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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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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
John Orchard
Utah Connection Continued - Interview with ...

Hailing from Utah in the US, Justin Davies, most widely known as JustinTheTrees, has brought wood culture to hundreds of millions by sharing his adventures with trees and timber. John Orchard speaks with Justin about the concept of species loneliness, the taste of sassafras ice cream and the intense optimism found in bringing people closer to nature.

Utah Connection Continued - Interview with JustinTheTrees

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.