“[a] beautifully produced book that can be enjoyed on several levels. I suspect that most readers will start with Sarah Simblet’s exquisite drawings that grace almost every spread and, with their detailed captions, capture the character of individual trees and convey botanical details with enviable skill.” “The text is a reference source for questions ranging… Read More
Review in Gardens Illustrated
“[a] beautifully produced book that can be enjoyed on several levels. I suspect that most readers will start with Sarah Simblet’s exquisite drawings that grace almost every spread and, with their detailed captions, capture the character of individual trees and convey botanical details with enviable skill.” “The text is a reference source for questions ranging… Read More
Review by The Ecologist
“Hemery’s eminently readable text and Simblet’s brilliant drawings show why we should love and respect the world’s trees, and how deep is our debt to them.” Colin Tudge for The Ecologist, 30th May 2014 Read the full review
Review by The Sunday Times
“Sometimes in this shouty world, it is good to come across a book that proclaims its virtues with quiet dignity.” The Sunday Times, 4th May 2014
Review by BBC Wildlife Magazine
BBC Wildlife Magazine: Book of the Month “This is a beautiful, useful and inspirational book.” BBC Wildlife Magazine, April 2014
Review by BBC Wildlife Magazine
BBC Wildlife Magazine: Book of the Month “This is a beautiful, useful and inspirational book.” BBC Wildlife Magazine, April 2014
Review by Small Woodland Owner Group
“The New Sylva is a fine-looking book, carefully designed, beautifully illustrated and written with intelligence and charm. It is impossible to do justice to the range and breadth of research in this short review, but suffice to say that this thought-provoking book will be both useful and absorbing to foresters and casual readers alike.” Small… Read More
Review by Small Woodland Owner Group
“The New Sylva is a fine-looking book, carefully designed, beautifully illustrated and written with intelligence and charm. It is impossible to do justice to the range and breadth of research in this short review, but suffice to say that this thought-provoking book will be both useful and absorbing to foresters and casual readers alike.” Small… Read More
Danish walnut beer
A visit to the densist is more enjoyable than expected after I leave with a bottle of walnut beer. Read More
Blackthorn suckers must be sedulously extirpated
“In Scotland, by tying the young shoots with bands of hay, they make the stems grow so very close together, as that it encloseth rabbets in warrens instead of pales: And for this robust use we shall prefer the blackthorn; the extravagant suckers which are apt to rise at distance from the hedge-line, being sedulously… Read More
Future research requirements for forestry in England
The Independent Panel on Forestry sponsored Forest Research to host a workshop, held on 9 November 2011, to identify the strengths and opportunities of the current research programmes and make recommendations for future research priorities for forestry in England. The workshop was attended by a range of participants from the research, policy and practitioner communities. A… Read More
The Forester – Adscita statices
I’ve been spending some time with entomologists at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as the museum is hosting an exhibition of the Sylva Foundation’s OneOak educational project for the next six months. I was lucky enough to be able to handle some wonderful collections of insects of myriad colours, sizes and types. My… Read More
