Forestry & Arboriculture Zone

We have substantially increased the presence of Professional Forestry and Arboriculture companies, equipment, machinery and related associations, training and advisory organisations.

In St.Asaph the zone will be located all along the bottom of the Festival Field

This is obviously of benefit to this important side of the Timber Industry in Wales, but it also affords an opportunity for members of the general public to gain an insight into Forestry & Arboriculture.

At our previous festivals we have been privileged to have some of the country's leading machinery, tooling, equipment suppliers & advisory bodies - displaying, trading, providing ongoing demonstrations and giving information and advice throughout the three days on topics such as:

Forest management, harvesting, countryside surveys and utility arboriculture.

Demonstrations of up to the minute timber haulage and handling.

Arboriculture, Tree removal and consultancy.

Mobile sawmills, timber conversion, firewood machinery, log splitters, table saws, stump grinders & wood chippers.

Professional Arborists demonstrating tree climbing & aerial rescue skills, chainsaw operation and maintenance.

Suppliers of Woodland Trees & Shrubs. Planting Services.

Suppliers of Firewood & Processing machinery

Educational demonstrations of mobile saw milling and conversion of urban trees.

Horse Logging -
Main Arena event twice daily by Maggie Braunton. Demonstrating the skills of Timber extraction & handling using the Horse.

Associations, Training & Advisory Organisations.

These are mainly located in their own marquees and in the Education & Learning Zone.

Forestry Commission Wales
Committed to delivering a sustainable woodland resource capable of supporting Welsh Forest Industries.
www.forestry.gov.uk

Coed Cymru
Free help and advice to Woodland owners throughout Wales, promoting good woodland management and developing quality Welsh hardwood products
www.coedcymru.org.uk

Welsh Timber Forum
Promoting the use of Welsh Timber, representing and supporting SME`s that use it. www.welshtimberforum.co.uk

FCA - Forestry Contractors Association
Ensuring the availability of sufficient effective & viable contracting resources in the Forest Industry. www.fcauk.com

Coleg Llysfasi
Forestry & Arboriculture training & conservation courses www.llysfasi.ac.uk

Bangor University
School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences (SAFS)- Offering courses on Forestry and wood science www.safs.bangor.ac.uk

MWMAC
Woodland Skills & Training Centre- Providers of information on training in Forestry & Land based Industry.NPTC Skill assessments and certification. www.mwmac.co.uk

Lantra
Sector Skills Council representing the Trees & Timber Industry in Wales. www.lantra.co.uk/TreesTimber

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Vintage Forestry Equipment

Expanding on last years popular display of vintage machines, visitors will be able to see a wider variety of machines in action and meet the experts and enthusiasts.
A steam powered 19th century reciprocating saw demonstrated by Jo Lawley of Shropshire.
The saw which has been in use for over 100 years and still works well quite a crowd pleaser and 87 year old Jo was only too delighted to offer advice on the workings of the machine and its history

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