Ancient trees: Britain's oldest inhabitants
Friday 5th July 2019. The mighty Bowthorpe Oak, near Bourne in Lincolnshire is Europe's greatest girth English Oak at a massive 42 feet Photograph: Alamy What is an ancient tree? The definition varies from species to species, so a silver birch may be ancient at 150 years old, while an oak of the same age is still a baby. But if you find yourself gasping, "Wow, t...
Dulwich Pavilion 2019: The Colour Palace
Friday 21st June 2019. Prowood are delighted to have supplied over 1800lm of machined, precision x-cut, structurally graded & factory finished Imported North American Clear Douglas Fir to the prestigious "Colour Palace" project at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The Colour Palace is a 10-metre-high cube with a bold geometric pattern, standing on four huge red cyli...
SALFORD RED DEVILS 44 – 20 WAKEFIELD TRINITY!
Monday 17th June 2019. A hat-trick from Niall Evalds helped Salford Red Devils put on a show against Wakefield Trinity at the Lowry Takeover. Evalds reached 101 senior career tries with the haul and Jake Bibby bagged a brace as Salford secured an important two points at the AJ Bell Stadium. Salford got off to a flying start, scoring in the opening five minutes. Robert Lui’s...
Western Red Cedar – Unique natural beauty with an artistic touch!
Monday 10th June 2019. Here at Prowood we are fortunate enough to be able to follow a pack of rough sawn timber through all our manufacturing facilities and view the high-quality finished products prior to despatch, however, it’s also very rewarding to see our material once our clients have added their impressive finishing touches. Here are some images of our Kiln Dried #2 Clear &...
Jackson Hastings Tweet – Jansin Turgut
Monday 28th May 2019. https://twitter.com/JackoHastings Always with you my brother. @jansinturgut Prowood Ltd wish Jansin a full and speedy recovery.
The Wood Wide Web!
Thursday 23rd May 2019. Do trees actually talk to each other? And if so, how do they do it? Just over 20 years ago, ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees do communicate with each other, and it's through a fungal network scientists have nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. And now, an international team of scientists has created the first global map of the vast underground n...
Prowood Attend The TTF Cladding Working Group.
Tuesday 21st May 2019. TTF LAUNCHES NEW CLADDING WORKING GROUP On 30th April some 35 representatives of companies and organisations with an interest in the future of timber cladding met under the banner of the new Timber Trade Federation Cladding Working Group. Both TTF merchant and supplier members were present. The agenda for the meeting covered changes to regulations on...