Clever Trees

A series of five podcasts from around the world on trees that are smart, extraordinary or downright odd. Presented by Richard Uridge.

Natural Sciences Science & Medicine

Update frequency: every 68 days
Average duration: 14 minutes
Episodes: 5
Years Active: 2009 - 2010

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Westonbirt's waving trees

In the last of his current series celebrating Clever Trees Richard Uridge visits the National Arboretum at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, England – with 18,000 specimens a veritable tree university –…

00:14:04 | Thu 18 Mar 2010

Heligan's headache tree

In the fourth of his programmes on Clever Trees Richard Uridge visits the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, England, where he finds a relative of the culinary bay that’s so potent it can give you …

00:14:04 | Thu 18 Mar 2010

Australia's rain tree

Richard Uridge travels to tropical Far North Queensland in Australia to meet a tree that it's claimed can create its own rainfall to cope with drought conditions. The third in a series of five podcas…

00:14:04 | Sat 22 Aug 2009

Washington's Siamese holly trees

Richard Uridge travels to George Washington's home at Mount Vernon in America to meet two holly trees conjoined at the trunk. The first in a series of five podcasts from around the world.

00:14:04 | Wed 17 Jun 2009

Malaysia's time telling Simpoh tree

Richard Uridge travels to the Malaysian jungle in search of a tree so clever it can tell the time. Or at least that's what he's been told. So armed with a wristwatch he puts the theory to the test. T…