The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees Quotes

“Ash is highly productive both when it is coppiced – the practice of cutting the tree back to ground level, to encourage regrowth – and when it is pollarded – cutting the crown back to the top of the trunk.”
― Robert Penn, The Man who Made Things out of Trees

“Wood has sensual powers that cannot be quantified. It may even be that these powers are the most important properties of wood today. Through odour, colour, resonance and warmth, we develop a sentimental attachment to artefacts made of wood that often reaches beyond their practical use. It is difficult to know exactly why we make these attachments, not least because our appreciation of such properties is so subjective. For some, touching wood engenders a feeling of safety; for others, it is a reminder of the proximity of nature; for yet others, it is about connecting to the past. Perhaps, for all of us, it is some kind of biological response. After all, we came down from the trees and for 99.9 per cent of our time on earth we have lived in natural environments: our physiological functions remain finely tuned to nature. There have been plenty of studies that have attempted to better understand the power of wood: such studies have shown that in classrooms and offices with wooden furniture, blood pressure and pulse rates tend to drop – wood is thus responsible for reducing stress levels and improving quality of sleep.”
― Robert Penn, The Man who Made Things out of Trees

“Lailey was immortalized by the consummate journalist and popular author H. V. Morton in his bestselling travelogue, In Search of England, published in 1927.”
― Robert Penn, The Man who Made Things out of Trees