OneOak tree grows again
A young sapling raised from a remarkable oak tree⸺once the focus for our national education and arts project⸺has been planted by children in an Oxfordshire school.
OneOak follow-on project kicks off
Fifteen environmental educators, forest school leaders and teachers met with the Sylva team to develop an innovative follow-on project to OneOak – due to be launched nationally in September 2015.
OneOak memorial sculpture returns home
In the final act of the OneOak project, today we returned the OneOak memorial sculpture to its rightful home; to the woodland at Blenheim Palace. The sculpture, designed and made by Simon Clements, toured around all the OneOak exhibition venues during 2011 and 2012 but it was always destined to rest on top of the…
OneOak exhibition enters its last week
The OneOak exhibition at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has now entered its last week. Over the last five weeks some tens of thousands of visitors have seen the displays of information about sustainable forest management, watched the films, listened to the music, and been amazed by both the beauty and variety of wooden items made from the OneOak tree.
OneOak woodchip heats it up
One of the last parts of the OneOak tree waiting to be processed was a large pile of its branchwood. Ever since the tree was felled in January 2010 the branchwood has been stored at Blenheim where it has been drying slowly for the last 18 months. James Norman, from Oxford Renewables, has been waiting…
OneOak beam afloat Queen’s Jubilee Pageant
This Sunday, 3rd June, look out for the Herefordshire Bull – a traditional Trow built to take part in her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. Regular readers will know that the transom beam of the boat was made from the timber of the OneOak tree, and you can…
The Hereford Bull naming ceremony
The Hereford Bull, a new boat built by T Nielsen in the traditional style of a Wye Trow, was named at a ceremony in Hereford City centre on 12th May. The Trow included timber from our OneOak project, which was used to make the Transom Beam. Watch a short film showing the naming ceremony: Read…
OneOak fine furniture competition winners
We announced recently that the judging had taken place of entries by Rycotewood students into the OneOak fine furniture competition – read more. We are delighted to announce the two winners. They are Matt Wakeham (18) and Harry Friday (19). We asked Matt and Harry to tell us more about themselves and their entries into…
Sylva online shop launched
Sylva’s Online Shop is launched with a rare opportunity to purchase some stunning works of tree and woodland art.
OneOak exhibition opens at Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Today we are delighted to open a new OneOak exhibitionat the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It will run until 27th March 2012.