I’m not sure exactly how well this site (http://www.pooktre.com/) fits into the sustainable category but I love the idea of living furniture and art. I’ve heard of manipulating trees so that they can be houses and I’ve thought about planting bamboo in a pattern so that it grows into the walls of the rooms of a house. I think it would be wonderful if we could find practical ways to make our homes out of trees without cutting them down; if we could integrate our lives into the tree’s life. How beautiful would that be? Anyway, I thought this was a very interesting site and concept. Sort of reminds me of the art of Andy Goldsworthy. See some of his work here http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/1049936558039909072XdMbZv
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June 12, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I think this is amazing, are there any books/websites on how to grow these at home? Would make a wonderful porch-plant, or indoor tree!!
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June 12, 2008 at 7:13 pm
This is the only site I’ve seen. They say it takes years to manipulate some of them. I used to have a site saved in my favorites that showed the process of someone making a tree or bush grow into a house. Pretty cool. I’ll try to find the site.