Teaching and lecturing so far this year has been dominated by the word “Landscape”. Whether the catalyst for this has been driven by us, by those [...]

We are packing in a busy schedule of teaching and lecturing this winter mixing up architecture, forestry, seminars, teaching and field visits. [...]

Autumn 2019 sees us dipping our toes into the world of extracting chemicals from trees.  Having failed chemistry at School we our instead working [...]

A grant from the Future Trees Trust via the RFS Forestry Roots scheme has enabled us to take on a young graduate forester as a research [...]

2019 sees the centenary of the Forestry Commission and an opportunity to explore what forestry means in the UK, where we are at and where we are [...]

One of the most dramatic features of the stunning coastline of the South West are the estuarine forests; shields of oak canopy spilling down to [...]

The UK is a global hub for innovation in timber architecture and engineering with many major practices based in London.  There is, however, very [...]

Working with Vastern Timber to help develop their Brimstone brand of thermally modified timber.  Over the next 6 months we will be commissioning [...]

The most exciting and daunting piece of work we have had to date? Dartington Hall, tucked into South Devon on the outskirts of Totnes has a [...]

We offer a funding and bid-writing service throughout the timber supply-chain.  All news on current funding can be found here. In order to offer [...]

We will be spending the next 8 months working alongside Exmoor National Park and the Woodland Trust to increase the resilience and sustainability [...]

The Teign Valley in Devon has a rich history of woodland and forestry from the Atlantic Oak woodlands through the pioneering work of the [...]

Jez Ralph has recently given the key-note lecture at the Royal Forestry Society 2017 conference for young future foresters.  We are very proud to [...]

We are currently working with Wessex Community Assets to investigate the potential for a construction level fabrication-lab for Dorset.  The [...]

Dorset County Council have been investigating the possibility of heating County Hall with biomass and, ideally, self-supply the fuel.  We have [...]

Exmoor National Park Authority owns or is responsible fore a considerable amount of woodland, much of it ancient oak.  We will be working with [...]

We were recently invited to attended the EIP Agri workshop in Vienna on innovation in the non-timber forest product sector.  Examples from across [...]

We have been working with the Confederation of Forest Industries to provide maternity cover whilst the England Manager Caroline Harrison has been [...]

Working with the Silvanus Trust Jez Ralph was involved in funding for the initial prototyping and testing of thermally modified English ash. The [...]

Building with Wood is an occasional series of conferences, seminars and workshops targeted at timber users and specifiers organised between [...]

In a time of changing climate and changing timber needs we need t consider what species may grow well, be sustainable and be an environmental [...]

Wyre forest is a fascinating hidden gem close to the urban centres of the Midlands, a large area of predominantly oak forest with a deep [...]

Taking advantage of an offer from Plymouth University electron microscopy department we have been sampling various species of timber.  We have [...]

Douglas fir has been identified as an important species for South West England with many examples of good growing conditions and good natural [...]

Combing a passion for forestry and a passion for cycling.  Initially working with the Silvanus Trust and the Forestry Commission, 1SW became a [...]