nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Sylva supports cutting-edge forest science in a partnership with the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford by offering a scholarship to DPhil students. We are seeking donors to help us secure our next scholar and, additionally, to help us raise an endowment fund to secure the scholarship in perpetuity. Our first scholar Kirsty Monk…
A film about the B&Q Good Woods project has been released. It features Sarah Greenaway from B&Q and Pooran Desai from our partners BioRegional who explain the ideas behind the project and our work objectives during 2013. They visit brickmaker Jim Matthews of H. G Matthews who uses timber to fire his kiln, harvested both…
Edit – we originally posted an incorrect download link, which we have now fixed. Apologies for any inconvenience. This is an evaluation report of the BeWILD Project, an ancient woodland management project delivered across Berkshire from 2008-2011. This Report pulls together the successes and achievements of the BeWILD Project, and aims to share our experiences…
Sylva is pleased to lend its support to a new movement known as Grown in Britain that has been launched with cross-Government support and the involvement of all parts of the forestry sector across Britain. Its aims are to: Create a new and stronger market ‘pull’ for the array of products derived from our forests…
Sylva staff have been helping the University of Oxford Harcourt Arboretum with plans to build a classroom shelter in their grounds at Nuneham Courtney, to help in the delivery of education to visitors of all ages. They have just announced an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in timber framing to get involved, under expert tuition,…
Reblogged from The New Sylva The authors of The New Sylva have been searching, with help from readers of their book blog, for the best example of a venerable ash tree in Britain to feature in the book. Last week our artist-in-residence, Sarah Simblet, visited the chosen tree with co-author Gabriel Hemery. It is growing…
The final report of the Ecosystem Markets Task Force, published today, includes the B&Q Woodland project that we announced recently.
We are proud to announce today a ground-breaking scheme to breathe new life into neglected woodlands, developed by a partnership between the Sylva Foundation, BioRegional and B&Q. We have teamed up with sustainability charity BioRegional and B&Q to support woodland owners in bringing woodlands into active management. The new scheme is part of B&Q’s One…
The one thousandth woodland has been mapped on myForest service website. The total area mapped now exceeds 17,000ha across Britain, with a few Irish woodland owners having signed up over recent months. These statistics tell us that the average woodland size is 1.47ha. In reality of course, from more in depth analysis we know that…
WOODLAND ARCHAEOLOGY- Training Workshops with John Morris of the Chilterns Woodland Project This popular one day course will include an illustrated talk, a guided woodland visit to see features found in Pigotts Wood, and a chance to explore the wood. Features found in Pigotts Wood include sawpits, charcoal hearths, lynchets, boundary banks, iron bloomery,…