The Arboretum

Based in Sussex, UK

The Arboretum is a creative design studio situated in rural Sussex - and is focused on making small wooden, abstract interpretations of tree forms.

The studio was set up by friends and furniture makers Josh and Oli who also established Forge Creative in 2013, with an ambition to put their creative skills to something meaningful, inspired by responsibily sourced materials and superior hand-crafted products. Driven not by money but the goal of fulfilment in a day to day job. Since then Josh and Oli have built a portfolio of commissioned projects and have developed their own range of furniture and products that they continue to add to. This same level of craft is applied to the Arboretums products, but with a slightly more playful touch.

Experimenting with small wooden off-cuts, they began making simple tree-like forms that developed into more intricate interpretations as their skills grew, and soon they had a whole Arboretum of little trees.

The trees are fun ornaments, kids playthings, desk toys or just tactile wooden objects. They don't have a specific purpose and that's ok. They are a celebration of the natural beauty of timber and an outlet of creativity, and each tree is unique and beautiful in its own way.