The Tree Projects

The Tree Projects Canopy Ecologist Dr Jen Sanger and adventure Photographer Steven Pearce create "big tree" outreach co
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The Tree Projects use innovative film and photography methods to raise awareness about the world's significant trees and the forests in which they reside. We bring you beautiful imagery of the trees from a unique perspective, which allows people to experience a rainforest from above the forest floor. The signature element of our project is a 'tree portrait' of a significant tree. When large forest

trees are viewed from the ground, it is often impossible to get a true sense of the size of the tree, as the top of the tree is often obscured from view. We install a specialised camera rigging system which runs the entire vertical length of the tree and takes a photo every metre. These photos are then stitched together to create a portrait of the tree from a level viewpoint without visual distortion. The projects also contain many other innovative content such as virtual reality tours of the canopy, aerial photography and timelaspe and hyperlapse video. Our content is designed for educational purposes and is used for museum exhibition and for magazine articles. We hope to educate people about the importance of forests but allowing them to view trees from a new perspective. Projects:

2015: The New Zealand Tree Project
2016: The Tasmanian Tree Project

21/05/2026

OUT-THE-TOP OF TAIWAN in this Pinus taiwanensis. It’s not often you get to poke ur noggin through the very top but this tree was pumpin and still reaching for the sky with all the health and vigour. 99% of the big trees in Tassie are crisp dead stags on top and well getting up there isn’t in my skillset and doesn’t quite pass the vibe check.

As I got to the top of the 50m-ish tree I kinda just saw the possibility and the position so went for it. It was a wibbly wobbly knee shaking experience but awwwwww geeeez the tree froth was real in that moment. For years I’ve been running a double ended 7m lanyard in the big trees to give a bit of extra flexibility and it came in clutch for this ladder of a conifer. Just successive moves to throw it over the next branch while keeping my last point captured until the other end. Then just rinse and repeat.

So good to have the time to hot 3 new species in one day with .tl.chiu at the Taiwanese big tree frother party.

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

Sweet Pseudotsuga sinensis climb with .tl.chiu. After the hectic documentary premiere it was so good to get into the fo...
19/05/2026

Sweet Pseudotsuga sinensis climb with .tl.chiu. After the hectic documentary premiere it was so good to get into the forests. I’d never been in this type of forest before so really psyched to get up close and personal with a few new trees. This one was so fun with a series of stems to play in and allllll the spready branches to get out on.

Oh and a special orchid.

Oh and a flipping earthquake in a tree YEW that’s a first.

We were having a big tree frother party out at a research station after the premiere and… well… there was trees to climb. 3 tree is one day!

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

TAIWAN, Magical climb w of this epic 50m tall cedar deep in the mountains. The epiphytic diversity was pumping with two...
17/05/2026

TAIWAN, Magical climb w of this epic 50m tall cedar deep in the mountains. The epiphytic diversity was pumping with two species of epiphytic rhododendrons, orchids and the fluffiest moss pillows.

We spent the previous day at his village and I learnt so much about the indigenous Tsou tribe, a group of around 5000 people. This is my fourth time to Taiwan but my first time travelling and leaning about the people, it’s usually Taipei - epic tree mission - Taipei. The Tsou and other indigenous groups are very diverse with cultural backgrounds and languages.

Taiwan is the place to be!!

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

THE ISLAND & THE TRESS premiere last night in Taipei was mental. So many people, cameras, lights and selfies. Such a pri...
13/05/2026

THE ISLAND & THE TRESS premiere last night in Taipei was mental. So many people, cameras, lights and selfies. Such a privilege to be a small part of an incredible group of people doing such magic work. Imposter syndrome for realzies, was told a minute before that I had to do a speech after the Director of National Parks. No pressure.

This feature length documentary follows the story of Taiwanese big tree seakers as they find, climb and measure Taiwans tallest trees. I’ve been lucky to be part of 3 expeditions to photograph these trees as they have been found.

Huge congratulations to .tl.chiu and all the team that do all the hard work!! You’re an inspiration ❤️

Leaving Taipei today and heading to the trees!!

