nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Sylva staff enjoyed attending the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ national conference in Cardiff last week on the topic of land use and forestry. Sylva CEO Gabriel Hemery gave a presentation to the 130 delegates on Future-proof woodland design and management, questioning recent ‘blind-alley’ policies and ‘lowest common denominators’ in decision making. He offered ‘nativeness’ as…
We are pleased to be supporting the Institute of Chartered Foresters by co-sponsoring their national conference in Cardiff on 22/23 April 2009 on the topical subject of Landuse and forestry.
Sylva’s letter in The Guardian is published.
During 2008 we commissioned wood engraver Howard Phipps to produce the design for our new logo. Working with the end grain of a tiny block of box (Buxus sempevirens), Howard incorporated oak and larch branches in the design to depict our interest in hardwood and coniferous forestry, and a log face to emphasise our support…
Painter David Hockey found that his woodland subject had disappeared
Sylva Foundation germinates as a new forestry charity
The Sylva Foundation was officially inaugarated today with the first board meeting of the Sylva Foundation Ltd. This is our first major step towards registering the Sylva Foundation as a charity in England and Wales.