Dr. David Suzuki School
At the beginning of September, Mall Silks shipped out custom made trees and plants to a new school facility in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. All together, 12 trees were built ranging in sizes from 8' to 16' tall. Aspen, Oak, Birch, and Pine trees were the selected varieties by the client. The Greater Essex County School Board originally contacted Mall Silks about this project almost 2 years ago about the possibility of creating a “Carolinian Forest” themed planting area inside of a school. Mall Silks had previously supplied materials for a similar project at another school in the same County about 4 years ago. So, there was some experience with this type of project. They liked the work so much that they decided to give Mall Silks another opportunity.

The materials were all built and assembled by the Mall Silks design center crew and shipped to the job site. The truck was loaded on a Friday and the Mall Silks installation crew met the semi-truck in Windsor, Ontario the following Monday. All of the materials were unloaded off of the truck and stored in the building while the planting space was prepared. The planting area was between a main hallway and the library area of the school. It is to act as a “screen” between the two areas instead of a traditional wall. It also softens the space and creates interest in a specific location of the school where students are encouraged to explore and develop their imaginations; the library. One project supervisor stated that “it would have cost the same to put a in wall to separate the space, so why not have a forest?”. The installation took four days and everyone involved was very happy with the final outcome. All together, the trees and plants took approximately 130 man hours to manufacture and 120 man hours to install.  Our Mall Silks install crew went above and beyond on this beautiful international project.  

All materials were ready and were shipped on schedule to the school.  The client is very satisfied and the project was a success. More images and information about this state of the art school can be seen at http://www.suzukipublicschool.ca/overview.html. Images of our work will be posted soon.

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