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One way to use more homegrown timber at home.

Woodland Heritage Trustee Adrian Jowitt shows how a desire to use timber, coupled with a simple phone call, led him to the milling of Western Red Cedar in a Devon woodland en route to a more sustainable solution. Here’s one way to use more homegrown timber at home.

One way to use more homegrown timber at home.
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Why provenance matters and the genius it unlocks

When Christian Gaze and I started Gaze Burvill 31 years ago, we had a vision of creating a beautiful collection of outdoor furniture using entirely oak grown in the UK. I was inspired by my one-year course at John Makepeace’s Hooke Park in Dorset where I had learnt about the necessity of adding value to British-grown woods to feed a virtuous cycle of growing and improving our woodlands.

Why provenance matters and the genius it unlocks
John Orchard
Open Woods & Workshops - launch!
Open Woods & Workshops - launch!
John Orchard
Woodland Heritage receives skills grant from ...

Today Woodland Heritage announces a £238,442 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create ‘Woodland Heritage Skills’; two years of educational workshops, digital educational assets and collaboration with its members and partners to deliver the charity’s new Open Woods & Workshops initiative.

Woodland Heritage receives skills grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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John Orchard
Tabling some dovetails

Nick Wright describes his work at the Snowdon School of Furniture which started as a one-week summer school, the brainchild of David Snowdon and Carmel Allen, Linley’s then creative director, to celebrate 30 years of Linley Furniture and give something back to support student makers.

Tabling some dovetails

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Woodland Heritage seeks a new Chair to lead on its ambitious plans and grow its influence

Woodland Heritage has grown steadily over the last 28 years since its inception by Peter Goodwin and Lewis Scott. A combination of new opportunities and rising aspirations means the charity is on the cusp of a step change in its mission to demonstrate the value of British woods.

Students fund new ten-year relationship between Bangor University and Woodland Heritage

Woodland Heritage is a longstanding supporter of Bangor University, providing financial assistance and advice to many forestry students, alumni and staff, as well as over £800,000 of funding for a string of important research projects focused on Acute Oak Decline and based at the university.