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BOOKS
by Julian Evans ‘Badgers, Beeches and Blisters getting started in your own
wood’ £8.95; ‘What Happened to Our Wood’ £19.95. Both books £23.90. Cheques
‘Patula Books’, Box 6674, Basingstoke RG24 4DP.
Visit ‘Woodlands for Sale’ stand at Weald Wood Fair for signed copy and meet
author (Friday & Saturday)Contact:
Julian Evans T: 01256 381124
E:
julianevans1@compuserve.com
W: www.patulabooks.co.uk
‘VIRTUAL’ CHILTERNS WOOD
on Chilterns AONB website. Interactive
‘hotspots’, text, audio & video clips on particular species, features or
historical aspects of the wood.
www.chilternsaonb.org/woodlandweb
TREES:
THEIR USE, MANAGEMENT, CULTIVATION & BIOLOGY by
Bob Watson; ‘both a compendium of tree biology & a celebration of
trees...’ (F&T News)
20% discount from publisher’s website:
Crowood Press ISBN: 978 1 86126 885 3.
W:
www.crowoodpress.co.uk
‘OAK,
THE FRAME OF CIVILIZATION’ by
William Bryant Logan, professional arborist & award-winning nature writer,
putting his love for oak to paper relating the delightful, intimate history of
the relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial. ‘This
is a dazzling book, full of knowledge and rare wisdom’, Thomas Pakenham
author of Remarkable Trees of the World.
ISBN
0-393-04773-3
WIDE
RANGE OF PUBLICATIONS Ben
Law, Mike Abbott, Oliver Rackham, Julian Evans, Charcoal production to Timber
Structures & more!
Contact:
Permanent Publications
T:
01730 823311
E:
enquiries@permaculture.co.uk
W:
www.permaculture.co.uk
GREEN
DRAGON CO-OP 2nd
hand books sold for project funding: community tree nurseries, woodland &
hedgerow regeneration.
Contact:
Green Dragon Woods
T:
01273 387223
E:
info@greendragonwoods.org.uk
W:
www.greendragonwoods.org.uk
FREE
SOUTH EAST WOODLAND NEWS
Forestry
Commission advice & info for SE woodland owners available at:
www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/
INFD
-6KYKFU
Contact:
jane.hull@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
THE
WOODLAND HOUSE, Ben
Law’s book, offers a practical and inspiring guide to house design
and construction and an intimate view of Ben’s woodland home, featured on
Grand Designs. The rare
spirit and beauty of the build is captured in 92 colour pages. Ben
generously shares his experience and insights, dreams and achievements, and
hard earned lessons with humour and clarity. This is a beautiful book and an
invaluable handbook on low-impact construction and
dwelling. £14.95, ISBN 1856230317. THE
WOODLAND WAY: A
Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management’, a guide to practical woodland
sustainability. 256pp+148 photos. £16.95. ISBN 1856230090.
Contact:
Permanent
Publications
T: 01730 823311
E: enquiries@permaculture.co.uk
W: www.permaculture.co.uk
LIVING
WOOD Mike
Abbott’s book about buying woodland, green wood-work & making frame
chairs. ‘If you are dreaming of buying a wood, have bought one or just love
woodland, ‘Living Wood will inform your mind and lift your
spirits’, Russell Rowley (SWA). ISBN 0-9542345-0-02 £17.50 incl p&p.
Contact: Mike Abbot
Tel: 01531 640005
THE DEER INITIATIVE has
published a number of Advice Notes and Advice Booklets. For example: ‘A
Guide to writing Deer Management Plans’ or ‘Legal requirements for deer
larders’.
Email:
enquiries@thedeerinitiative.co.uk
W:
www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk
www.coppice-products.co.uk
A
national service developed by Hampshire County Council and the Green Wood
Trust offering a free web presence for businesses producing coppice products.
Free registration.
THE
SILVICULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF COPPICE WOODLANDS
by
Ralph Harmer and Jonathan Howe. 88 page book covering all aspects of creating
and maintaining coppice woodlands. £12 from Forestry Commission, 231
Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 7AT.
W:
www.forestry.gov.uk
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF FORESTRY ON CD-ROM 40+ yrs of Royal Forestry
Society magazine available on 3 CD Rom £25 sole-users, £98 libraries,
institutions
Contact:
The Royal Forestry Society
Tel:
01442
822028 Fax: 01442 890395
Email:
rfshq@rfs.org.uk
Web:
www.rfs.org.uk
THE
BOOKSHOP at
the Weald & Downland Museum, many titles on greewoodworking, mail order
Contact:
Paul Maxted, Museum Shop
Tel:
01243
811932
Email:
shop@wealddown.co.uk
Web:
www.wealddown.co.uk
BOOKS:
Green
woodworking, coppice & rustic furniture books, coppice crafts
Contact:
Peter Legge, Wiston Tea Rooms,
Nr Steyning, W.Sussex
Tel:
01903
893613
WOODLAND
HERITAGE JOURNAL
2007
issue now available. 64 pages, practical & highly informative
articles on tree & woodland management, timber use. FREE, send A4 84p SAE.
Woodland Heritage, Arundell
House, Haslemere GU27 1NE
Contact:
Woodland Heritage
Tel:
01428
652159
Email:
woodland.heritage@talk21.com
Website:
www.woodlandheritage.org.uk
ARBORICULTURE
NEWS FREE
12 page Arboricultural newsletter
Contact:
Capel Manor College
Tel:
0208
3664442 x 102
Website:
www.capelarb.fsnet.co.uk
www.rfs.org.uk
Royal Forestry Society website, major knowledge centre on many aspects of
trees & woodland management in the UK
www.forestry.gov.uk
The Forestry Commission: the government department responsible for the
protection and expansion of Britain’s forests and woodlands
www.onetree.org.uk
On
the 27 November 1998 a single large oak was felled in the National Trust
estate of Tatton Park
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