DIY treehouse inventor creates Ewok world in rural Oregon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- In 1974, fresh out of the army, Michael Garnier went to rural Oregon to try to make a living off the woods. He tried making furniture, fences, pole barns, and selling organic, psychedelic picture propellers (to see Fantasy Flakes), but finally, it was a treehouse that got him all the attention.
Modeled after the treehouse he had once built for his kids, his first treehouse B&B was completed in 1990. Today he has 9 treehouses for rent, 20 staircases, 5 or 6 bridges, several platforms and zip lines for rapid descent, and at least one fireman's pole. Some of his treehouses even have toilets, running water, and showers, though he warns guests to "stand when they flush".
Over the years, Garnier has become a legend in his industry and helped invent a better way to build a treehouse. Instead of bolting wood to wood (i.e. beams to the tree), Garnier and his colleagues at the World Treehouse Conference (an event he used to host) developed a way to attach steel bolts and cuffs to the tree.
Dubbed the Garnier Limb (or G.L.), this open-source design can support 8,000 pounds. Garnier sells GLs of all different types as well as plans to build your own treehouse. His DIY treehouses are for 12-foot trees ($150) and he sells about 30 or 40 plans per year.
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How cute is the dog just following him around like its no big deal being so high from the ground
I adore the little dog that follows him around...
What a sweet guy, with his little dog following him around. Genius idea.
This is incredible , since a child I ve always dreamed of one day owning a real Ewok Tree house - never mind a village! This would be my Disney Land! I absolutely love it Living and blending in with beautiful nature! This guy is amazing!
you know everyone does that right?... adults these days
same because i like treehouses they are really interesting and kids can clean the house and pretend that's their house
this guy is EXTREMELY TALENTED! No other way to state it!
I’m in love with this man.
Treeiffic, you damn right!!!!! I have three dogs, single and I am an outdoor enthusiast, this place would be heaven to me!!!
Outside of PDX all of Oregon is rural. Love this sort of stuff. Rock on.
some people might've called this guy crazy, or 'out there' but I call him imaginative and inventive. He is a great example of following your dreams. He wanted to make money off of the trees and wood... And he did.
Yet another fascinating and very much inspirational video!
Super cool. I'm glad he fought for what he believed in
This is awesome im moving to a treehouse in Oregon this place is truely amzing
LOL love the voice modulation when he says "like an ewok or an elf"
I enjoy listening to this guy's voice.
I’m retired Army, I don’t like the hippy way of things but I super freaking love this !
You should write a book for the people on your starting out and your developing into this business.
I live in West Virginia and wish we had something like this here. Great work. Write us a book please with pictures, & designs.
What is the "hippy" way of things? Does this refer to individuals with larger pelvic dimensions?
Thanks for leading the way in tree house building.
Very interesting. Funny we need permits for anything and everything these days!
It's a FILING fee, so they can go up on your property taxes.
This was very educational, I have so much more respect for the tree health after watching this.
So innovative... I envy this guy.
Amazing craftsmanship. Added a weekend here to my bucket list.
@Jason1975ism I know what you're saying though I also think Michael is a realist and didn't want to live off of someone else while trying to live his dream. I think mainly he wanted to be sure he could continue to live in the woods so he struggled for awhile trying to find something that would work. He took care to make that clear.
True dedication to what you love. Awesome tree houses and your own is beautiful. You obviously have been doing this for MANY years!
it's really treemendous and inspiring
I love this guy, a national hero!
WONDERFUL! I hope, you always stay safe, have FUN with the Project....I feel, that in coming paradise we will have only Houses, which are built with our deep Mind / HEART *
I live in a wooden A frame built int the early 70's by a man who I assume was a lot like this man, it is my dream home, I only wish I could make things like this. These are the kind of people who inspire me, good on him for standing up to the code nazis:)
very cool, two thumbs up!
They will give a permit for a crappy mobile home park(aka. eyesore) in a second, but dont try to build paradise like modern day Swiss Family Robinson, thats so nice mucho respecto!
I've always loved tree houses. My neighbor built one back in the late 70s around a huge redwood tree off Polo Drive in Aptos, California. It was so beautiful.
I played (music) at the treehouse convention in 2000 in Takilma .... This place is so awesome truly one of a kind...... :)
Wow You Are Amazing..Hope your making what you Deserve ..THEM TREE HOUSES ARE GRATE..
That's nice, and he can charge what he thinks is a fair price, if you pay that's on you, $150, that's not bad considering how beautiful the surroundings are, the amount of work involved and a unique experience, as he said it's not for all but those who don't want a homogenized hotel environment this is great.
I'm definitely going to add this to my bucket list!
This is treetastic!
More people should live WITH nature!
This is soo cool!
If I have a trip to Oregon, i realy need to visit this place :-)
What an amazing place - what an amazing guy.
Huge fan of Garnier. A great engineer and inventor.
THE ONE AND ONLY💯Greetings from se Dschörmans✌
What an amazing place - Thank you for sharing this video with the global community. New Zealand
My first trade is a carpenter and joiner. I would love to build and make money building tree houses. Yours are brilliant.
So awesome!!!
I want to do this 😁
Kristen, you should have a show, seriously, your videos are fantastic.
I liked the part about the tree
Wow, weird I come across this video, my family and I stayed here about 10 years ago. It was effing sweet.
This is great... We built our daughter a tree house about 12 years ago at our cottage near to Gravenhurst, Ontario. It's in the gorgeous Muskoka area. The tree house has a view of a small lake through it's large window. Three cheers for creativity. I'll put this place on my Bucket List for Oregon. : )
What a smart man! I love these clever ideas and seeing people excel.
