The Herbie Project
The Herbie Project
| Last summer I was asked if I’d be interested in turning some products for the Herbie Project; and I quickly agreed to do just that. “What is the Herbie Project?” you may ask. Well, “Herbie” was, in fact, the largest Elm tree in New England - standing at 110 feet tall and a sprightly 217 years old down in Yarmouth, Maine.
The name Herbie was given to him at some point back in the 1950’s by then caretaker Frank Knight. Recently afflicted with Dutch Elm disease, it was determined that Herbie had to be taken down for health and safety reasons, an event which occurred on January 19th, 2010. I went down to the sawmill where Herbie had been taken and picked out the pieces I needed to make the bowls and platters that I’d been asked to produce. |
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My friends at MT Pockets in Dixfield, Maine picked up these pieces delivered them to me on their flat bed wrecker just ten days after Herbie came down. Please click here for a link to the official Herbie page on the Town of Yarmouth’s web site where you can learn much more. And click here to an article in the Portland Press Herald about Herbie at the Yarmouth Clam festival. Or here, to read one in The Forecaster. |
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