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This Old Tree Podcast Heritage trees and the human stories behind them. With host Doug Still

Do you remember the episode about the Franklin Tree that John Bartram found? Well, there is a Franklinia alatamaha bloom...
25/09/2025

Do you remember the episode about the Franklin Tree that John Bartram found? Well, there is a Franklinia alatamaha blooming deep in the heart of the Arnold Arboretum right now, with signs everywhere pointing the way. The beautiful flower is like an egg, sunny side up.

https://www.thisoldtree.show/episode-details/october-08th-2024 #/

What is this September blooming tree at the Arnold Arboretum? I learn something new every time I go there. It is a Casto...
22/09/2025

What is this September blooming tree at the Arnold Arboretum? I learn something new every time I go there. It is a Castor Aralia, Kalopanax septemlobus, native to East Asia. It is putting on a show!

Spotted lanternfly is everywhere in my neighborhood in Rhode Island right now, including my Concord grape vine! This exo...
21/09/2025

Spotted lanternfly is everywhere in my neighborhood in Rhode Island right now, including my Concord grape vine! This exotic pest loves ailanthus trees the most, but it also loves grape vines. I've been squishing them. The latest news is that milkweed is toxic to SLF. We have those in our backyard too - here's a pic of a SLF taunting me from a milkweed. Maybe it will be its last meal.

I greatly enjoyed the Rhode Island Tree Council annual meeting this past Saturday at the Clouds Hill Museum in Warwick, ...
18/09/2025

I greatly enjoyed the Rhode Island Tree Council annual meeting this past Saturday at the Clouds Hill Museum in Warwick, RI. They have a great tree collection at this historic house, including this amazing Camperdown elm.

Look what this nursery near Porto Cervo, Sardinia does to old olive trees! 😧
04/09/2025

Look what this nursery near Porto Cervo, Sardinia does to old olive trees! 😧

Su Nuraxi, one of the biggest nuraghi of Sardinia located in Barumini. These are mysterious, circular stone towers scatt...
02/09/2025

Su Nuraxi, one of the biggest nuraghi of Sardinia located in Barumini. These are mysterious, circular stone towers scattered throughout the island built by people of the Nuragic civilization during the Bronze Age. The famous living olive tree called S'Ozzastru is just as old!

Photo credit: Doug Still.

Me and Emanuele Cauli, the nursery manager and horticulturalist in charge of growing thousands of olive tree saplings to...
27/08/2025

Me and Emanuele Cauli, the nursery manager and horticulturalist in charge of growing thousands of olive tree saplings to distribute to local growers in the Montiferru area of Sardinia in the wake of wildfires. A very impressive and hopeful operation! AGRIS Sardegna - Agenzia per la ricerca in agricoltura

Fabio Piras, Marco Campus, and Gianluigi Pili from AGRIS Sardegna - Agenzia per la ricerca in agricoltura on the day we ...
27/08/2025

Fabio Piras, Marco Campus, and Gianluigi Pili from AGRIS Sardegna - Agenzia per la ricerca in agricoltura on the day we met in Oristano, Sardinia. In this pic, we visited another ancient olive tree in the yard of a medieval church. The tree is L'Olivastro di Santa Petronilla.

The heartbreaking remains of Olivastro di Tanca Manna near Cuglieri, Sardinia. It is a 1,000 yr old+ wild olive tree tha...
26/08/2025

The heartbreaking remains of Olivastro di Tanca Manna near Cuglieri, Sardinia. It is a 1,000 yr old+ wild olive tree that was burned in the devastating wildfire of July, 2021. And yet, there are signs of life - new sprouts from the roots are growing and are protected. Hear what the researchers from AGRIS Sardegna - Agenzia per la ricerca in agricoltura have to say.

https://www.thisoldtree.show/episode-details/sozzastru-and-the-ancient-olive-trees-of-sardinia #/

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