woodland management
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 …
How to Manage Your Woodland | Free Woodland Guide
3 June 2024
Why is woodland management important? Woodland management means actively caring for and working in wooded environments – from coppices and forests to arboretums and public parks. It provides real, measurable …
Wood Knowledge: The Sourcing & Sustainability of Elm
10 July 2021
Elm, although rare, is still available for woodworking. In this video Tom explains the sourcing process for our Elm logs and timber
Wood Knowledge: Introduction to Elm Trees & Timber
22 June 2021
Our native Elm is a rare tree and richly prized wood. Here’s our MD Tom Compton, a forester with an explanation for why that is… Whilst Elm is rare it …
Fresh Produce
23 May 2014
For once I saw it, out of the corner of my eye. The red flash of Brian Harman’s round timber lorry as it lunged past the office and round the …
The story of the Boules
7 April 2014
Our sticking team is busy in the yard putting together some gorgeous fresh sawn T&T boules, all sourced from sustainable managed British woodlands. Â We’ve got air dried Oak, Elm …
Heal’s unplugged & the talented Mr Cox
14 February 2014
Friday is probably my favourite day of the week. I try to celebrate it inhouse with cake of some description, but last Friday cake was not to be. Instead, I …
It’s Grown in Britain Week!
14 October 2013
What does that mean to you and me? It means Grown in Britain has officially landed and is here to stay. Full stop. It means it’s time for Dr Peter …
Ask not what Grown in Britain can do for you…
26 July 2013
but what you can do for Grown in Britain 26 July 2013 – Sarah Farmer, English Woodlands Timber Ltd Grown in Britain came to us in a dream and …
All in a lather
10 May 2012
It’s our Riven Laths I’m all in a lather about. I need to know more about their use. I need to know how a lime plasterer works. I want to understand more …
Big Boys Toys
20 February 2012
If you go down to the woods today…. you won’t find a teddy bear’s picnic ! But you will find Yogi (a bit of a teddy bear!) … wielding some state of …
Abominable Snow Men
10 February 2012
You’ve seen the footprints in the snow… you’ve heard the howl in the halflight…  for those of you who have wondered if David and Paul, our Foresters, were real, these visions in …