Forester Wanted
We are looking for an exceptional and early-career Forester to join our dynamic small team.
British Woodlands Survey 2020 launched
The British Woodlands Survey 2020 (BWS2020) has been launched and remains open until the end of June. In this new survey, researchers want to understand awareness, action and aspiration among Britain’s forestry community to environmental change.
Invitation to Tender to Supply Woodworking Machinery
Sylva Foundation is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to supply, deliver and install/commission industrial woodworking machinery.
Renovation of the old Grain Store
Despite the wet winter we’ve been busy at the Sylva Wood Centre completing the renovation of our old Grain Store. We’ve just completed this timelapse film, taken over several months, which finishes with the fitting of innovative thermally-modified hardwood products, including cladding, windows, and a door. The Brimstone products were provided by Vastern Timber, in…
The Future of Furniture Craft Education
Our Head of Wood School, Joseph Bray, writes about his recent experience completing a Churchill Fellowship exploring furniture education in the US and Scandinavia. This time last year I was returning from the first leg of my Churchill travelling fellowship where I visited a wide range of institutions offering high quality furniture education in the…
House of Wessex receives second Royal visit . . . 1300 years later
Her Royal Highness, the Countess of Wessex, formally opened our uniquely reconstructed Anglo-Saxon building during a visit yesterday. Named the ‘House of Wessex’, the replica seventh century building has been painstakingly built over a period of two years with the help of experts and hundreds of volunteer days.
Announcing the death of our trustee Peter Savill
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our long standing trustee and great friend to Sylva Foundation, Dr Peter Savill.
Forestry Fieldwork Resources Launched for Secondary Schools
Fieldwork in the Forest, our new forestry fieldwork resources for secondary school geography teachers and pupils has been launched today.
New web software will help deer management across landscapes
Environmental charity the Sylva Foundation has launched a major new version of a web platform and mobile app designed to help with the management of deer across landscapes.
Sylva research influences policy and practice
Our paper about financial cost of ash dieback, co-authored with former Oxford-Sylva scholar Louise Hill, continues to receive widespread political and popular interest. In October it was cited by parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee