Unfortunately the Woodfest management committee sees no other option but to postpone our Woodfest 2021 event due to COVID restrictions.
At this stage we are planning to reschedule to April next year. Those of you that are entering the Woodfest Design Competition 2021 will have their entries entered for Woodfest 2022. Details of the program and the competition will come soon.
The design competition is going ahead and we are now accepting new entries. Whatever happens, the competition will happen on the new date. If COVID is still an issue in 2022 we will hold it online.
Woodfest 2022
New 2022 Date To Be Announced Soon
10am - 3pm
Federal Hall, Byron Shire Hinterland
Sustainable Native Timber Showcase and Design Competition, Meet the Growers and Makers Panel Discussion, Woodcarving, Milling Demonstration and Farm Tour, Lucky Door Prizes, Food Stalls and Live Music
Woodfest Design Competition 2021 - 2022
The Woodfest Competition for local designers and makers is now open. We’re excited to bring back this woodworking design showcase and competition. Woodworkers from the Northern Rivers and beyond are encouraged to submit their creations.
At Woodfest 2018, we had a very high standard of entries including a wooden surfboard, fine furniture and exquisite carving.
Take a look at the Woodfest Design Competition rules, regulations and entry requirements and enter now.
What if you could have support to harvest
your timber in a sustainable way?
How do you get your timber thinnings to the market so that you as a grower get a return? We are here to help you get the most from your farm grown native timber harvesting. Let's work together to develop innovative ideas, create a supportive community and allow our sustainable plantings to yield a financial reward.
Join the Quality Timber Network
trees 'talk' to each and we do too
QTT Membership
Membership is now open to everybody involved ‘from seed to tree to product’. We want to build a community based on trust, sustainability and knowledge sharing between:
- Nurseries
- Forestry Consultants
- Tree Planting Contractors
- Tree Farmers
- Researchers
- Milling Contractors
- Woodworkers/Architects/Interior Designers
About
We are two groups of farm foresters in northern NSW (Subtropical Farm ForestryAssociation Inc.) and south-east Queensland (Specialty Timber Growers Inc.). We have come together to expand our knowledge and ability to manage our woodlots in a more productive and sustainable way. Many of us have planted rainforest cabinet timbers and seek outcomes which serve both our own purposes and that of the environment. We value the Australian landscape, storing carbon and working for the future.
Project
Growing rainforest cabinet timbers entails a complexity that forest managers with monoculture plantings have never had to deal with. Mixed species with varying growth rates have led us to the point where some of the fast-growing species are dominating the woodlot. The forest needs thinning in order to keep growing and it needs to keep growing to store carbon into the future. This project is about ensuring that this process is managed with credible science, good marketing and sensitive environmental management.
Stories from the Forest
“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”
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