Tree houses have grown up.
No longer are they the little five by five clap board contraptions nailed together in the big old oak tree in the backyard.
Now Tree houses have even gotten big enough to house hotels, restaurants and attractions.
People are getting back to nature, walking through the woods, enjoying the views of art in the woods and even going to concerts in the woods.
Trees aren't just building materials anymore.
People are enjoying climbing trees, planting trees, working to conserve threes and even flying through the trees on army style zip wires.
These zip wire adventures have many different levels that can take you as high as you dare go.
You can zip between the trunks fairly close to the ground, or you can soar with the birds high up in the canopy.
Many of these zip wires can carry you right to a tree house, where you can enjoy a multitude of things.
Some tree houses can be as simple as a platform in the sky and still others can house such things as restaurants or even hotels.
The Forestry Commission has reported over a hundred million visitors a year to it forest sites in England, Scotland and Wales.
There has been a definite increase in interest, forests and trees have landed back on the national recreation popularity list.
Visitors to the woods go there for a number of reasons; some go for the peace and quiet, while others go for the mountain biking and high wire adventures.
A full thirty percent of the forest visitors are there with their mountain bikes, ready to enjoy their rolling adventures.
Fifteen percent enjoy the adventure sites where you can go zipping through the trees like Tarzan.
Fifteen of these adventure sites are managed by Go Ape!, one of Britains biggest tree adventure suppliers.
Another adventure company named BeWILD has also seen a large increase in visitors to their arboreal attractions, they are geared up to hit 165,000 visitors by the end of this year.
Alnwick Tree House is among the most elaborate tree houses in existence.
It was built by Napper Architects of Newcastle in 2004.
This massive structure is a main feature of the refurbished Alnwick Gardens and was opened to the public in 2005.
This 'tree house' houses a large restaurant with an open fire.
It has meeting spaces and smaller outbuildings, all above ground.
This building is not entirely tree supported, in fact, it's not really tree supported at all due to its weight.
This tree house is held up by a combination of a huge network of wooden braces and concrete foundations as well as two concrete towers hidden within the design.
This amazing structure is even accessible by wheelchair!
No longer are they the little five by five clap board contraptions nailed together in the big old oak tree in the backyard.
Now Tree houses have even gotten big enough to house hotels, restaurants and attractions.
People are getting back to nature, walking through the woods, enjoying the views of art in the woods and even going to concerts in the woods.
Trees aren't just building materials anymore.
People are enjoying climbing trees, planting trees, working to conserve threes and even flying through the trees on army style zip wires.
These zip wire adventures have many different levels that can take you as high as you dare go.
You can zip between the trunks fairly close to the ground, or you can soar with the birds high up in the canopy.
Many of these zip wires can carry you right to a tree house, where you can enjoy a multitude of things.
Some tree houses can be as simple as a platform in the sky and still others can house such things as restaurants or even hotels.
The Forestry Commission has reported over a hundred million visitors a year to it forest sites in England, Scotland and Wales.
There has been a definite increase in interest, forests and trees have landed back on the national recreation popularity list.
Visitors to the woods go there for a number of reasons; some go for the peace and quiet, while others go for the mountain biking and high wire adventures.
A full thirty percent of the forest visitors are there with their mountain bikes, ready to enjoy their rolling adventures.
Fifteen percent enjoy the adventure sites where you can go zipping through the trees like Tarzan.
Fifteen of these adventure sites are managed by Go Ape!, one of Britains biggest tree adventure suppliers.
Another adventure company named BeWILD has also seen a large increase in visitors to their arboreal attractions, they are geared up to hit 165,000 visitors by the end of this year.
Alnwick Tree House is among the most elaborate tree houses in existence.
It was built by Napper Architects of Newcastle in 2004.
This massive structure is a main feature of the refurbished Alnwick Gardens and was opened to the public in 2005.
This 'tree house' houses a large restaurant with an open fire.
It has meeting spaces and smaller outbuildings, all above ground.
This building is not entirely tree supported, in fact, it's not really tree supported at all due to its weight.
This tree house is held up by a combination of a huge network of wooden braces and concrete foundations as well as two concrete towers hidden within the design.
This amazing structure is even accessible by wheelchair!
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