Dendrologist Daniel Miles, of Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, has started work on the samples he collected from the OneOak tree when it was felled in January. Work in studying the tree rings to estimate the tree’s age and to look at its growth history is not yet complete. However, Daniel has revealed some stunning news: All…
In November we wrote about the children collecting oak acorns from the many beautiful oak trees around the Blenheim Palace Estate (read more here). 2009 was not a good year for oak seed collecting as very few trees had produced many acorns. We had feared that even the 50 seeds that we thought looked healthy,…
Preparations for the launch of our new initiative, TreeWatch, are progressing well. We will be working with a number of organisations over the summer months to test a pilot of TreeWatch. One of these is Earthwatch, who are generously supporting the pilot by offering their intern Nick Kirkby. Nick will be working with us during…
We took the OneOak project to the general public during the three day Art, Design and a Taste of Summer craft fair at Blenheim Palace over the three day May Bank Holiday weekend. Hundreds of people came to the stand to watch our film of the OneOak felling, to watch carvers from the Oxon &…
Proceedings of the ICF National Conference, sponsored by the Sylva Foundation, have been published online today. The subject was Forests and Energy.
We have been working for some on a major new initiative to help monitor the health of Britain’s trees using a ‘citizen science’ approach. We are pleased to announce that the initiative, to be known as TreeWatch, will be launched as a pilot in 2010. Several major partners have been working with us in developing…
After a filthy wet first day at the Blenheim craft fair, spirits are up at the OneOak stand as the sun is shining today. Interest in the project has been good and it is has been interesting talking to the many people who grapple with the notion that felling a 160 year old can be…
See us at the craft fair at Blenheim Palace this Bank Holiday weekend Saturday 29th – Monday 31st May Find out more about the fair Art, Design and a Taste of Summer Watch the OneOak film Great raffle prizes Meet the Sylva team behind the project See some of the fantastic OneOak art Watch the…
Our 30 minute OneOak film, which follows the tree at the felling in January to the sawmill in March 2010, is now available. It was filmed by a fantastic crew of volunteers (Charlie Beesley, Chris Baines, Bryn Walls, Sarah Simblet), generously supported by the University of Oxford’s Media Production Unit. It was edited by Conrad…
A second original piece of music, inspired by the OneOak project, is now available. ‘Wood’ is a personal response by musician and composer Faith Elliott to the work of her father, furniture designer Derek Elliott. A recent exhibition at which this piece was launched, included a display of boards from the OneOak tree. The music…