Free Buying & selling local timber & wood products grown in the South East England Issue 72, Autumn 2008 Classified Advertising: Round Timber for Sale Round Timber Wanted Sawn Timber Timber Processing Services Wood Fuel Fencing, Horticultural & Garden Furniture & Finished Products Timber Buildings & Architecture Coppice/Woodland Management Equipment & Machinery Courses & Training Jobs & Opportunities Events & Meetings Publications & Websites Plus news, information & features WEALD Promoting the sustainable production and use of local timber in South East England Local Timber Producers Group: A meeting for producers and contractors in the th © Woodnet 2008 Wealden and Rural Rother area on Friday 26 September at WEC, Flimwell. For further details see page 4. Copy deadline for Winter issue: 31st October 2008 www.woodlots.org.uk WoodLots: Promoting the sustainable management of woodlands in the South East and the production and use of local timber & wood products. Available in East Sussex, West the Autumn edition of WoodLots. One of Sussex, Kent, London, Surrey, Welcome to the main events this Autumn is this years Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Weald Woodfair which will take place at Bentley Wildlife & Motor Museum Oxfordshire, Berkshire between the 12th-14th September 2008. and Buckinghamshire A large number of WoodLots contributors and advertisers will be there: Information & networking for local timber producers, wood users and all editor’s comment • Ben Law is launching his new book: The Woodland Year at the fair and related organisations & businesses. will be signing copies each day on the stand of his publisher Permanent Current issue and back issues Publications. available at: www.woodlots.org.uk • Chris Jankiewicz is from the Forestry Commision and works alongside Subscription: see page 31 or www.woodlots.org.uk SEEDA to offer funding advice for the forestry sector. He has contributed an article to this issue and will be running a drop-in advice clinic at the Wood Display Advertising: available at fair on Friday the 12th to promote the RDPE and SEWTF grant schemes. competitive rates in both full colour Please see pages 10-11 for further details of these schemes. and black & white. See page 30 We will have a stand at the Woodfair again this year where you will be Distribution: 1900+ recipients through- out the South East 4 times a year able meet us and to pick up information about WoodNet and the training courses we run. Send your advertisements and requests for WoodLots to the Also don’t forget our Producers Group meeting for local timber producers, Editor: Weald WoodNet landowners or contractors which takes place on the 26th of September at The Woodland Enterprise Centre, WEC, Flimwell. For further details see page 4. Hastings Road, Flimwell, East Dan Cope. Sussex, TN5 7PR WoodLots Editor Tel: 01580 879552 Fax: 01580 879547 Email: [email protected] Web: www.woodlots.org.uk Copy deadline for next issue: 31st October 2008 Weald WoodNet, Woodland Enterprise Centre, Hastings Road, Flimwell, East Sussex TN5 7PR Printing: www.ghyllprint.co.uk 2 T: 01580 879552 Fax: 01580 879547 E: [email protected] Workshop & Office Space at Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell 90m2 B1 timber workshop units & office space available in woodland setting on A21 on the East Sussex/Kent border. Suit woodland & rural businesses looking to purchase/rent in high-quality sustainable construction promoting woodland industry & services Further details from David Saunders 01580 879552 [email protected] WoodLots: Promoting the sustainable management of woodlands in the Workshop South East and the production and use of local timber & wood products. Contents & Office Space Available in East Sussex, West at Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell Sussex, Kent, London, Surrey, 2 Editor’s comment Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, 90m2 B1 timber workshop units & office Oxfordshire, Berkshire 4-5 News space available in woodland setting on and Buckinghamshire A21 on the East Sussex/Kent border. 4-9 Display Advertising Information & networking for local 10-11 Grants and Funding Feature Suit woodland & rural businesses looking to purchase/rent in high-quality timber producers, wood users and all 12 Display Advertising sustainable construction promoting related organisations & businesses. woodland industry & services Current issue and back issues available at: www.woodlots.org.uk 13 Round Timber For Sale Further details from David Saunders 14-15 Round Timber Wanted Subscription: see page 31 01580 879552 or www.woodlots.org.uk 15-17 Sawn Timber [email protected] Display Advertising: available at 17 Timber Processing Services competitive rates in both full colour 18-20 Sustainable Wood Fuel and black & white. See