Assessing Scots pine timber quality

Recently I gave a presentation on the mechanical properties of Scots pine at the one-day seminar on Scots pine timber quality in north Scotland that was hosted by Forestry Commission, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. All the presentations from this event are available by clicking here. In addition, I help to co-author a Research Note with Elspeth Macdonald, Tom Connolly and Barry Gardiner from Forest Research which describes the development of methods for assessing the quality of Scots pine timber. An electronic version of this publication (FCRN005) can be downloaded free of charge here.

SIRT at the Botanic Gardens

John Moore, Stefan Lehneke and myself were at Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens last Sunday (the 8th November) giving a free walk-in workshop for children and parents about the science of wood. This included viewing wood under microscopes, converstations about wood species and properties, and a 3D slideshow. We'll be there again (in the new John Hope Visitors' Centre) on Saturday 21st November from 1pm until 4pm.