Wood for the Ubuntu community table was milled from two windfall trees - one redwood and one fir - that were blown over by a storm in '02 in the town of Occidental, CA. The trestle legs are crafted from the Salmon Creek School windfall redwood. Heritage Salvage sponsored a ceremony at the school to honor the tree before cutting it. Community members and students gathered to hear L. Frank, Native storyteller and basket weaver, bless the tree and talk story about the indigenous people who lived in the area.

Our sawyer, Merle Reuser, milled the 370 year old fallen beauty and 85 percent of the gross lumber proceeds went to Salmon Creek's environmental education fund. Table top slabs are from the windfall fir from Jonive Rd. where Merle rescued the tree and milled the slabs with an Alaskan mill. Our team of expert craftsman joined redwood and fir to create the stunning community table. Benches were milled from a clear fir stump rescued from a slash burning fire at Peaks Pike Rd. in Graton, California. All other tabletops and the cabinet are crafted from clear fir reclaimed from the Eastman House in Walnut Grove on the Sacramento River. Her husband, Arthur, built Nellie Eastman's House in the early 1880's. Nellie was one of the founding docents of the La Perita Garden Club and has a red and white camellia named after her. Nellie Eastman's great granddaughter, Chris Stoll, found us on the web from Bossier City, Louisiana, and asked us to dismantle the family estate. And now we look forward to all the talking story and fine dining that will take place upon these Heritage Art pieces! Now newly opened is the Ubuntu Annex, with a private dining room and Ubuntu store. Heritage Salvage crafted a series of tables, bar top and shelving from two Cedar Slabs from a storm windfall that took the corner of someone’s kitchen in Geyserville while they drank coffee at the neighbors house because their power was out.

One slab was cut into a series of 2 tops that can be reassembled for large parties and the other is the wine bar and a four top with a Nate-nique base fashioned from a wagon wheel, an irrigation pipe and the bands of a 100,000 gallon organic Apple Cider Vinegar tank.