Alternative Names
The practice of shaping living trees has several names. Practitioners may have their own name for their techniques, so a standard name for the practice has not emerged. Richard Reames calls the practice "arborsculpture"; Dan Ladd calls his work "tree sculpture"; Nirandr Boonnetr's work is called "living furniture"; Christopher Cattle calls his works "grown up furniture" and "grown stools"; while Peter Cook and Becky Northey call their work "Pooktre".
The following names are also encountered:
- Arbortecture
- Biotecture/Biotechture
- Grown furniture
- Living Art
- Pleaching
- Tree training
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