UPDATE: ash dieback was confirmed today to be present in two woodlands in the East of England. These are the first confirmed cases of the fungal pathogen outside tree nurseries. 25th October 2012. A devastating new disease affecting ash trees is now present in Britain. A fungus called Chalara fraxinea (C. fraxinea) causes leaf loss…
Making the Most of London’s Trees Practical workshop on woodland management planning, community engagement and woodfuel production. The Forestry Commission, Lantern and the Sylva Foundation are pleased to invite you to a free event aimed at helping you plan and manage London woodlands and street trees and communicate your work effectively in the local community…
The conference will report on the 2012 survey of British woodland owners and managers. It will explore contemporary questions related to sustainable forest management in private woodlands raised by survey respondents and discuss results of their attitudes to ecological and economic challenges.
Sylva has had a superb response to the British Woodlands survey 2012 thanks in large part to wide publicity from partner organisations. The survey has now been closed and we are about to start the process of analysing the data received. These are just a few early broad-level observations.
Martin Damen has been busy making a large number of spoons and some pendants from the remaining OneOak timber.
One week today our finale exhibition of the OneOak project opens at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where it will run for six weeks from October 12th to December 2nd. Read more about it including the full press release.
The second of our ceramic pieces made from offcuts from the OneOak wood has arrived safely at Sylva in readiness for our exhibition at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Complimenting the OneOak jug made by Stephen Parry, this piece was made by Deana Lee and is called Metamorphosis III.
Tales from the Wild Wood is a new six-part series about British woodlands broadcast on BBC4 this autumn. Presented by Rob Penn, the series explores the great British love affair with trees. As part of the series, Alistair from Sylva was filmed demonstrating how the myForest service can help Robert market woodland products to local forestry businesses.
The latest item made from OneOak offcuts: a OneOak glazed ceramic jug. Potter Stephen Parry created the stoneware Jug which is 50cm high, wood-fired to 1300ºc made with 100% ‘OneOak’ ash glaze.
Richard Fox’s completed OneOak moebius sculpture.