Treedial

The 'Treedial' is a sculpture linking sun, sky, water and earth within a reflective garden space.

This free standing 80 foot garden sculpture was part of The Westonbirt Arboretum Garden Festival 2003, sponsored by Wood For Good. A joint project by Roderick James Architects, Carpenter Oak Ltd and Mark Lovell Engineering.

The primary spar (trunk) reaches up to the sky, supporting the secondary spars (branches) with a cascade of fine wires, giving a hint of exposure (canopy).

The primary spar casts a shadow reaching hundreds of metres and children were able to write the time on a lolly stick and plant it at the end of the shadow. Over the course of the festival the whole site became a giant sundial.