SYLVA • OneOak Project

OneOak is an education project of the Sylva Foundation. We aim to bring people closer to growing trees for wood, by following the full life story of one oak tree.

We hope to increase understanding of sustainable forestry by working directly with school children and families, and via this website, at local events and through local and national media.

Felling

In January 2010 the 160 year old oak tree was felled. It had been grown in a plantation on the Blenheim Palace estate in Oxfordshire.

The Future

Over the following two years Oxfordshire crafts people and others will be using the wood from the OneOak tree. They will be creating buildings, making furniture and other beautiful wooden objects, producing essential everyday items, and creating heat and energy.