Sunday marked the UN-designated International Day of Forests. This year’s theme is “Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being.” The gifts of the Earth’s forests are unending. Standing forests are enormous reservoirs of carbon, making them the original global cooling technology. They also support our emotional and mental well-being, as described in this Time article. Forests […]
Journey of Discovery: Forever Redwood Turns 25
In 1995, when Raul Hernandez began the backbreaking work of restoring a parcel of Redwood forest, he had no idea it was the start of a 25-year journey that would shape him into an eco-entrepreneur, restoration forestry expert, manager of over 240 acres of forestland, and CEO of a furniture and shade structure company. “You […]
Custom Pergola Made of Redwood Poles
This job was done in 2009. Since it was local to our forestlands, we built this custom pergola made of Redwood poles
Relax Like the Romans in a Poolside Corner Pergola
A hybrid of architectural structure and outdoor space, pergolas sometimes are walkways for slow strolling or airy outdoor rooms that invite us to sit down and rest, such as poolside pergolas. Pergolas may be constructed of glass and metal, such as Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square promenade. But more often, they may be small, wooden lattice structures […]
Forever Redwood Wins Workplace Safety Award
Great news. The Mexican government of the state of Baja California has awarded Old-Growth Again (makers of Forever Redwood furniture) the certification of officially being a “safe enterprise” (Empresa Segura). That means we met a series of standards to maintain safe working conditions for our employees. We’re very proud of all our employees whose diligence […]
Recreating Old-Growth Forests
Once an old-growth forest is cut down, can it be recreated? After almost all the large trees are gone and the land is cut up by roads? After the soil is exposed to direct sun and rain and erosion has lowered its productivity? After the streams are filled with sediment and the fish populations plummet? […]
Tree Planting 101
In December ’99, we planted our first 2,000 Redwood trees. It seemed straightforward and we were excited to finally reach this phase in the restoration work. After years of hard labor thinning the overgrown young forest of excessive hardwoods and suppressed dying trees, we looked forward to the forest slowly becoming mostly Redwoods again. The […]
