nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Preparations for the launch of our new initiative, TreeWatch, are progressing well. We will be working with a number of organisations over the summer months to test a pilot of TreeWatch. One of these is Earthwatch, who are generously supporting the pilot by offering their intern Nick Kirkby. Nick will be working with us during…
We took the OneOak project to the general public during the three day Art, Design and a Taste of Summer craft fair at Blenheim Palace over the three day May Bank Holiday weekend. Hundreds of people came to the stand to watch our film of the OneOak felling, to watch carvers from the Oxon &…
Proceedings of the ICF National Conference, sponsored by the Sylva Foundation, have been published online today. The subject was Forests and Energy.
We have been working for some on a major new initiative to help monitor the health of Britain’s trees using a ‘citizen science’ approach. We are pleased to announce that the initiative, to be known as TreeWatch, will be launched as a pilot in 2010. Several major partners have been working with us in developing…
After a filthy wet first day at the Blenheim craft fair, spirits are up at the OneOak stand as the sun is shining today. Interest in the project has been good and it is has been interesting talking to the many people who grapple with the notion that felling a 160 year old can be…
See us at the craft fair at Blenheim Palace this Bank Holiday weekend Saturday 29th – Monday 31st May Find out more about the fair Art, Design and a Taste of Summer Watch the OneOak film Great raffle prizes Meet the Sylva team behind the project See some of the fantastic OneOak art Watch the…
Our 30 minute OneOak film, which follows the tree at the felling in January to the sawmill in March 2010, is now available. It was filmed by a fantastic crew of volunteers (Charlie Beesley, Chris Baines, Bryn Walls, Sarah Simblet), generously supported by the University of Oxford’s Media Production Unit. It was edited by Conrad…
A second original piece of music, inspired by the OneOak project, is now available. ‘Wood’ is a personal response by musician and composer Faith Elliott to the work of her father, furniture designer Derek Elliott. A recent exhibition at which this piece was launched, included a display of boards from the OneOak tree. The music…
SYLVA would like to congratulate Truck, the organisers of the WOOD 2010 Festival, for yet another fantastic weekend filled with music, activities and talks – all in celebration of trees and wood. SYLVA’s Alistair Yeomans talked to an estimated 60 plus festival goers, firstly by revisiting the 10 oak trees that SYLVA planted at last years WOOD 2009…
An exhibition on the OneOak project will be held this weekend, 29-31 May 2010, at the Art, Design and a Taste of Summer show at Blenheim Palace. We will be showing some of the films we have had made about the project and will have staff from Sylva on hand to talk about the project…