The city wants to put a value on any improvements you have on a piece of land that they feel they own for tax reasons. A tree house doesn't fit into their model of determining what to tax you. I'm glad you won the fight and did what made you happy for a living.
So much respect for this guy!,
You are the pun winner. I like to trim trees. I usually take a third off a tree. I like to leave the lowest branches and encourage them to grow by providing light. Tree probably wont fall down. Allows water and air and sun to penetrate.
Way cool !! 👌 very nice job and great vision👍
wow hats off to this guy! His connection with the tress reminds me of a reversered version of the book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein but with the proper ending.
Reminds of the Myst game. Treehouses with puzzles to solve just made me want to live there up in the trees!
Wow. I always get lost in these videos. Aside from being informative, they're always so peaceful and relaxing. I guess it's the lack of music, loud idiotic voice-overs, and fast crazy edits and gimmicks that are so typical of most media presentations. This style allows the viewer to truly absorb and appreciate what's being communicated by the subject as they explain their little corner of the world to the rest of us. Very cool.
I wish I could have a school for kids made out of tree houses dreamer
one with nature. simply awesome. now imagine what you could do with a redwood
Mythbusters is going to blow this thing open. nice of them to give a pioneer a tip of the hat
Looks so laid back living there. Gotta move to America!
Great Job there Guy !
They throw an awesome 4th of July party there every summer. Amazing fireworks that go for over for hours. Takilma OR rocks.
Great video! It's every kid's dream.
NICE !!! I would love to live with my head in the clouds . Please keep up the good work !
Awesome. Those houses must also be earth shake proof. Shame that winter somewhat ruins the scenery.
I love using all of my available resources to reach my fullest potential, I was Blessed with my hands,And to look at a picture of something,Anything,And built it just like or even better,Michael Garnier is the Godfather of tree houses,I'm just a guy that works with wood and stone :) BE BLESSED
Amazing! Michael seems like one cool dude. May have to pay him a visit.
Exactly the comment I was going to leave, thanks for saying it for me ! Peace and Love :)
The biggest treehouse in the world is in TN but the fire marshal has it condemned (?) I'm really impressed with Oregon dudes techniques and camping community ^_^
I like tree houses so good videos
I love your dog and great home
Some can only dream about this, but this is for real! Great technics!
I've been there before its so much fun
You're doing great things! Treehouse's are my passion!
I know he sells at least one of these treehouses as plans or in its built form. Check out his website (I've linked to it in the original story-- in text above). Or google Out n' About Treehouses.
excellant it seems you had a dream an went for it,its a shame more sheeple don't follow your lead with their own dreams an wishes,they may find true happiness.so WELL DONE an may you have more success.
Unique and very brilliant...
Brilliant. I love the Garnier Limb design, it's beautiful.
You made my morning by just posting something. I love your channel!
keep those videos coming.
thats an awesome channel
I wish I had a glassblowing studio in the trees like that. ah the dream.
Nice work.
I love, love, love it!!!!!!!!
Oh, Love Michael place! Live a dream come true!
Michael is now on the TV show Treehouse Guys.
I absolutely love this. Beautiful.
I love this guy!!!
Seems Pete Nelson owes this guy a debt of gratitude.
That is truly the greatest most amazing thing i have witnessed so far in my life. Whatever inspired the idea to do this what i hope gets me to do something this incredible.
Treeific, treemendous. haha love it.
Great ideas
The kids must love grandpa's house.
I can't stand the idiots that determine whether you get a building permit or not. They're all so damn closed-minded with no imagination, no ability to negotiate and with such old fashioned ideals ingrained inside their tiny little minds. I swear they only exist to stamp out any ideas of freedom and living the way YOU want. Who cares about someones opinion on how THEY think YOU should live?!
I love those tree houses! I wish I could build a series of tree houses and have them linked by stairs and bridges - would feel like you're almost living in your very own private tree-top village! Everyday would be a fun day in a house like this....well, unless it's raining really hard - then things might get a bit difficult lol :)
Could always fix that too with a bit of tarp usage and rudimentary construction.. perhaps some thick wires bent over in a sort of 'covered wagon' style over the bridges. You can fix any problem given the time, resources, and effort. ;)
David Struve TOO MANY TREE HOUSE ACCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY ,
David Struve They do what they do in the public scrutiny so the safety everyone has bought into becomes religion. I drilled holes into a parking lot to put in a fence by a restaurant and there were two parking lots under that one, so, walk to Poppa Changs.
i live in the country.......... im gonna make a tree house now XD
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Kirsten, I love watching your videos! Thank you for choosing to put your money where your mouth is. I saw the largest treehouse video months ago, and enjoyed seeing how this evolved. The 'GL' is a HUGE advance in organic tech, and now I know.
really cool tree house, looks like an awesome place to live
This was really cool!
WOW, this is awesome
Wow cool tree house, nice breakfast
You could start and create a construction company that can build these all over the states.
You seem to be the leading expert on them. Plenty of people with great money that would buy them.
Man, this is amazing.
If you go to the original story (in text above) there's a link at the end of the story to his Treesort. Or you can google Out n' About Treesort.
100's of years from now, advanced humans will be strolling through the forest and stumble across this and think some human tribe from the early 21st century (also known to them as the mid "Lack of Information Age") lived in a tree city... they will excavate and find Teva's and name the tribe the Tevinians.