Rowan Reid

Heartwood Podcast

No. of episodes

6

Latest episode

2026-02-22

Where can you listen?

Welcome to our new Podcast series. I'll be sharing my 40 years experience in growing trees on farms for both conservation and profit with stories from our own farm and interviews with some of the many farmers I have worked with around Australia. 

Key words: Forestry, Farm Forest, Forester, Trees, Agroforestry, Regenerative Agriculture, Landcare, Timber, Lumber, Sawmilling, Bushfood, Carbon, Biodiversity, Soil Conservation, Farming, Environment, Plantation

I'm open to suggestions for content and am happy to takes questions.

Hope you like it.

Rowan 

I'm a forest scientist (B.For.Sci. & M.For.Sci.), author, educator and a tree grower with a family farm in the Otway Ranges of southern Victoria, Australia. We call it the Bambra Agroforestry Farm and grow more than 70 different species for conservation and profit. After almost 40 years we're now harvesting and milling our own trees, building a house from the timber and selling tree products.

I was also a co-founder of one of Australia’s most successful Landcare groups, the Otway Agroforestry Network and the originator of the Australian Master TreeGrower program. I have worked with farmers in many countries including the USA, UK, Europe, Uganda, Kenya, Indonesia, Vanuatu and Timor Leste.

I have written many books about tree growing: the latest is "Heartwood - the art and science of growing trees for conservation and profit".

WWW: www.agroforestry.net.au 

EMAIL: [email protected]

FACEBOOK: @bambraagroforestry

LINKED IN: Rowan Reid

INSTAGRAM: bambra_agroforestry_farm
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@bambraagroforestryfarm4008 

And, thanks to Mountain Grey for our theme music. They are a local Otway band. Check out their music at: https://www.reverbnation.com/mountaingrey

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