Acute Oak Decline, Blogs
Georgina Colman
Partnership PhD with UWE

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.

Partnership PhD with UWE
Blogs
John Orchard
Witness Whitney Sawmills

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.

Witness Whitney Sawmills
Blogs, Member's blogs
Annabel Stones
Member's Blog: National Tree Week

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. 

Member's Blog: National Tree Week
Blogs, Member's blogs
Georgina Colman
'Wood Rots Like We Do' by Matthew Rosier

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.

'Wood Rots Like We Do' by Matthew Rosier
Member's blogs
John Orchard
Member's Blog: Making a Stand By Wilf Meynell

This member’s blog from Wilf Meynell of Studio Bark gives thoughtful insight into the creation of ‘Making a Stand’, a new public artwork in City Square, Leeds which uses Douglas Fir from Whitney Sawmills. To find out more about ‘Making a Stand’, head to the LEEDS 2023 website.

Member's Blog: Making a Stand By Wilf Meynell

Get involved in NERM!

A once-in-a-generation opportunity which is designed to bring a major international forestry event to North Wales is seeking sponsors and donors. The Northern European Regional Meeting (NERM) is being staged by the Bangor Forestry Students’ Association (BFSA) on behalf of the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) and will be held at Arete Outdoor Education Centre, Llanrug, near Caernarfon, from 12-19 April 2019.

Best of British recognised at major UK exhibition

Woodland Heritage’s Best Use of British Timber Awards at the Celebration of Craftsmanship & Design exhibition aims to promote the use of local resources to produce pieces that have added meaning beyond their basic function.

Woodland Heritage maintains support for training in Continuous Cover Forest Management

Three attendees at the latest running of the ‘Irregular Silviculture in the Lowlands: Transformation in Practice’ course and one at another CCF course in North Wales all received grants from Woodland Heritage towards the costs of their attendance in October.

The Prince of Wales extends his Patronage of Woodland Heritage

In August, Woodland Heritage was delighted to learn that HRH The Prince of Wales had accepted its request to renew his Patronage of the charity.  The Prince of Wales agreed to become Patron of Woodland Heritage in 2005 in recognition of the charity's efforts to improve the management of woodlands in the UK.