Sylva Foundation Hosts Long Wittenham’s Village Apple Day 2025
Sylva Foundation was pleased to once again host Long Wittenham’s Village Apple Day at the Sylva Wood Centre.
Join us for Artweeks 2023
Join us as we open the Sylva Wood Centre again to visitors on May 7/8 and 13/14 during Oxfordshire Artweeks. The Sylva Wood Centre will be taking part in Oxford Artweeks this year! May 7th, 8th, 13th and 14th. Open 10am-5pm. With open workshops on both Artweeks weekends, take the opportunity to talk to more…
Head of Wood School appointed
Our recently-appointed Head of Wood School, Joseph Bray, introduces himself and his new role with Sylva Foundation.
Future Forest springs to life
From a bare field in January to a new growing woodland in April boasting 7,500 trees and a wildflower meadow, we reflect on four amazing months of activity with our new Forest Friends.
Plaque celebrates support from Grown in Britain for innovative cladding
This week we unveiled a plaque celebrating the close working relationship between the Sylva Foundation and Grown in Britain, and the innovation of thermally-modified hardwood cladding sourced from sustainably managed British woodlands.
Innovative hardwood cladding for the Sylva Wood Centre (2)
In our second feature on this story, Sylva’s CEO talks to James Tyler of Tyler Hardwoods Ltd about an exicting new home-grown hardwood product to be installed at the Sylva Wood Centre. The thermally-modified hardwood cladding will be used on the first building at the Sylva Wood Centre. The ash and sycamore cladding has been supplied by Tyler Hardwoods, sourced from woodlands in the south-west of Britain. The development of the product and its installation at the Sylva Wood Centre is supported by Grown in Britain.
First meeting at the Sylva Wood Centre
Earlier this week the first tenants and users who will move into the Sylva Wood Centre met together for the first time. This was a major milestone for us at Sylva and it was exciting to witness new acquitances made, and even more so when talk of collaboration and sharing soon echoed around the building site.
Innovative hardwood cladding for the Sylva Wood Centre
This week we took delivery of a brand new product sourced from British forests. The thermally-modified hardwood cladding will be used on the first building at the Sylva Wood Centre.
Last available commercial unit available at the Sylva Wood Centre
There remains a unique opportunity to house your wood-based business at the Sylva Wood Centre in Oxfordshire – only one commercial unit remaining.
Sylva Wood Centre grows from the ashes
Following weeks of demolition and clearance, work on rebuilding the first of our structures at the Sylva Wood Centre is finally underway.