Archive: May 2025
Solar power for prize-winning British timber cladding
July 14, 2023
Exciting news. We’re now using solar panels and the sun’s energy to transform local British wood into our Brimstone timber cladding. It’s our aim to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. And the installation of solar panels to power our timber cladding plant is an important step in the right direction. If you’re not already...
Ash from Bathurst estate
June 8, 2023
Where’s this wood from? This amazing ash is from the Bathurst estate, in Gloucestershire. The Bathurst estate is one of the country’s oldest privately owned parks. It was originally laid out in the 1700s as a deer park. In the First World War it became a military camp. It’s now open to the public and contains a number of woo...
A hat trick of awards for Vastern Timber
March 6, 2023
Normally, we let the quality of our timber products and our promotion of local woodlands speak for itself. But just this once, we’re going to toot our horn, fly our flag and bang our metaphorical drum. Why? Because we’re celebrating winning not one, not two, but three national awards. And, as you can tell, we’re pretty chuffed....