Full Grown field manager Ed Lound saws a tree which has been growing for six years into the shape of a chair in Wirksworth, Britain. REUTERS/George Sargent
WIRKSWORTH, England (Reuters): On a two-acre field in 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.
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Full Grown field manager Ed Lound saws a tree which has been growing for six years into the shape of a chair in Wirksworth, Britain. REUTERS/George Sargent
Tree growing in the shape of a lamp is pictured in Wirksworth, Britain. REUTERS/George Sargent
Finished Full Grown chair is pictured on display at the London Design Fair in London, Britain. REUTERS/George Sargent
Harvested tree, which has been growing for six years into the shape of a chair, lies on the ground in Wirksworth, Britain. REUTERS/George Sargent.
Full Grown co-founder and director, Gavin Munro and fellow co-founder and director Alice Munro are pictured in Wirksworth, Britain. REUTERS/George Sargent
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