nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Today, SYLVA gathered together ten leading forestry experts at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. This was the final step in completing an EU research programme undertaken as part of our think-tank work. The research programme is entitled Prospects for the market supply of wood and other forest products from areas with fragmented…
Top London-based photographer Sam Scott-Hunter spent a freezing afternoon today capturing the beauty of the OneOak tree after the recent heavy snowfall. Sam will be creating an album of images that we will share online soon. We will also be working with him to capture the beauty of the wooden products that are made from…
Artist Rebecca Hind has been visiting the OneOak tree regularly (see previous post). She has braved freezing temperatures and long nights to watch the tree as it changes through the seasons and through the time of the day. Rebecca’s most recent sketch show here was inspired by a full moon. “Our most recent full moon.…
Gabriel Hemery reports with Jo Clark on field trials established in 2003 to test five walnut hybrid varieties. Planted within an innovative silvicultutral mixture, five years on, some have shown outstanding growth. The relatively fast growth of this hardwood-producing tree may prove to be a valuable component in some new plantation woodlands, particularly short rotation…
CEO Gabriel Hemery is lead author with eight other international scientists of an important review paper published online this week. The peer-reviewed paper Growing scattered broadleaves in Europe in a changing climate: a review of risks and opportunities was the result of collaborative work undertaken in an EU scientific exchange programme. The paper was published…
The children in ‘Foxes’ class at Willowcroft Community School, Didcot have been painting and sculpting winter trees. Although the children have not yet seen the OneOak in the winter, they were inspired by the Oak Trees at their Forest School site. One tree in particular stood out as it was silhouetted in the afternoon sun…
As part of their literacy work this week, Year 3 and 4 pupils at Woodstock Primary School concentrated on persuasive arguments and debates. Today they held The BIG TREE DEBATE. Should the OneOak tree be felled? Before the debate children were split into two groups – they then had to come up with reasons for…
Earlier this month Sylva’s Director of Forestry, Alistair Yeomans, was appointed Secretary for the South East region of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF). This further extends Sylva’s support for the ICF whose role we believe is very important for the forestry sector in the UK and beyond. Sylva’s CEO Gabriel Hemery represents the ICF…
A database for our think-tank resources, now totalling 25 articles and papers, has been created. It has been linked with the worldwide forestry community via the Global Forest Information Service.
Children from Bladon Primary enjoyed walking through Blenheim’s forest trail, led by the Education Team of Blenheim Palace. They saw planted and managed forest, and ancient woodland. They had a colour chart and tried to find every colour on there to show them that the woods weren’t just brown and green. After the Forest Trail…