page 30 20-21 Fencing, Horticulture & Garden Distribution: 1900+ recipients through- 22-23 Furniture & Finished Products out the South East 4 times a year WANTED 23-24 Timber Buildings & Architecture Send your advertisements 24-26 Coppice/Woodland Management Sweet Chestnut Logs and requests for WoodLots to the 27-28 Equipment & Machinery Preferably coppice grown, 8 inch (200mm) top diameter minimum, Editor: Weald WoodNet 2.4 meters long, straight, NO SHAKE AT ALL, no rot or brown stain. The Woodland Enterprise Centre, 28-29 Courses & Training Required all the year round for laminating, Hastings Road, Flimwell, East 29 Jobs & Opportunities £50 per tonne at roadside Sussex, TN5 7PR 30 Publications/Events & Meetings Tel: 01580 879552 INWOOD DEVELOPMENTS LTD Fax: 01580 879547 The Woodland Centre, Whitesmith, Email: [email protected] 30-31 Subscription & Advertising Information Lewes, East Sussex Web: www.woodlots.org.uk 32 WoodNet Training Information/Display Copy deadline for next issue: Advertising 01825 872 550 www.in-wood.co.uk 31st October 2008 Manufacturers of glue-laminated structural timbers & cladding Printing: www.ghyllprint.co.uk 3 Workshop & Office Space at Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell 90m2 B1 timber workshop units & office space available in woodland setting on A21 on the East Sussex/Kent border. Suit woodland & rural businesses looking to purchase/rent in high-quality sustainable construction promoting woodland industry & services Further details from David Saunders 01580 879552 [email protected] FINNISH INSPIRATION FOR TIMBERBUILD TRAINING Finland has a long tradition of timber building, and these skills are being kept up to date at Helsinki University of Technology where their “Wood Program” has over the WoodLots News past decade provided an inspiring experience for students interested in exploring the possibilities of innovative timber design. WoodNet has been in contact with the architects and teachers involved in this exciting initiative, and have invited some of the leading lecturers, and recent students, to visit Flimwell to share their ideas on timber design and experiences of how this has been informed their architecture practice. Kupla Bubble Lookout Tower Photo: Sami Heikinheimo A symposium, and accompanying exhibition of the outcomes from the past ten years, is being planned, to be Local Timber Producers Group held at Flimwell towards the end of this year. Discussions will As a result of the WoodNet Liaison group meeting earlier this focus on how use of timber can be better incorporated into year WoodNet have developed a plan to create a local architectural training in UK. timber Producer Group. This group will focus on activities which aim to add value to timber produce. If you are interested in attending or contributing to the The next meeting will be held on the 26th September at symposium, please get in touch to register your interest. WEC Flimwell and will be facilitated by Chris Yarrow from Further details will be sent out once dates / speakers have Wilderness Wood. been finalised. This day is free of charge and open to any contractors, landowners, or buyers who are interested in developing Contact: David Saunders at WoodNet, Woodland Enterprise the group, attending training courses or supporting local Centre, Flimwell, TN5 7PR produce. Tel: 01580 879552 Please register in advance – contact David Saunders on: Email: [email protected] 01580 879552 or email: [email protected] 4 Free Special Trees Conference Oliver Rackham, renowned woodland historian and ecologist, is the guest speaker for the Supplies Required Special Trees and Woods Project’s third annual conference. Professor Rackham is an engaging speaker who can find clues All grades of Oak and in every tree, hedge and wood to unlock the past secrets of the Sweet Chestnut wanted- countryside. Professor Rackham is well known for his book “The History of particularly planking butts the Countryside” in which he writes that he has “yet to see for Autumn/Winter felling a convincing sawpit”! This proves how special the Chiltern woodlands are – one of their most common heritage features – the sawpit, are nationally rare. Volunteers working on this project, which is funded by the English Woodlands Timber Ltd Heritage Lottery Fund, will also share their experiences of Cocking Sawmills Contact: Tom Compton researching special woods. Cocking 01730 816941 West Sussex [email protected] Make sure you book early to confirm your place on22nd GU29 OHS www.ewtimber.co.uk November in Hemel Hempstead. For more information go to www.chilternsaonb.org/special or call 01844 355 525. A Week In The Woods The Sustainabilty Centre at East Meon, near Petersfield in Hampshire is running a course to provide an introduction to Coppicing and Woodland Crafts from the 22nd to