What with all of the recent pressure being placed on companies, to offset their carbon footprint or to make it smaller, there has also been a radical shift in the manner in which landscape architecture firms are approaching their projects. For instance, I was recently looking for some wood benches to make a feature in a restoration project, and in doing so, I found that a lot of companies that create furniture, though they may be based in the UK, are outsourcing to all over the world for the wood. Not only this, but they are often very reluctant and defensive about giving you this information! As a result I had to greatly refine my search in order to come up with a small number of conscientious suppliers who are sourcing local and sustainable timber for their products. One of the best is this artist and tree surgeon based in Pontypridd Wales, whose work I saw last year in a park in the Brecon Beacons.
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