Chestnut blight in Britain

Chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (C. parasitica), has been confirmed in Britain for the first time by scientists from Forest Research. The blight was found on young trees in two small orchards of European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Warwickshire and East Sussex. The fungus infection is usually fatal to European sweet chestnut…

OneOak Throne

Another of Britain’s leading designer makers, Robert Ingham, has started work on a piece of furniture using wood from the OneOak tree. Robert Ingham, based in Denbighshire, is creating a piece called ‘Throne’.  Like all the OneOak pieces, we will be following the story of its creation over the next few months on this blog.…

Sylva’s CEO to talk at the Chilterns Woodland Conference – 16th March

Chilterns Woodland Conference Friday 16 March 2012 09:30 to 13:00: The Annual Chiltern Woodlands Conference this year will be looking into the future of forestry in England, the use of Box wood for musical instruments, the OneOak project, current forestry issues and news and much more. With talks from the Forestry Commission, Sylva Foundation and John Morris of the Chiltern…