by Geoff King | Feb 7, 2020 | Road Trips, Uncategorized
Geoff and I are excited about some changes we are making in our lives. So of course this includes Woodland Treasures. We are still in business and looking at ways to reduce the carbon footprint.This year Geoff is also completing his first stage of a Creative Writing...
by Geoff King | Aug 26, 2019 | Biography
The renovation project, which we began in the autumn of 1995, proved to be a life-changing experience. We installed an old static caravan on site in April of that year, and to it added insulation, electricity, plumbing, a shower, a toilet and a wood-burning stove. By...
by Geoff King | Jun 30, 2019 | Biography
With a baby due in a few months and my wife leaving her job, I had to become more realistic about earning a living. I started working three days a week for my friend Mike, a high class joiner and furniture maker. I gave up smoking and cycled the twelve-mile round trip...
by Geoff King | Jun 2, 2019 | Biography
My journey into woodwork began out of desperation to leave a job I hated. In 1981 I dropped out of my Zoology degree course, disappointed at its content and distracted by my subculture’s zeitgeist – aptly summed up by Ian Dury’s song “Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll”....
by Geoff King | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Peebles was gorgeous as always in the Autumn light. The wood fair was very well attended and has expanded since we last went. Big Si was making broomsticks at a very fast rate. I chatted to him before the rush. Beech, rowan and yew all in their best outfits. The...
by Geoff King | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is three years since we came to the Tweed Valley Forest Fair, in particular the wonderful weekend event that is the Wood Market. This year we are foregoing the delights of Musicport festival in Whitby and returning to the creative wonders of Peebles. In the past...
by Geoff King | Sep 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Over the years I have written two articles for Permaculture Magazine. This is one of our favourite subscription reads, the others being Positive News and Reforesting Scotland. There is limited time for reading in any busy life. I make time for novels to relax and to...
by Admin | Aug 29, 2018 | Road Trips
For the last five years we have been travelling to events in England twice a year, where we sell Geoff’s hand carved wooden jewellery. It has been wonderful to carry our historic tent, all our stock and still be able to sleep and cook in our vehicle, plus being...
by Geoff King | Sep 2, 2016 | Press/Media
Here’s an interview I did for the Autumn 2016 issue of Woodcarver’s Gazette – click here: Woodcarvers gazette
by Geoff King | May 29, 2016 | Craft Fair, Road Trips
Two or three times a year we head off on a Woodland Treasures road trip, usually for a couple of weeks and incorporating two selling events. These working holidays are a great opportunity to investigate different parts of Britain we would not normally visit. It also...