| In 2010 Garry has been invited to take part in the Australian version of "onetree", Friends of the Gardens: Kauri Project. He was joint co-ordinator of the original onetree project in Britain and is proud to see the number of follow-up projects around the world reach double figures. The Australian project is based on the felling of a large Pacific Kauri in the Royal Botanic Gardens overlooking Sydney Harbour. This specimen has been killed by persistent roosting of flying foxes (fruit bats) and to mark its demise timber from the tree will be given to over 30 Australian craftsmen who will each produce artifacts for a major exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens in August, 2010. Garry has been invited to Sydney in February to make an item for the project. Having been brought up in Sydney this is a very satisfying "completion of the circle" for him. |
