It was created using timber from felled trees which were selectively thinned from the area of managed woodland, with the surrounding dead hedging and habitat piles built by volunteers and staff from Harewood House Trust.
It has proved an incredibly popular installation with visitors of all ages, and the area is used regularly for outdoor, forest school learning. It’s a playful way to engage children with climate change.
Wood is the single greatest material on earth – it’s strong, it’s light, it’s beautiful, it’s warm to the touch – and it has this amazing property … it’s made of solid carbon dioxide."
Sebastian Cox - Sylvascope designer
Sebastian Cox: The Radical Act of Environment
What's on in the Sylvascope
From KS1 pupils exploring microhabitats and KS2 pupils building an Anglo-Saxon settlement, to painting workshops inspired by the work of J. M. W. Turner who spent much of his early career here at Harewood, there is always something going on in the Sylvascope.
Tree Toddlers
Tiny Turners’ Woodland Workshop
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