An interesting and eye-opening experience!
Too often we see old trees cleared from backyards, parks, development and landscaping projects regarded as potential woodchips, mulch or regrettably, firewood.
Understandably, due to time restraints, logistics of rescuing and conversion of heavy logs and storage, many of these significant exotics need to be disposed of as economically as possible.
Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens wished to demonstrate the potential of this waste of exotic and local timber woods which otherwise would be just discarded as collateral damage, hence “Treecycle”, which was an exhibition of products crafted from reclaimed timbers from dead trees and large damaged branches that were removed during regular garden maintenance at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens, the Australian Botanic Gardens at Mt Annan and the Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens at Mt Tomah.
A few of our group (KWG) went up on the Saturday of the exhibition and were delighted to not only see the beautiful woods that had been transformed into such a diverse range of products, but also the imagination and skills of the participants that clearly demonstrated the necessity to reassess our attitudes towards such a waste of a valuable resource.
A great day was had by all.
To see more from Treecycle 2016 visit Artworks made in the Treecycle project – ABC News
This article first appeared in the August 2016 edition of the KWG newsletter.
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