nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
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…
There are many woodland interest initiatives and NGOs and we at the SYLVA Foundation value the variety and diversity of these initiatives. This said, we also feel strongly about avoiding duplication of information and actively look to link with strong research and woodland management guides and information. One such publication that has recently been…
Nature is repairing herself at the woodland where the OneOak tree was felled in January 2010. Foresters at Blenheim Estate have also given nature a helping hand by leaving habitat piles. Piles of branchwood have been left to provide homes for wildlife, for small mammals such as voles, and for insects and fungi that thrive…
Enter our free competition and you have a chance to win some super prizes. Simply try to guess the weight of the OneOak tree. For perhaps the first time ever in science, an entire mature oak tree has been weighed; from the massive main trunk down to the smallest twigs at the tips of the…
Sylva has been awarded a LEADER grant to support woodland owners in mapping and managing their woodlands in the Southern Oxfordshire LEADER area and to provide a platform for reconnecting the local wood-chain. Our myForest Service will be the main tool for supporting this work. SYLVA have teamed up with the Oxfordshire Woodland Project to…
SYLVA CEO Gabriel Hemery is talking about the OneOak project on Saturday 15th May at 11am, at Philip Koomen’s workshop at Checkendon as part of Oxfordshire ArtWeek. In his talk entitled The story of the One Oak, Gabriel will explain the inspirations behind the project and highlight stories that have emerged during its dramatic first…
SYLVA CEO Gabriel Hemery is talking about the OneOak project on Saturday 15th May at 11am, at Philip Koomen’s workshop at Checkendon as part of Oxfordshire ArtWeek. In his talk entitled The story of the One Oak, Gabriel will explain the inspirations behind the project and highlight stories that have emerged during its dramatic first…
Furniture designer and maker Philip Koomen is featured in the Oxford Times Oxfordshire Limited Edition magazine in the May issue. Philip is one of our main advisors in the OneOak project. The article celebrates Philip’s work and promotes his forthcoming Arts Week Exhibition at his workshops in Checkendon. Our CEO Gabriel Hemery will be giving…
