Collecting seeds (acorns) from the OneOak tree has been a long-standing plan. Unfortunately the tree had other ideas and has produced very few acorns this year. Growing a new generation of oak seedlings is an important part of the project as it will actively demonstrate the cycle of life and the sustainablility of growing trees.…
One hundred days from today the OneOak tree will be felled. This seemed a good opportunity to provide a general update on project progress. The school visits have been going well and so far, all the children have enjoyed visiting the tree and learnt a lot about woodlands and trees. More posts from the schools…
Several schools have now been out to meet the OneOak and all have had a fantastic time. We have been very lucky with the weather, even this week when it was supposed be pretty wet. Everybody has had a lovely time walking out to the tree and trying to find conkers on the way. Once…
Forest Research have now provided us with the results of their analysis of the OneOak tree’s leaf area. After taking the spectacular images of the tree canopy with the hemispherical camera lens (see post of September 18th), they used special software to calculate how much of the sky was visible underneath the tree. Leaf Area…
Three hundred primary school children have been learning about trees and forestry by taking part in Sylva’s OneOak project.
Children from Bladon C of E Primary School visited the OneOak tree this week. Will found a caterpillar on a leaf. We found a tree which has been cut down and Jake found it and we liked to climb on it too. Ben and Jake. When we were being scientists we worked out the height…
We have received some stunning images of the canopy of the OneOak tree. These were taken when Forest Research scientists visited the tree last week to measure it. Using a fisheye lens fitted to a digital camera, they took hemispherical images looking up into the tree canopy. This produced a complete circular image taking in…
We met at the tree with Jenny and Mhairi from the Oxfordshire Forest School Service this week. We are delighted to announce that the Oxfordshire Forest School Service will be a partner in the OneOak project, and that Mhairi MacGillivray-Edwards, an experienced Forest School Leader, will be leading the school visits to the OneOak tree…
Matt and Ian from Forest Research visited the tree today. They work with the government research agency as scientists specialising in tree measuring or ‘mensuration’. Matt brought along a hemispherical camera – basically a normal camera fitted with a fisheye lens. A fisheye produces a picture that takes in an amazing 180 degrees field of…
Foresters Paul and Nick from Blenheim Estate meet to discuss the tree felling and the public launch of the OneOak project.
