New Forest Marque – Supporting producers using products from the New Forest
The New Forest Trust – Promoting the use of sustainable New Forest timber
The New Forest Heritage Centre
FSC – The Forestry Stewardship Council
The Arts Society (Formally NADFAS)
My local timbers come from a variety of sources but two of the most significant are through Jon Sowden, based out of Ark Buffalo in Broughton and Alex and Rebecca at BearWood both of whom offer excellent services including mobile sawmilling. Should you ever need to have a tree taken down look them up and there’s a possibility that somewhere down the line it will be reborn as an A.S. Potter guitar.
Other sources of local timber include
Some of the photographs featured on this website courtesy of
Nick Fleming photography