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

Seed collecting in the highlands, all the wintery bleakness. So nice to put the saw down and just climb in silence.. wel...
05/05/2026

Seed collecting in the highlands, all the wintery bleakness. So nice to put the saw down and just climb in silence.. well except for the joyful whistles sometimes mimicking the birds others just going along with the tunes in the head.

Cole ting for the project with the seeds going to the to add to seed stocks there and restoration and replanting projects.

E. gunnii subsp. divaricata is an endangered species and grows around grassy open woodland at the exposed edges of treeless flats or hollows (frost hollows) around the Great Lake region on the Central Plateau. Making it soooooo cold and wet

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

My favourite photo. Racetrack Palya, Death Valley. The long diverging paths of the rocks and weird convergent path betwe...
05/05/2026

My favourite photo. Racetrack Palya, Death Valley.
The long diverging paths of the rocks and weird convergent path between them. The playas plated texture with the much smaller salt textures on each plate. The sharp uneroded surfaces of the rock as if it’s just tumbled down from the hills. The clear desert skies long before dawn catching that first glow.

Spent 3 days on the playa just wandering around looking for the best rock and paths that faced the best direction for a sunrise shot. So quiet and alone for days then PHWOOOSH an F16 would do a super low level pass up the valley. Scared the s**t outta me.

Back to the regular tree stuff tomorrow

ABUNDANCE OF JOY. The Ghana tree climbing crew is kicking goals. Anita, Kenny, Tony, Prince and Yaw defended their MPhil...
30/04/2026

ABUNDANCE OF JOY. The Ghana tree climbing crew is kicking goals. Anita, Kenny, Tony, Prince and Yaw defended their MPhil theses… YES TEAM❤️❤️ CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR HARD WORK. The crew has also been holding monthly climb practice sessions to keep the skills fresh.

One of my life’s loveliest acts was to do what I could to play a small part in facilitating, with expert training by and , someone else’s success. I like trees, I like climbing…. that’s me and that’s how complex I like to keep it. But those skills in the hands of really smart people with enthusiasm and passions…. just shut up and get out of their way. To the MOOOOOOOON

In just a few weeks Anita, Tony and Prince from Ghana will join us in Rwanda. There we’ll be working to setup another canopy research hub and train a stack on young passionate scientists how to access the canopy. What a joy.

Life’s been a mess lately in so many ways but seeing these smiling faces just made me do backflips.

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

ATCC 2026 yeah to all the people doing their amazing things. The weather was unseasonably rubbish but it made for some n...
23/04/2026

ATCC 2026 yeah to all the people doing their amazing things. The weather was unseasonably rubbish but it made for some nice light to work with at times.

What can I say, all youse inspire me sooo much and it was so good to see all the Tassie competitors hanging and chilling between events.

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

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GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

ATCC 2026 Techy Judgey appreciation post. Who their days before to devise the courses and scenarios. Who’s there first o...
21/04/2026

ATCC 2026 Techy Judgey appreciation post. Who their days before to devise the courses and scenarios. Who’s there first on the day and last to leave. Who’s silently stationed at the top of a tree all day. Who there to be consistent in scorning all the competitors and their individual flairs.

Here’s to the Judges and Technicians that volunteer their time and experience so literally everyone else “can haz a good day”.

More sweet climbing pics to come in the following days.

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
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We thank our sponsors

——-
GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

ATCC PRELIMINARY WINNER Tassie represent. So amazed by the performance and so privileged to have you as a teacher at TA...
11/04/2026

ATCC PRELIMINARY WINNER Tassie represent.

So amazed by the performance and so privileged to have you as a teacher at TAFE for my Cert 3 in Arboriculture. So many dedicated competitors were on full display today, bloody good show AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺. Can’t wait for the masters tomorrow.

TASMANIA IS THE BIG TREE STATE
For free guides to Tasmania’s giant trees
| website Link in bio
——-
We thank our sponsors

——-
GIANT TREE POSTERS & PRINTS
$60 for 3 x 100cm tall posters use code “insta10” for 10% discount. Link in bio

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