We are delighted that the OneOak project is now underway. The project website has been launched, and work with our six partner primary schools in Oxfordshire is now well underway. About 300 school children will be visiting the tree this term and will be working with us on the project in many different ways –…
We have now completed our first quarter since becoming a charity in late March. It has been an eventful and rewarding three months, with many of our ideas beginning to turn into reality. Some of our most major developments are still some months away, but now may be a good time to review our progress…
Sylva plants ‘message’ trees at Wood Festival – May 2009 Our Director of Forestry, Alistair Yeomans, gave a tree talk and then, with the help of the festival goers who braved the rain, planted 10 special ‘message trees’ to celebrate Oxfordshire’s woodlands. The Wood Festival was held at Braziers Park for the second year running. …
The Conference Proceedings written and compiled by Sylva have now been published are available on our think-tank website. Click on the image. Hemery, G. E. (2009) Timber, mutton or fuel? Debating the economics of land use and forestry. Institute of Chartered Foresters, National Conference 22-23 April 2009, Cardiff. www.charteredforesters.org. pp. 37.
Sylva staff enjoyed attending the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ national conference in Cardiff last week on the topic of land use and forestry. Sylva CEO Gabriel Hemery gave a presentation to the 130 delegates on Future-proof woodland design and management, questioning recent ‘blind-alley’ policies and ‘lowest common denominators’ in decision making. He offered ‘nativeness’ as…
We are pleased to be supporting the Institute of Chartered Foresters by co-sponsoring their national conference in Cardiff on 22/23 April 2009 on the topical subject of Landuse and forestry.
Sylva’s letter in The Guardian is published.
During 2008 we commissioned wood engraver Howard Phipps to produce the design for our new logo. Working with the end grain of a tiny block of box (Buxus sempevirens), Howard incorporated oak and larch branches in the design to depict our interest in hardwood and coniferous forestry, and a log face to emphasise our support…
Painter David Hockey found that his woodland subject had disappeared
Sylva Foundation germinates as a new forestry charity
