Archive: August 2021
Part ten of Wood for the trees, on rewilding
August 9, 2021
Hundreds of people have liked, shared and watched the latest episode of 'Wood for the Trees,' since its release 3 days ago on youtube and vimeo. This series, about wood, trees and tree planting, is a project from film-maker Charly Le Marchant and Vastern Timber managing director Tom Barnes. Part ten looks at rewilding, and was filmed a...
WoodBUILD podcast: Interest grows in low carbon materials
August 4, 2021
The WoodBUILD podcast is hosted by David Hedges at WoodKnowledge Wales, and the latest episode features Vastern Timber MD Tom Barnes, talking about trees and timber with chartered forester, Andrew Bronwin, director of Bronwin & Abbey. In the podcast, Tom Barnes says “The interest is growing in materials that have a negligible car...
Customer notice: electrical work planned for 3rd August
July 30, 2021
On Tuesday 3rd August electrical infrastructure works are taking place at our Wootton Bassett site. These will require a short power outage which we expect to affect our operations for a few hours. We may be unable to respond to messages for a brief period, and we expect our payment process to be offline for a short time. We appreciate...
Tom talks to Parliamentary Group on Forestry
April 28, 2021
Today, our MD Tom Barnes will take part in a debate hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry and Tree Planting. He's planning to say "Last time I presented to you I talked about the benefits of using home-grown timber and why tree planting alone will not provide the benefits we desire. This time I am going to talk about ...
Season’s greetings & Happy new saw!
Christmas came early at the Vastern Timber sawmill when the new Primultini band mill carriage saw was delivered. Safely unloading this huge machine took a little time... (video best with sound) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RkbEhai38 Come next year we’ll be cutting even faster and better than before with this fine machine. I...
Tom Barnes talks to Parliamentary Group
December 14, 2020
"You wouldn't talk about agriculture without talking about food production but I hear continuously about tree planting with absolutely no mention of management and wood production." Tom was invited to speak at a Parliamentary meeting on 10 December, to discuss "a co-ordinated UK-wide approach to tree planting, and planting targets, rec...
Dave Madgwick retires after 46 years
September 24, 2020
We send our heartfelt thanks and best wishes to Dave Madgwick, who has retired after 46 years at Vastern Timber. We’ll miss his photographic memory for trees and timber, and his exceptional knowledge of wood and woodlands. Dave Madgwick joined Vastern Timber in 1974, just one year after the firm had purchased the Wootton Bassett sawm...
