Now, nearly a year later the Naked Table Project is hosting the event in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity of Central Vermont and Vermont Woodlands Association on the State House lawn in Montpelier to celebrate the resiliency of Vermont’s communities and forests. The event will raise awareness for how essential forest products are for basic societal needs like housing and how important it is that those forest products are harvested sustainably. Good, responsible stewardship can increase the diversity of our forests, reduce flood risk by slowing water and increasing water uptake by growing healthy trees, and provide the wood resources our communities, especially those in need, depend on.

The organizations will come together to highlight the connection between the forestry of the state and its housing need. This event will bring participants into direct contact with the sustainably sourced wood Vermonters use by building a table made from Sugar Maple sustainably harvested from U.S Senator Patrick Leahy’s Vermont Tree Farm. Senator Leahy will also speak to the group following the building of the tables.  

The full day event also includes an instructive forest tour by Dave Wilcox of the Hubbard State Forest adjacent to the state house followed by lunch under the tent on the “just made” conjoined tables. 

We invite you to join us this June in Montpelier for this long-awaited event!