Open Weekend 9th and 10th May 2026

Sylva Wood School and Wood Centre are taking part in Oxfordshire Artweeks again this year. On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May 2026, from 10am-5pm, we invite you to an inspiring weekend dedicated to home-grown timber, the excellence of wood craft, and the flourishing community that brings this natural material to life. The Wood School…

Supporting woodland creation in myForest

We are pleased to announce another exciting collaboration between Sylva Foundation and the Forestry Commission, supporting woodland creation across England through the provision of historic environment data layers in myForest.  myForest users can now access the ‘Historic Environment Opportunity Map for New Woodland’, which was launched by the Forestry Commission last year. The composite layer…

A Beginners Guide to Forest Inventory: Understanding Your Woodland with myForest

Knowing what is growing in your woodland is of critical importance for sustainable woodland management. For the uninitiated, the multitude of technical terms for the different sorts of data that can be recorded, and the different ways in which individual trees and stands can be measured, may seem daunting. We’ve created this guide to simplify…