On a two-acre fieldin England’s Midlands, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they train to grow into chairs.
The couple have a furniture farm in Derbyshire where they are nurturing 250 chairs, 100 lamps and 50 tables. It is their answer to what they see as the inefficient and carbon-heavy process of cutting down mature trees to create furniture.
“Instead of force-growing a tree for 50 years and then cutting it down and making it into smaller and smaller bits …the idea is to grow the tree into the shape that you want directly. It’s a kind of zen 3D printing,” said Gavin.

Part of the inspiration for the idea came when Gavin was a young boy. He spotted an overgrown bonsai tree which looked likea chair.

He was also born with a curved spine and as a child spent several years wearing a metal frame to reset his back.
See details and more amazing photos here;
https://massmediang.com/uk-couple-train-trees-to-grow-as-furniture-on-farm-photos/

Wow
Creativity at its peak

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