Sylva is pleased to lend its support to a new movement known as Grown in Britain that has been launched with cross-Government support and the involvement of all parts of the forestry sector across Britain. Its aims are to: Create a new and stronger market ‘pull’ for the array of products derived from our forests…
Sylva staff have been helping the University of Oxford Harcourt Arboretum with plans to build a classroom shelter in their grounds at Nuneham Courtney, to help in the delivery of education to visitors of all ages. They have just announced an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in timber framing to get involved, under expert tuition,…
Reblogged from The New Sylva The authors of The New Sylva have been searching, with help from readers of their book blog, for the best example of a venerable ash tree in Britain to feature in the book. Last week our artist-in-residence, Sarah Simblet, visited the chosen tree with co-author Gabriel Hemery. It is growing…
The final report of the Ecosystem Markets Task Force, published today, includes the B&Q Woodland project that we announced recently.
We are proud to announce today a ground-breaking scheme to breathe new life into neglected woodlands, developed by a partnership between the Sylva Foundation, BioRegional and B&Q. We have teamed up with sustainability charity BioRegional and B&Q to support woodland owners in bringing woodlands into active management. The new scheme is part of B&Q’s One…
The one thousandth woodland has been mapped on myForest service website. The total area mapped now exceeds 17,000ha across Britain, with a few Irish woodland owners having signed up over recent months. These statistics tell us that the average woodland size is 1.47ha. In reality of course, from more in depth analysis we know that…
WOODLAND ARCHAEOLOGY- Training Workshops with John Morris of the Chilterns Woodland Project This popular one day course will include an illustrated talk, a guided woodland visit to see features found in Pigotts Wood, and a chance to explore the wood. Features found in Pigotts Wood include sawpits, charcoal hearths, lynchets, boundary banks, iron bloomery,…
LOOKING FOR THE TRULY TREE….MENDOUS! The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has recently announced details for its 2013 Woodland Awards. Once again John Clegg & Co will be sponsoring the Multipurpose Forestry category (The Duke of Cornwall Award). Details of the awards have been provided to us by the RFS as set out below and application…
The authors of The New Sylva are searching for the finest example of a common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) tree to feature in the book. They hope that our readers can help by submitting their favourite ash trees – one of which will be selected and appear in the book frontispiece. Can you propose a candidate ash tree?
Over 110 people, most of whom were woodland owners and managers, attended the British Woodlands 2012 conference in Oxford on 11th December. The conference provided a voice for the woodland owner and presented some preliminary results of the survey. Some 2500 respondents to the survey, owning 1.75 million hectares, told us that they ….