living fences, furniture and buildings

This is so amazing, imaginative and suggestive of the miracles that lie unseen before us. Enjoy the visions it conjures up. (from the JCPA Insider)

Israel's Plantware Creates Living Urban Jungle.A group of young Israeli idealists have found a way to manipulate roots from trees such as figs, and to grow them into useful structures. The aim is to one day build the structures of homes from living trees - and save the planet at the same time. Currently the company has taken its patented methods and built park benches, playgrounds, streetlamps and gates - all from trees. To read more and see video footage visit Israel21c.org.