Grow your own bench

We care about our footprint

Help us grow a new oak tree.


Most of our products are made of solid oak and even though we use responsibly grown oak, we still care about our footprint.


oak

A small acorn can grow to be a giant oaktree.

Here is a small guide on how to grow your own oak tree

Take an acorn and place it on top of a small glass vase.

The seed must rest just above the water.

The lower part of the seed will mature and produce roots.


Seed

Photos: Lotte Bjarke You can read more about gardening on her website: www.helthenihaven.dk (in Danish)

Acorn

Photos: Lotte Bjarke You can read more about gardening on her website: www.helthenihaven.dk (in Danish)

When the seed has long roots it is ready to be planted in a pot.

Cut the roots a bit and plant it in a small pot with potting soil.


When the plant looks big and healthy you can plant it outside

-preferably in the spring/ summer.


Your oak tree can be hundreds of years old and make seeds for many other trees.

Help us secure the future by planting a new oak tree.


Pot

EKTA is FSC®-certified and the majority of our products are FSC-certified. Our goal is that all our products and manufacturers will be certified too.


FSC is considered the “gold standard” designation for wood harvested from forests that are responsibly managed, socially beneficial, environmentally conscious and economically viable. When a product is FSC certified you have a guarantee that a new tree is planted every time an old tree is felled.

FSC

EKTA is FSC®-certified, SCS-COC-005763-BJ In our webshop, you can see which products are available as FSC®

Oak tree

EKTA is FSC®-certified, SCS-COC-005763-BJ In our webshop, you can see which products are available as FSC®

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