Living Woods is a quarterly magazine for everyone who loves woodland, trees and timber. So whether you dream of owning your own woodland, want to learn new and exciting woodland skills and activities or simply want to enjoy the therapy of quiet, green woodworking, Living Woods Magazine will show you the way.
The magazine was founded in 2008 by Nick Gibbs to provide a community journal for those who, like him, love woodlands and the outdoor life. In the following years it flourished and has proved a universally loved hub for woodland folks around the world.
You can find Issues 1-55 of the Living Woods Magazine
Nick Gibbs has also started a new magazine, all about working wood by hand! You can read more about it here: Quercus Magazine
In this issue:
Branching Out
Julia Rolf tells us how Woodland Burial Parks works and we look at how farms are diversifying with Care Farming
New Careers
Matt Kenyon becomes a forester, fells trees, clears woods and loves it
Ireland’s Makeshift Homes
The remarkable dwellings on Cool Mountain in Co. Cork
Milling by Eye
Nick Gibbs planks a pear tree without a jig
Tony Kirkham’s Tree-Hunt Hero
Find out how the Head of Kew’s Arboretum followed the footsteps of EH Wilson to find trees photographed 100 years ago
Carving a Bowl by Hand
Raph Taylor joins a Robin Wood course and learns a thing or two about carving, tools and teaching
How to Tan Leather
Follow Rob Exton to Devon where he learns about leather
Stuart King Whittles a Flower
The Chilterns bodger (below) shows how gypsies would fashion a flower from green wood with just a knife
Upgrade a Pole Lathe & Sharpen an Axe
Bill Graham uses his lathe to improve his pole lathe, while Sean Hellman sharpens his axe ready for a new handle
Drum Stalk
Geoffrey McMullan introduces a game for woodlands
