A tree is like a book
A tree is like a book in which time writes. Many city trees end up in the shredder and are stoked, as happens with classified documents that should no longer be read. It's a shame! In more and more cities, there is an initiative to really reuse this wood sustainably and give it back to the city in a new form, such as music boxes!
Wood full of stories
The wood for the music boxes is very carefully selected by Rob. They are made of the trees that grew in or near the city, on a square, in a street, park or urban forest, perhaps in a place where you like to go, you may have passed them hundreds of times! That makes this wood so special. We know where the tree was and sometimes there are still pictures of it. In short: Wood full of stories!
New wood on the way !!
SOON NEW MUSIC BOXES WILL BE MADE FROM THESE TREES:
Every now and then Rob goes to buy new wood, from which regions and cities this will be is stated below.
THE HARVEST OF THE PAST MONTHS:
GLASTONBURY, UK
Bought by chance from Sacred Wood during a trip in July:
WALNUT, Yarley near Wells
OAK, from the forest at Butleigh
BEECH, Ashwick Grove House at Oakhill
ZEALAND
Wood from Zeeland Wood in Koudekerke
YEW, Singelstraat 15, in the heart of Middelburg
WALNUT, Northern Achterweg 46, Wemeldinge
DORDRECHT
Wood from Dordrecht Wood
RED BEECH, Augustine camp
OAK, Dortwijk Estate
ELM, Marienhof, oldest farm in Hoeksche Waard
UTRECHT
Wood from table tree, Neighbour & Botanical Gardens.
BEECH from 1900, Museumlaan
ELM, Canal Street Lombok
The famous BROWN BEECH, Emmalaan (1843-2020)
TREE OF HEAVEN, Botanical Gardens, Budapestlaan
AMSTERDAM
Wood from City wood Amsterdam
ELS, Vondelpark (1969-2017)
SWEET CHERRY, Kraton Garden Java Island
PEER, Delflandplein
TDuring the next three-day online sale, some of the above trees will be available for sale as music boxes. In the physical store, boxes of some of these trees are already available for purchase.
Interactive tree map
This map shows all trees of which once upon boxes are made. The wood from this may have been used up for a long time.
Click on the icon at the top left to expand / collapse the menu.
If you click on a tree on the map or in the menu, more info and photos will appear if available.
Most recent trees & wood
You may still find boxes of these trees in the webshop.
The old lime tree from Zeist
Trees from Utrecht and the surrounding area
some trees from which Rob has made boxes over the years.
Trees from Amsterdam & Haarlem
There are no photos of many trees, but there are!
Trees from other cities
A selection
