Why   Plant Trees?
We recognise people are more environmentally conscious these days and that by focusing on eco-friendly products is one of the ways we can minimize our environmental footprint.

In order for us to establish a formal environmental policy, we started out working towards increasing the sustainability of picture framing.   The main components of picture framing comprise wood mouldings, glass and boards.  Unfortunately, there are very few FSC-certified mouldings and boards available and glass making has one of the highest energy-intensive manufacturing processes in industry.  Add to the 'eco-bottomline' the embedded emissions from transporting framing materials from the other side of the planet and it soon becomes clear very little can be achieved by a small business.

Planting a new tree with every wood framing order takes immediate climate action by off-setting some of the industrial pollution in the manufacturing and transportation of our framing materials. Some observers will. consider it minimal however, planting free new trees is the first step in developing our free-style environmental policy as well as being a good way to establish an urban forestry programme. Our first trees have been planted in Africa through plantation partner 'More:Trees'. But since then, we have began to focus on how we could feasibly plant an Urban Forest in Portsmouth (UK)?

The City of Portsmouth was recognised as a 'Tree City of the World' in 2022 and 2023, but that status lapsed in 2024 and 2025.   The city  is preparing to mark its centenary in 2026, which is a great time to establish an Urban Forest and regain 'Tree City' status and simultaneously celebrate the 'future city' with a natural sequestration asset taking climate action for future generations.  Did you know 'bluebells' are a protected species?