nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
In this new one-day course learn how to perform guitar ‘set-ups’ so that your guitar sounds and plays at its best. The course is run with expert tuition by local luthier Steve Kendall. All types of guitar catered for: acoustic, electric, and bass.
Sylva Foundation has been very proud to support the creation of the newly launched Charter for Trees, Woods and People. The Tree Charter was launched in Lincoln Castle on 6 November 2017; the 800th anniversary of the 1217 Charter of the Forest.
Tickets are still available for The Shapes of Trees event – an evening of music at the Sylva Wood Centre on 16th November. The event is part of our Winter Festival of Trees, Woods and People which is helping promote the launch of the ‘Tree Charter’.
We’re looking forward to seeing the Sylva Wood Centre on BBC Countryfile this Sunday evening featuring the imminent launch of the Tree Charter
The new Charter for Trees, Woods and People will launch on 6th November — the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest. Sylva Foundation has been a keen supporter of this Woodland Trust-led initiative. Last year we collected stories from hundreds of woodland owners (read more) and behind the scenes we’ve been lending our weight to help make this national celebration of trees a success. We’ve also been quietly busy at the Sylva Wood Centre, helping one of the main celebratory moments come to life in the form of 11 dramatic sculptures. The Tree Charter Poles are being carved from 15′ oak logs by Sylva Wood Centre-based sculptor Simon Clements. Simon takes over the story . . .
Trees and woodland take a lifetime to mature so changes we make now to the way we plant and look after them will benefit both current and future generations. That’s why leaving a gift in your Will to a charity like Sylva Foundation could be a wonderful, enduring demonstration of your commitment to the environment, wildlife and sustainable living for generations to come. Sylva Foundation has recently joined with The Goodwill Partnership to help support legacy giving to the charity.
Sylva Foundation CEO Gabriel Hemery reports on significant progress made in bringing the English forestry sector together to ensure that forestry practice, and our trees and forests, will adapt effectively to climate change.
The Argyll Small Woods Coop and the Croft Woodland Project are hosting a woodland planning workshop on Tuesday 24th October. Learn more about myForest, and opportunities for collaborative woodland management.
Thanks to new online technology, landowners and managers now have the ability to create deer management plans and collect and share data more easily to manage and monitor deer population impacts across the landscape, helping to improve the environmental condition of woodlands.
We’re proud to be one of the winners of the 2017 Woodlands Awards for Regional & National Woodland Organisations. Thanks to those who nominated us!