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Totally Terrific Treehouses
17 one-of-a-kind tree houses designed and built by Delaware Valley architects and artisan
One-of-a-kind tree houses designed and built by Delaware Valley architects and artisans are on display at Tyler from May 31 through October 26. From the elegantly simple to the fantastically elaborate, each house is designed to inspire wonder and appreciation for trees in visitors of all ages!
The tree house designers represent a wide cross section of arts and crafts from Philadelphia and nearby communities. Students and professionals from the fields of architecture, carpentry, landscape design, and landscape architecture will be working alongside potters, metalworkers, artists and furniture makers. Some tree houses are designed and built by one person, while others are created by teams of professionals or impromptu partnerships of neighbors and friends.
The resulting designs are equally diverse. Tyler’s Tree Home builds a sculptural metal house for a tree and the animals that live there. Cords hanging through the roof of the Bell House invite visitors to make the bells chime. A pink elephant tiptoes along a tulip tree branch in Scared Silly. Elevated boardwalks in The Birch House take visitors on a journey through a tree’s life cycle, while a staircase enclosed with bark-like shingles leads to a breathtaking sky view through the silvery branches of an American beech.
The Votes are In!
Our esteemed panel of judges have presented the following awards to some extra-special tree houses:
- Most Artistic/Interpretive = Viewing Units
- Most Creative Use of Materials = Treegloo
- Most Educational = The Birch House
- Most Whimsical = Hanging Out
- Best Craftsmanship = Thoreau's Cabin
- Best Overall = Arboreal Adventum
- Most Interactive = Arboreal Adventum
- Special Judges Award: Human Connections = Williamson Serves
- Special Judges Award: Outstanding Design & Engineering = Outlook
- Special Judges Award: Funniest = Scared Silly
And the People's Choice award goes to... Outlook!
Tree houses can also be found at Longwood Gardens during their display of Nature’s Castles, April 25-Labor Day. Three elaborate tree houses designed exclusively for Longwood offer new views of the horticultural showplace near Kennett Square, PA.
For information call 610-388-1000 or visit www.longwoodgardens.org.
Thank You to Tyler Arboretum’s Totally Terrific Treehouses Sponsors
Treetop Sponsors
Allan A. Meyers, Inc.
The Colburn Family
Kyle’s Treehouse
MARS Drinks, North America
Pine Street Carpenters, Inc.
Judy and Bill Strine
Wm. A. Schmidt & Sons
Green Leaf Sponsors
Brandywine Conference and Visitors Bureau
Valpak
Branching Out Sponsors
Rick’s Trees
Super Cuts
Roots Sponsors
Bradford Engineering
Patty and John Colburn
D’Antonio Electric
IMC Construction, Inc.
Jason Ingle
Jos. T. Miller Company, Inc.
MacElree Harvey, Ldt.
Marvic Supply Company, Inc.
Montgomery Insurance Services, Inc.
O’Rourke & Sons, Inc.
Pilot Freight Services
RJ DeLuca & Son
Media Sponsors
NBC-10
WXPN Kids Corner
WJBR FM
