nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Paradise Wood Open Afternoon: A National Research Woodland Discover more about our woodlands and forestry research. Refreshments available. Do you know what a dendrometer band and a seed orchard are or how our native trees may adapt to climate change? Timed, guided tours of Paradise Wood will depart from the Neptune Wood car park at…
We have published a timelapse film of the tree planting activities undertaken earlier this year in our OneOak project. The pictures were taken over four months in the Blenheim woodland and start with the unveiling of the OneOak sculpture plus the first trees being planted on January 31st. Also captured are the visits by 250…
Wesley Smith of BBC Radio Oxford visited the OneOak exhibition at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden (OBG) earlier this week. He enjoyed looking around the exhibits and talking with our CEO Gabriel Hemery and volunteer curator Jane King. He also spoke with Emma Williams from OBG. You can listen to the programme this Sunday…
MakeIT! Furniture winners announced at the National School of Furniture in Oxford The first ever MakeIT! Furniture awards ceremony was held at The National School of Furniture at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College as part of the Summer Show on the 13th June, bringing together industry experts, teachers and students to recognise Britain’s emerging design…
Sylva’s OneOak project (www.OneOak.info) is now on the road in a series of exhibitions during 2011 and 2012. These have been curated by volunteer Jane King. Here Jane King writes about her passion and interests, and what inspired here to volunteer with Sylva.
OneOak watercolour artist in residence, Rebecca Hind, is holding Summer Schools on 11-15 July and 18-22 July, based around our offices in Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire. Suitable for beginners and experienced painters, these structured classes begin each day with demonstration and formal tuition, followed by one-to-one teaching with your chosen subject. Tonality, colour, composition and perspective…
Interest in TreeWatch beyond the UK continues to grow. The first tree in Italy was adopted this week: a Quercus pubescens near Salerno in the south of the country. read more …
Can you help spread the word about TreeWatch? We are looking for more people to get involved by adopting trees and helping with surveys. Perhaps you work in a school or colleage and could help promote it as a student project, or think your friends or work colleagues may be interested. We have created a…
We have just celebrated the 100th tree being adopted in our TreeWatch initiative. We now have trees on the map across much of England and are looking forward to seeing interest spread across Scotland and Wales. It’s also great to see trees adopted in France and Spain. Thank you to all our ‘adoptees’ for their…
Sylva’s CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford earlier today. He talked about our latest initiative TreeWatch and our OneOak exhibition currently open at Oxford Botanic Garden. Listen again (from 1 hour 16 minutes) for one week only.
