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Call for Session Proposals for the 11th IOS Conference Now Open
Share your oak story in Oaxaca!
Website Editor | Mar 17, 2025
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Acute Oak Decline and the Decline Disease Spiral Model: the State of the Game in the UK
Steve Potter reviews decline diseases affecting oaks in the...
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025
Oak Origins by Andrew Hipp
Book Review: Oak Origins – From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life
A review of Andrew Hipp's new book
Steve Potter | Feb 12, 2025

Plant Focus

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Hybrid Highlight: Quercus ×ludoviciana Sarg.
Quercus ×ludoviciana is a naturally occurring oak hybrid from southeastern United States, which has flourished and attracted attention in...
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Oak Open Days

UK Oak Open Days: June 15–17, 2024

By Roderick Cameron | August 18, 2024
Group photo at The Savill Garden

Three-day event included visits to two parks in Berkshire and two gardens in West Sussex

French Oak Open Days: 8–12 June, 2024

By Website Editor | August 12, 2024
Participants at the Oak Study Day in Arboretum des Pouyouleix

This five-day event included visits to four oak collections in southwestern France and one across the border in Spain. 

Texas Oak Open Days - October 12–16, 2023

By Roderick Cameron | October 21, 2023
Group photos Texas OODs

Five days of oaking in the Lone Star State.

Oak Open Days in Wales: Penrice and Glanusk

By Roderick Cameron | August 15, 2023
Discussing remedial pruning at Penrice © Sairus Patel

First OODs since 2019 held in the UK

European Oak Open Days 2019

By Shaun Haddock | August 7, 2019
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Fourteen participants mustered in Yorkshire, UK, on June 17th to commence the 2019 European Oak Open Days, having found their way from Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and even the UK. 

Blowing Out 25 Candles at Starhill

By Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven | October 9, 2017
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The International Oak Society celebrates its 25th anniversary at Starhill Forest Arboretum.

Czech Republic Oak Open Days

By Shaun Haddock | August 16, 2017
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Twenty-six participants from ten countries arrived to take part in the European celebration of the IOS’s twenty-fifth birthday at Dušan Plaček’s Quercetum near Podĕbrady in the Czech Republic. 

Oak Open Days in Argentina

By Roderick Cameron | June 10, 2016
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The first IOS Oak Open Day event south of the Equator took place April 22-24, 2016, in Argentina.

UK Oak Open Days 2015

By Shaun Haddock | January 28, 2016
Gredington

In July 2015 a group of IOS members visited Gredington in north Wales and Ness Botanic Garden near Liverpool, England.

Oak Open Days at Trompenburg Arboretum

By Shaun Haddock | January 31, 2015
Group at Trompenburg

IOS Board member Gert Fortgens welcomed around 30 participants to a most enjoyable two-day "Oak Open Days" event at Trompenburg Arboretum in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on August 28 and 29, 2014.

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