Grown in Britain
Open Woods and Workshops
11 June 2026
This past weekend, we took people time travelling – covering 150 years in just 6 hours. On a wet and windy Saturday, we hosted our Woodland Heritage Open Woods and …
Exceptional Timber, Exceptional Stories: Sycamore and American Black Walnut at the TTJ Awards
22 October 2025
At English Woodlands Timber, we believe timber is more than just a material, it’s a story waiting to be told. Every board carries the history of the tree it came …
Celebrating Grown in Britain Week 2025
7 October 2025
It’s that time of year again Grown in Britain Week 2025 is here! From Monday 6th – Sunday 12th October 2025, we’re joining the GiB community to celebrate all things …
How to Source Local Timber for Your Project: The Benefits of Buying from English Woodlands Timber
2 September 2025
If you’ve ever stepped into a woodland and breathed in the scent of leaf litter and damp bark, or felt the rough texture of an ancient Oak trunk under your …
All Wood Is Special
23 August 2024
Because all trees are special… and before wood is wood, it’s trees. Forestry. The planting, the growing, the nurturing, by foresters, forest operations teams and dedicated tree stewards. Have you …
Watch Your Language >> Wood Words
2 January 2024
All the different words used to talk about wood can get confusing sometimes – we’re sticking with good ole ‘waney edge boards’ for the duration…
Wood Knowledge: The Sustainable Sourcing of Ash Wood
14 December 2023
What’s the appeal of British Ash wood? No 1 it’s a beautiful, and very usable hardwood. No 2 if it’s homegrown, it’s super sustainable…
Shake it up this #GiBWeek2023
10 October 2023
Yes dear woodfans, today’s the first day of #GiBWeek2023 and we want to to shake up your wood-thinking a little with some hard facts about wood and trees. So you’re …
Timber Certification: 100% or none
11 May 2022
At English Woodlands Timber we have firm beliefs about responsible, sustainable timber sourcing. It all starts with the trees. Our beliefs inform our choice to subscribe to chain-of-custody certification schemes …
We have a homegrown hunch about Douglas Fir
18 February 2022
We have a hunch that homegrown Douglas Fir has yet to come into it’s own for bespoke wide board floors and interior joinery
Is ‘sustainable’ as simple as ‘local’?
3 February 2022
This particular douglas fir cladding probably travelled a maximum of 10 miles as part of our Grown in Britain supply chain…
Character is not a defect.
18 January 2022
Character is not a defect. It’s not something to exclude, engineer out, cut away or waste. Character is the essence of a thing, for us, it’s the essence of wood. …