Installation
From bare trunk to full canopy
A large tree is built in the space it will live in. Watch one go together on site in about a minute, then see each step below.
Real installation, filmed as a time-lapse. No music.
How It Goes Together
Step 1
It arrives in sections
A large tree travels as a trunk plus its branches, packed separately so nothing is crushed on the way.
Step 2
The trunk is fixed in place
The trunk stands on a steel base plate that is bolted down, so the tree is steady on its own without a planter.
Step 3
Branches go into numbered sockets
Every branch is numbered to match its socket on the trunk, so each one goes back exactly where it was built.
Step 4
The canopy is shaped by hand
Branches ship folded in. They are opened out one by one on site, which is the step that makes the tree read as real.
What the space needs
A clear path in for the trunk section, a level floor for the base plate, and room overhead. Trees taller than a ladder can reach are finished from a scaffold tower, as in the film.
Who installs it
In the Greater Toronto Area we can deliver, place and shape the tree for you. Elsewhere, your own team or contractor assembles it, and we answer questions by email along the way.
→Finished Installs
Trees of the designs we sell, installed in hotels, restaurants, shopping centres and offices.
Planning a large tree?
Tell us the space and the ceiling height. Every large tree is quoted with freight to your site.
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