nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
13th May – Harcourt Arboretum event – myForest – Enhancing the Southern Oxfordshire forestry sector Sylva and the Oxfordshire Woodland Project (OWP) are holding a joint event as part of the LEADER funded project to support woodland owners and managers in the Southern Oxfordshire LAG area, in the mapping and managing of their woodlands. The…
The OneOak sculpture has been removed from the Blenheim woodland and taken to the centre of Oxford where it now stands outside the entrance to the OneOak Exhibition, which is open at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden until end August.
One year after the felling of the OneOak tree, a new oak forest has been planted by 250 children, a memorial sculpture stands proudly on the tree base, and the bluebells have returned. April 2011.
For the last two days I have been at the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ (ICF) conference
Interest and growth in the myForest service continues to rise. To date over 7600 hectares of woodland have been mapped with the 300th woodland owner signing up today.
This is the second year that Sylva will contribute to Oxford Energy Futures seminar. Alistair will present a talk entitled Wood fuel in the UK: a general overview and latest developments in the sector. University of Oxford – 10th June, 2011 Oxford Energy Futures is a Conference focusing on the latest energy topics, with contributions from…
Students from Rycotewood Furniture Centre at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College have been working with our partner schools to design benches for their school grounds, to be made from the timber of the OneOak tree. Furniture Design Student Ian Smith has been working with Stonesfield Primary School. Here is his story. The OneOak seating project…
Two months after the start of the logs experiment, I have begun collecting the first samples. I have been in the field revisiting all 170 logs across two woodland sites, collecting a sample of every fungus found on each log for molecular analysis. This data will be used for statistical analysis to identify differences in…
We have launched a new survey under our TreeWatch initiative in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society. We are asking volunteers to help by adopting a Pear tree Pyrus communis and observing it regularly for the European Pear Rust Gymnosporangium sabinae. The new survey has been added to our new look TreeWatch website, which was…
This week our OneOak exhibition opened at University of Oxford Botanic Garden. The exhibition combines the story of the OneOak project – its art, education and science – with photographic work celebrating the important and beauty of woodlands, and stunning original works of art and music. The exhibition has been designed and supported by volunteer…
