Teak Garden Furniture

Perhaps the most popular wood used for making garden furniture is teak, and for very good reasons. The teak tree, called ‘tectona grandis’ in the scientific community, is a shedding tropical hardwood that reaches up to about 30 meters or a hundred feet in height, and grows in the African, Indian and the Malayan regions.

Teak wood has always been popular because of its durability – it’s so durable, in fact, that it is used for shipbuilding. It has an impenetrable fine grain that is reinforced by natural teak oils that ward off rots and insects, and withstand the effects of weathering. Best of all, managed teak plantations make sure that it is sustainable, and that people can use it without fear of contributing to the denudation of the forests.

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