British Woodworking Feb/Mar 2010. p.68-71. “With timber Britain’s fifth largest import, we report on campaigns to raise awareness of the value of managing woods for wood.” “One the 20th January, with snow swirling, more than 200 primary school children could be found at Bladon Heath on the Duke of Marlborough’s Blenheim estate in Oxfordshire.” British…
Yeomans A, Hemery G. (2010) Prospects for the market supply of wood and other forest products from areas with fragmented forest-ownership structures: England case study. Contract report for ConFor and CEPF: Sylva Foundation. 55. See www.ForestryHorizons.eu
The first product from the OneOak tree was made on the day of the felling – January 20th 2010. Local firewood merchant Trees & Gardens brought their firewood processor to the Blenheim Estate woodland and produced about 1 cubic metre of oak firewood logs. They weighed 460kg. The logs will now be stored until seasoned…
The OneOak project was launched publicly yesterday with the felling of the 160 year old oak tree. More than 400 people braved the snow and sleet to walk into the wood on the Blenheim Estate. Two hundred and fifty primary school children displayed work that they had been doing under the project for other guests…
The public launch event of our OneOak project was featured on local and regional BBC coverage today. BBC Radio Oxford broadcast an interview with Sylva Chief Executive Gabriel Hemery during their breakfast show, as did BBC South TV. During the evening, a live interview was broadcast on Radio Oxford, and a short feature on regional…
Today the OneOak tree was felled and the OneOak project launched publicly. Over 400 people braved the snow and sleet to walk into the wood on the Blenheim Estate. Two hundred and fifty primary school children displayed work that they had been doing on the project for other guests to see. Hot chocolate, brewed on…
Today was probably the busiest day so far at the woodland on the Blenheim Estate where the OneOak has been growing for the last 160 years. Tomorrow will be even busier when the OneOak tree will be felled in front of 400 guests, including 250 primary school children and many of the future users of…
We have been working closely with the Silvanus Trust in South West England to develop a regional myForest Service. The concept is that regional NGO partners will administer myForest locally and support woodland owners. We hope to take this forward with other regional partners across Britain during 2010.
The OneOak tree was laser scanned today as part of ongoing research making it one of Britain’s most studied trees. The laser scanning research was supported by Treemetrics and the equipment and work was brought to the site by Leica Geosystems and scanning specialists SCCS; the foremost provider of innovative solutions in surveying, monitoring, setting…
