consultant at Cedarwood Tree Consultants and part of the team at The Tree Academy, which provides an education resource at early years and primary school ( Key Stage 1 and 2).

www.theworldoftrees.org.uk
www.treeconsultants.org.uk
www.thetreeacademy.org.uk

Email: mark.chester@treeconsultants.org.uk
Landline: 01981 570426
Mobile: 07888 838360

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 urban trees. In this episode of View From The Treehouse, Alice talks to Mark Chester and shares the journey and her plans for the future.

Mark Chester is editor of e-magazine The World of Trees, and is also the Principal Consultant at Cedarwood Tree Consultants and part of the team at The Tree Academy, which provides an education resource at early years and primary school ( Key Stage 1 and 2).

www.theworldoftrees.org.uk
www.treeconsultants.org.uk
www.thetreeacademy.org.uk

Email: mark.chester@treeconsultants.org.uk 
Landline: 01981 570426 
Mobile: 07888 838360

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 role at Kew, where he manages the trees as ‘custodian’ and ‘advisor’. He also teaches about trees on the Kew Diploma, and is part of the team contributing to a new Channel 5 documentary series. He is presently working on research into compaction damage, how trees cope with drought, trees and motion and Eco Habitat Matching.

Mark Chester is editor of e-magazine The World of Trees, and is also the Principal Consultant at Cedarwood Tree Consultants and part of the team at The Tree Academy, which provides an education resource at early years and primary school ( Key Stage 1 and 2).

www.theworldoftrees.org.uk
www.treeconsultants.org.uk
www.thetreeacademy.org.uk

Email: mark.chester@treeconsultants.org.uk 
Landline: 01981 570426 
Mobile: 07888 838360