LONDON – May 18, 2016 – Blue Forest and Kebony are delighted to announce that they will be exhibiting an enchanting, handcrafted children’s treehouse at the RHS Chelsea Flower 2016. The Enchanted Playhouse is a fairy-tale retreat for young imaginations to explore, offering a unique outdoor space for adventurous play.
One of the most popular treehouse designs, The Enchanted Playhouse is nestled amongst woodland plants with a blue and white floral scheme and a variety of ferns. Created by Exterior Architecture, the planting design is inspired by childhood memories and recreates the joy and adventure of playing in treetop dens.
Finished in a combination of hand-cut Cedar shingles and featuring a copper turret, the Blue Forest treehouse is designed primarily as a playhouse. There is plenty of space inside for the children to keep their favorite toys, play with friends or sit with a story book in the comfy window seat. Those with an eye for detail will spot numerous other bespoke touches including copper finials, intricate rope work and steam bent Cedar light panels.
The soft planting is set against dark Kebony timber decking to highlight the planting color and create a strong floral focus to the display. Kebony was chosen for its beauty, hardwearing qualities such as durability, hardness and dimensional stability as well as its environmental credentials. The patented Kebony technology is a unique process that modifies sustainably sourced wood species with furfuryl alcohol, a liquid produced from agricultural crop waste. With the addition of heat the furfuryl polymer is permanently grafted into the wood cell wall, resulting in greatly improved durability and dimensional stability; making the wood resistant to biological decay and harsh weather conditions, without the need for expensive and environmentally-damaging treatments. Initially, Kebony has a deep brown colour - similar to that of tropical hardwoods - but when exposed to light and weathering over time the colour of the wood softens to adopt a delicate silver-grey patina
“We have worked hard to develop a reputation as the world’s leading treehouse experts,” said Andy Payne, Founder Blue Forest. “We have never been to the Chelsea Flower Show before and we can’t wait to give people a glimpse into our treetop world and experience the vibrant atmosphere of the show!”
Blue Forest is an award-winning company that specializes in the design and construction of luxurious treehouses and unique sustainable buildings. Since the original concept took shape in 2003, Blue Forest has established a reputation as the world’s leading treehouse consultancy, renowned for designing buildings that reflect the environment in which they are built.
Combining creativity and craftsmanship, Blue Forest have undertaken contacts of all sizes around the world from Tongole eco-lodge in Malawi to jungle bridges in the Maldives. Blue Forest design beautiful treetop structures for client’s gardens and estates, as well as larger developments such as ‘The Treehouses’ at Chewton Glen Country House Hotel and adventure play grounds for The National Trust. Each project is a celebration of wood and natural materials and is finished to the very highest standard by our experienced craftsmen.
The Enchanted Playhouse is one of three designs from The Classic Collection, Blue Forest’s most popular tree house designs from the past 10 years.
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About Blue Forest - www.blueforest.com
Blue Forest are widely considered to be the world’s leading treehouse design and construction company and have established a reputation for creating buildings which reflect the environment in which they are built. The company is run by Andy and his brother Simon who were both born in Kenya where they were fortunate enough to have spent their childhood surrounded by the beauty and adventure of the great outdoors. Blue Forest was born of these experiences and from a desire to bring people closer to the natural world.
* Kebony Technology
The Kebony technology is a patented process which enhances the properties of non-durable wood species to give them similar characteristics to the best performing woods. Through a sustainable process wood species such as pines and some non-durable hardwoods are impregnated with a bio-based liquid derived from agricultural crop waste. With the addition of heat, the furfuryl polymer is permanently grafted into the wood cell wall, resulting in greatly improved durability and dimensional stability.
*Kebony Wood
Kebony is suitable for both internal and external applications that demand high performance and great aesthetics including: decking, flooring, cladding, roofing, windows, and furniture. Over time Kebony acquires its characteristic silver-grey patina when exposed to sun and rain, whilst not losing its performance characteristics. With improved durability and dimensional stability Kebony is becoming increasingly the choice of leading architects and developers enabling them to use wood in projects without causing environmental degradation. Kebony has been used internationally in projects from commercial, public, residential and marine, for example Hunter’s Point in New York, the Mary Rose museum and both residential and commercial buildings on the UK’s seafront. A recent study by Norwegian environmental consulting firm Bergfald & Co. demonstrated that Kebony has a substantially lower carbon footprint than its tropical hardwood equivalents.
- Landscape Design by: Exterior Architecture
EA's foundations lie in high quality, sensitive and responsive garden design. From small, urban courtyards to extensive estates, EA have a proven track record in delivering both native and highly ecological schemes and gardens using exotic species, referencing the directors' origins in New Zealand. http://www.exteriorarchitecture.com/
- Planting provided by: Whitegates Farm Nurseries Ltd
‘Matching people with plants’. From the smallest shrub, to specimen trees over 12m in height, we aim to match our clients with a horticultural solution. http://www.whitegatesnursery.co.uk/
- Garden Furniture kindly donated by: Gaze Burvill
Creators of the finest handcrafted Oak furniture and kitchens for the outdoors, each piece is designed for comfort, beauty and lasting quality. http://gazeburvill.com/