Specify sustainably harvested wood

Case Study

Specifying materials has effects on forest sequestration offsite. At Children’s Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Ground Control worked with play manufacturer Duncan and Grove to build four play areas using only hardwood from FSC certified mills or that was reclaimed. Robinia, from commercial nurseries in Europe, was stripped of bark and sapwood to reveal the naturally durable heartwood and used in many ways in the playground equipment.