Grow your own natural chair

I really cannot do justice to the utter briliance of the designers at their site....so let me take you there right now.

Pooktre Tree Shapers

They're definitely worth visiting! You'll learn about:

...In 1986 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter and Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art they call Pooktre, which is the shaping of trees as they grow in predetermined designs. Some are intended for harvest to be high quality indoor furniture and others will remain living art....

Living art! If that's not cool then I don't know what is.

Want to see some pictures of it?

There are other sites online about growing your own chairs and tree sculpture too! I found:


Get Ready for Summer with a Grass Chair

Chinese man grows his own chairs

Grow Your Own Tree Furniture


Neat, eh?

And would you believe, there's even an out of print book about it?

How to grow a chair: The art of tree trunk topiary (Paperback)
This is the bible on how to grow and train plants and trees to do some amazing things. Really motivates you to grow your own unique piece of artistic topiary. Something that is easy and inexpensive to do, that will dramatically improve any landscaping.

Most of us are used to the chicken wire mesh topiary scupltures - think Rockefeller Center, your local zoo, etc. This book blows those examples away.

If you want to see a really unique application of this book check out Bonfante Gardens, in Gilroy, California (South San Francisco Bay Area). They have many mature trees that are all grown intertwined. They are textbook examples of how inspiring this book can be to grow your own.....MORE....