The Living Wood Fair is back! After a 4 year hiatus this unique and inspirational event will be wowing visitors of all ages from 12th-14th April 2025.
Set in a stunning location in East Tākaka, Golden Bay, the Living Wood Fair provides a place for sharing solutions to many environmental issues – showcasing alternatives; teaching skills and passing on knowledge. Market stalls; arts and crafts; kids’ entertainment; live music and of course delicious food and drinks, make the event a treat for everybody. And for the first time, this year there’ll be overnight camping available!
The Living Wood Fair appeals to anyone interested in the environment and sustainability, forestry or building. Over two days the event delves into the wonderful world of wood, with a Workshop Zone hosting indoor and outdoor hands-on workshops, and inspiring and informative presentations and panel discussions in the Kōrero Zone.
Kicked off as an annual event in 2018 by Liv and Graeme Scott, the duo took a hiatus in 2023 to walk their talk in the world: The Takaka Co-Housing project allowed them to follow their passion for natural and sustainable building. Under their company Elemental Design & Build, they created the exquisite Common House for the Takaka Co-Housing neighbourhood, using traditional timber-framing milled from local logs, hempcrete walls and lime plaster finish.
“The Common House was a massive project, but we’re all very excited to be hosting the Living Wood Fair again,” says Liv Scott. “It’s a fantastic way to bring people together to create and learn, and get a serious environmental message across in an enjoyable, inspiring and motivating way.”
The Living Wood Fair takes hundreds of hours to put the event together with a small team of passionate and dedicated volunteers. We’re always looking for eager, motivated individuals to help us, so if you would like to offer a workshop, talk or market stall, please get in touch! If you would like to volunteer your time to be part of the set up and pack down team, or be one of our extremely helpful marshals during the event, please send us a message. And if the Living Wood Fair philosophy resonates with you or your company and you would like to offer sponsorship to help our 2025 event please don’t hesitate to contact us!
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