A few weeks’ ago I visited the remarkable Alice Holt Research Station as a guest of Principal Pathologist Dr Sandra Denman, of Forest Research. I made the journey to Hampshire to meet Alice Dibley who is undertaking her PhD as part of a new partnership between UWE Bristol and Woodland Heritage. Alice’s work will focus on the effects of management practices on Acute Oak Decline.
A behind the scenes look at Whitney Sawmills, based in Herefordshire. This hardwood mill is a key part of our domestic timber supply. Read on for tea cakes and timber framing, to matches and Mebor saws.
To celebrate National Tree Week, we asked members to recall the trees they have planted, how they have cared for them, what their top tips are, and what they have made with this wonderful resource.
Artist Matthew Rosier discusses his new film ‘Wood Rots Like We Do’, which tells the story of the ancient shrines of the Ise Jingu, Japan, and what they can teach us about regenerating forests today.
