Ans: If trees are to be taken as a symbol for human beings, then the poem will define the efforts of humans to free themselves from the clutches of the desire to achieve everything. All the human beings are under a constant pressure of being at the top in every field. Either they are forced by their own desire of doing so or there is a constant peer pressure on them. So, the human beings will set themselves free from this race and try to live a happy and peaceful life. So, sexism is experienced by female arborists, but it is not exclusive to arboriculture and nor, in my experience, is it widespread or always necessarily coming from other arborists. The tension between trees and female disobedience is biblical. After succumbing to the snake’s suggestion and partaking of an apple from a tree, Eve gets some bad news: her body will bring her shame and pain. She is not meant to reach into trees or climb them; she should quietly remain on the ground and bear new life. Get down, history has said to the grown woman brazen enough to take even a brief arboreal leave from her earthly duties. Once a woman is off the ground, it may occur to her to keep on climbing. A man might find himself standing beneath her, subject to the sight of her womanly behind on a branch above his head. She's been to the European Tree Climbing Competitions six times, placing 2nd this year. Bo ranked 10/20 during her third visit to the ISA 2016 ITTC, beating competition winners from the North America, Asia Pacific and European championships. She also earned the 'Spirit of the Competition' award overall. Shortly afterwards, in the UK Open Tree Climbing Competition, Bo came a close 2nd to Jo in the Women's Masters, where she regularly places. The Forestry Commission, Forestry England and Forest Research are today calling for the general public to submit photos of modern day ‘Lumberjills’ – pictures of women working in the forestry sector – to create a People’s Picture in a first of its kind celebration of women in forestry.

I’d like to continue my studies because I enjoy the scientific aspect of trees, learning more about them and why we do what we do as arborists. I find that quite interesting. I’m currently undertaking an NVQ Level 2 environmental conservation qualification with Glendale. The purpose of the new Women's working group will be to promote and engage women in Arboriculture at all levels, from contractors to consultants, academics, suppliers, Tree Officers and support staff alike.Alternatively, how many female arborists have heard 'Surely you’re not going to be lifting/climbing/cutting that?!' Sometimes harassment and discrimination at work come from clientele and the wider community. Simply by association, it may alter their perceptions. A competition climber since 2008, Bo travels internationally to compete with women from all over the world and with the exception of a small break, averages five competitions annually. Some of the photographs were taken when Germany was the roiling epicenter of World War II. Some of the women in them probably hailed Hitler. Some probably died in concentration camps. But for those moments suspended in the branches above the current of their epoch, islanded in space and time, they shared something singular and lovely, united in a sisterhood of sylvan joy. As well as these ancient connections there’s also something sexual about women and trees. Could this be due to the phallic thrusting of a tree heavenwards, out of the earth? I remember the raped and subjugated women in post-war Germany and wonder if perhaps the photographer found it erotic seeing them straddling the branches. I read an article about a woman called Emma McCabe who apparently wants to marry a poplar tree she’s named Tim. In a possible manifestation of ‘dendrophilia’ (sexual attraction to trees) she is quoted as saying it’s ‘the best sex she’s ever had.’ Another woman flies to England from Canada every year to visit one particular tree she believes is her soul mate and that she feels she has an energetic connection with. Women have long protected trees, though not usually for romantic or sexual reasons. In the 1730s in India the Bishnoi women surrounded a group of trees to stop them being felled. Around 353 women were killed as a result of the protest. Women in Oaxaca, Mexico are ‘marrying’ trees as a symbolic gesture of mutual protection and to prevent illegal logging. More recently, tree conservation is justified through ecosystem services. These services, however, are translated into a universal language through their monetisation; the maintenance and protection of the tree are justified only to the extent that they allow a direct or indirect "gain" for the human community. In an industry in which the technical knowledge necessary for the good management of trees is now available, it is now necessary to take an ethical step: to give dignity to the trees and to ensure compliance with and respect for them, regardless of their relationship with humans.

For a long time trees were seen as solitary organisms and were managed with little regard for their interconnected environment and associated organisms. As we now know, and as with much in life, trees are made up of an array of endosymbiotic organisms (such as mitochondria, chloroplasts and endophytic fungi) and rely on a great deal more outside of their structural confines. This reliance on others for success is a key lesson in my view and one we should be applying to our everyday work and personal lives - this interdependence extends to all of life.Lisa: You have been working within and supporting our industry for quite some time now. What significant changes have you seen in this time?

I met a few people with entrenched ideas and closed minds but these were mostly from outside of the industry; those within the arboricultural world were almost always kind, encouraging and supportive of my aspirations. I think my own naivety in the early days actually helped me.Sharon: My life has been, and continues to be, full of teachers, for which I am very grateful. However, the first person who really believed in me as an arb was Andy Summerly of Tree Life. His confidence in me changed my life. At a time when there were few career opportunities in conservation, I thought tree surgery was more about 'healing' trees than large dismantling with chainsaws! I didn't really find out about the more physical aspects of the job until after I'd decided that tree surgery was the job for me. Beech. There was a small woodland where I used to walk all the time as a teenager where there were many mature beech on either side of an old green lane and I used to go there to think. I love how their grey limbs appear almost human and the way their sinuous roots cling on to steep banks. When the foliage emerges, the soft fuzz on the leaf margins is so uplifting to see in diffused sunlight. When they germinate, the seed leaves are so fat and round and full of potential and so different from the parent plant that they always surprise me. What advice would you give women entering our industry or trying to progress within it? Q3- (1) How does the poet describe the moon: (a) at the beginning of the third stanza, and (b) at its end? What causes this change?