clipped from: webecoist.com 
Peter Cook and Becky Northey met in 1995, became partners and began shaping plum tree suckers into living art they call Pooktre. During their first year they started shaping the young trees into a coffee table and a mirror frame – and it has grown from there.
The Pooktre tree people are an interesting and ongoing part of the Pooktre garden. The final use and location of many of the living tree people is undetermined, sometimes for years. Some will be harvested, while others will be permanent residents in the Pooktre garden. The Hello Man Pooktre ended up as the mascot for the Growing Village.
Over the years the trees are shaped and formed into tables, hat and coat racks, chairs, beds, mirror frames and anything else Peter and Becky decide. The parts of the trees that are pruned off during the shaping are often rooted and are grown into more living art. The furniture is often used in the garden, long before harvest.
