Dwayne Neustaeter and Anthony Tresselt
111 episodes listed below
Tree stories with bark under the fingernails.
TreeActions starts from a simple recurring prompt about a first connection to trees, then lets the story find its own shape. The result is part arboriculture talk, part oral history, with room for weather, tools, injuries, childhood forts, off-grid cabins, and the people met along the way.
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TreeActions is a conversational show about trees, but its center of gravity is people. Each episode begins with the same question about a first connection to trees, and that simple ritual gives the series an unusually steady frame. A guest might begin with a childhood swing, a tree fort, a first day dragging brush, or a cabin in the woods. Then the story opens. The show’s world is full of arborists, climbers, trainers, board members, authors, and tree-minded guests who carry their experiences through work sites, cold mornings, family histories, and long professional friendships. It can get technical. Harness systems, climbing gear, rigging rope, bucket work, tree care injuries, and favorite species all come up naturally because the speakers have actually lived with the details. It can also drift into bigger territory without forcing the turn. Rachel DesJardins connects an off-grid place to Cree roots, family memory, and the romance of trying a harder life for a while. Jerry Kelly, also known as the Tree Monkey, talks about injury, adaptation, humor, and paying things forward inside the tree care world. Scott D'Cunha gives the conversation room to consider digital networks, friendship, and how connection changes without disappearing. Year-end reflections show the series thinking about its own range, from the old guard of arboriculture to younger guests and people outside the traditional trade. The pacing is unhurried. That is part of the charm. TreeActions lets a practical question become a story, then lets the story become a view of a person’s life. It is warm, work-literate, and lightly funny, with enough wandering to feel human and enough craft knowledge to stay rooted.
Made for: For arborists, climbers, urban forestry people, environmental listeners, and anyone who likes oral-history conversations grounded in work and place. It also suits listeners drawn to practical stories about memory, mentorship, resilience, and community.
What sets it apart: TreeActions stands apart by using one recurring tree-memory question as a doorway into wide-ranging, lived conversations. It keeps the arboriculture details intact while letting guests bring in family, geography, injury, humor, and personal history.
The Human Forestry Podcast Every episode starts with the same question: “When did you first experience a connection to a tree or trees?” The responses are always unique, intertwining subjects such as trees, people, philosophy, forests, biology, history, and more. Please join Dwayne and Tony, career arborists and your hosts, as they engage in insightful conversations with individuals who appreciate trees.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
TreeActions turns conversations about tree care into candid accounts of work, memory, recovery and the relationships that sustain a professional community.
TreeActions begins its guest conversations with an early memory of connection to trees, then follows wherever that memory leads. Dwayne and Tony use arboriculture as an entry into working lives and personal histories, keeping the interviews informal enough for practical detail…
A tree-memory question opens the gate; soon your path runs through work, injury, family, and reinvention.
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A warm arborist conversation rooted in Halifax, South Africa, and the practical details of the trade.
Kevin Osmond's visit stays centered on an arborist life that runs from Halifax back to South Africa, with tree houses and climbing gear folded into the story.
A cold-weather story that turns a trapline, a cabin, and family memory into a lived-in portrait.
Rachel DesJardins' conversation on Tree Actions starts in Yukon weather and then settles into something more personal: place, family history, and the pull of a cabin in the woods.
A loose, conversational episode that starts with trees and ends up somewhere more lived in.
Tree Actions starts in a forestry podcast frame, then drifts into a conversation about staying connected, a city childhood in London, and the digital world as something to handle with care rather than panic.
A grounded conversation about tree work, injury, humor, and paying things forward.
Jerry Kelly's story starts with a layoff and an on-the-spot offer to do tree work, and that gives it a plain, lived-in quality. He comes off as someone who learned fast, picked up proper pruning, and found the work before he had any polished sense of where it was going.
A warm year-end check-in that turns show history into a plan for the next round.
Tree Actions uses its 2025 wrap-up to take stock of the show it has become, from a first episode on December 20, 2022 to an 80th installment and 76 guests along the way.
Mark Gaudet joins hosts Dwayne and Tony on TreeActions to answer the show's standing question about his first connection to trees, recalling a Boy Scout firewood incident at age 11 or 12 and a Manitoba maple limb-walk at his grandmother's PEI home.
Kevin Osmond joins Tree Actions from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the hosts open with their usual first-tree-memory question.
Rachel DesJardins, joining TreeActions from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, describes a childhood hemlock at Jack Pine Flats in Terrace, B.C., where she climbed daily, brought snacks, and watched horses from the top.
Scott joins Tree Actions for a relaxed conversation that begins with the hosts' usual first-memory-of-trees question.
Tim Bushnell shares a childhood memory of building and enjoying a tree fort in a red maple tree, highlighting his early connection to trees through peaceful experiences.
This episode features an interview with author Brian Maxson from Durham, North Carolina, discussing weather events and media hype around storms.
Leo Duguay shares his childhood memory of a large tree with a swing built by his father, highlighting his early connection to trees on the Tree Actions podcast.
Tree Actions opens its 2026 season with Jerry Kelly, also known as the Tree Monkey.
Tree Actions closes out 2025 with Tony in a year-end conversation.
This episode features an interview with Emi, co-founder of Spoken Loam 2025, discussing the upcoming event's lineup of speakers, including local presenters focusing on topics like forest bathing and the Emerald Ash Borer project in Edmonton.
The hosts reflect on two years of their podcast Tree Actions, discussing milestones like guest numbers and listener support in a casual, conversational setting.
This episode features an interview with author Kristin Moldestad from Norway, discussing Norwegian language patterns and humorously comparing slow speech to how trees might communicate.
This episode features an interview with Tobe Sherrill, founder of Sherrill Arbor Supply and inventor of the Big Shot, discussing his background and contributions to the tree care industry.