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From tiny acorns...
Titchmarsh & Goodwin’s reputation as Britain’s finest cabinetmaker comes from its control over every stage of production. Having managed their own woodlands at Edwardstone in Suffolk, they then developed their own tree nursery, choosing the finest specimens that will produce the furniture of not just the twenty-first, but the twentysecond century.
They always select standing timber from mature British woodlands, mainly in East Anglia, working with landowners to the highest forestry standards. They insist that their timber originates from sustainable sources and buy UKWAS and FSC certificated logs.
Titchmarsh & Goodwin own sawmills at the nearby village of Witnesham. Timber is cut and air dried in the time-honoured fashion in the open, generally allowing a summer’s drying for every inch of a plank’s thickness, plus one year. So a two-inch thick plank requires three years standing. To make absolutely sure that the timber can resist the stresses imposed by modern air conditioning, it is then placed in a low temperature vacuum kiln for anything up to six days.
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T&G co-founded this unique charity in 1993 and today one of the Goodwin family is chairman of the trustees. Woodland Heritage is renowned for its support of “Continuous Cover” forestry systems and offers travel bursaries to enable young people to study best practices in Europe where this tradition began.
Woodland Heritage sponsor research into hardwood improvement and tree diseases. They believe in linking tree growers with wood users and in order to pass on traditional skills to the next generation, Woodland Heritage have formed their much acclaimed “From Woodland to Workshop” courses. Woodland Heritage is proud to have the support and patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
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