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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
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

Euro-students see Welsh forestry at its best

Thanks to financial support from BSW, the Welsh Government, Bangor University and the Henry C Hoare Charitable Trust, the Northern European Regional Meeting (NERM) of the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) was able to visit some fine examples of multi-purpose forestry in North Wales in mid-April.