Sylva (exhibition film, 8min. Scotland, 2014)

The story behind 'The New Sylva' and the secrets of capturing the character of trees. Artist Sarah Simblet talks with Jacqui Pestell at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
A short film to accompany 'Sylva', an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, celebrating both the 350th anniversary John Evelyn's classic 'Sylva: A Discourse on Forest Trees' (1664) and the publication of its re-imagining for the 21st century - 'The New Sylva' by Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet (Bloomsbury, 2014).
Sylva is a collaboration between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the Sylva Foundation and four other botanic gardens and arboreta in UK and Ireland: National Botanic Garden of Wales; National Botanic Garden of Ireland; National Arboretum at Westonbirt; and Harcourt Arboretum, Oxford University. It is supported by the Scottish Forestry Trust, Nineveh Charitable Trust and Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust.
Sylva Exhibition at RBGE: rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/3302; stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/9905
The New Sylva: newsylva.com/
The Sylva Foundation: sylva.org.uk/thenewsylva