Southern Pine is a huge supporter of local filmmakers! Check out this article by Perla Faye Humphrey, Savannah Film Industry Examiner Savannah business owner has soft spot for local filmmakers
On Sunday, November 20th, the Savannah Urban Garden Alliance (S.U.G.A.) held their 3rd Annual Tour de Coop. The tour began in Southern Pine’s courtyard, where we have recently built our own chicken coop.
Participants then boarded a trolley and toured several chicken coops in midtown neighborhoods. Afterwards, the trolley came back to Southern Pine for a reception, which included a raffle, silent auction and trivia. All proceeds raised from the event benefited S.U.G.A.’s educational outreach programs.
S.U.G.A.’s mission is to increase access to local food, while providing educational programs to the community that promote sustainable and affordable gardening practices. Through workshops on composting, rain gardens, bee keeping, chicken husbandry and more, S.U.G.A. teaches people in the community how to grow their own sustainable, healthy food. The organization believes that community gardens can help alleviate obesity and food shortages, while promoting nutrition. It is important to know where our food comes from and have a connection with that food.
If you would like more information on S.U.G.A. or would like to volunteer your time, please visit their website at sugacentral.org or call 912-897-9643.
Jerry at work refurbishing Savannah State University’s historic windows. Here are two views of the windows from the architectural drawings. This is Adams Hall. The double hung windows are eight feet tall with four foot radius half circles above.
Following best practices, we are using reclaimed wood to make the repairs. 
Southern Pine Company of Georgia, under contract with Hardin Construction, has the job of assisting in phase two of renovations to Morgan Hall (circa 1920s) and Adams Hall (1931). The windows of both buildings had been neglected for a long time. Southern Pine is using reclaimed cypress from the window casings at Savannah’s Neal-Blun complex at 3515 Montgomery Street for the material to make repairs and replacements for the damaged sash. Seasoned for decades, the cypress is a perfect match.
Besides window sash refurbishment, Southern Pine is contributing more reclaimed materials for Savannah State. Crown molding, dentils, friezes, jambs, and sills out of reclaimed pine are all being reproduced from wood that has been rescued. And the workshop smells great!
Whether you are fascinated with the end result or where it came from, repurposed materials always come with a story. Southern Pine takes pride in recycling, reclaiming, and repurposing. Whether it is left-to-waste150 year old hand hewn dock piers, dredged river recovery logs, or deconstructed homes destine for the wrecking ball, a new surprise is always waiting around the corner. Some times literally…
There have been three vacant homes around the corner from our facility for the last several years. Two were affected by fire a while back but left standing. As I arrived at work one day this week, I was greeted by the sound of breaking glass and crashing lumber.
As far as we know these properties were ordered down by the city in what remains of Savannah’s annual 100 Worst Properties Program, ( a lot more can be said about this issue, but here is an article from 2007) in an attempt to combat urban blight. The wheels started spinning a few days ago and the city came knocking with a bulldoozer. Three houses were ordered demolished and one came down on day 1.
However, a silver lining soon emerged. The city agreed to give us one day to save the little house next door if we could remove it in 24 hrs.
No small feat but Ramsey and the boys jumped to action. Day 2, our tiny cottage is on a trailer ready for its new home.
A lot has been written in the last several years about The Tiny House. Building them, buying them, the advantages of downsizing to live in them. Once it gets written up in the New Yorker, New York Times, The Economist, and The Financial Times, does that make it a movement? Imagine the advantages of in living in a tiny house that is 100% reclaimed…
Stay tuned to see what we have planned for this little beaute…
District 2 Savannah City Council member, Mary Osbourne, got in touch with Southern Pine last week. The window bars of her residence at Baldwin Park were being replaced and therefore destined for the landfill. Ms. Osbourne however had the sense to contact us and give these puppies a chance at a new life. She saw the potential of reuse, yeah! Thanks to her, Southern Pine Company will repurpose these window bars for future adaptive reuse.
Use a window bar to improve a brick wall for vines to grow. Clip pictures and memorabilia to a window bar to spice up your home decor. What do you envision these window bars to become for you?
If you build it, they will admire. Southern Pine Company of Georgia supplies reclaimed materials that are impressive by texture, scent, tight grain, and a story. However, our clients are intuitive with reclaimed material themselves. Recently, we have received images from a Savannah local who used our materials to build his own table.
Time to get on that personal project and build yourself something out of reclaim.
Our friendly mailman came across a relatively large find laying on the ground in Pembroke, Georgia. The metal disc spans approximately 5 feet in diameter as you can see with our human scale. Unlike a sawmill blade, the teeth are square and blunt with a groove on one side. Could be a gear but for now it is repurposed as a outside table top.
Know what this is? Let us know. We want to investigate.
The Open House held on May 27th was a major success! We had a great turn out with over 300 people in attendance. Wow! If you missed out do not let it happen again.
Check out the Facebook page with more photos, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Savannah-GA/Southern-Pine-Company-of-Georgia/196543890361025.
Tummy Thanks to Thrive, K’Bella, FORM, Crepe A’ Diem, Kainan, Shawarma King, Narobia’s Grits and Gravy, Back in the Day Bakery, Perc, and Cup to Cup.
Special Thanks: USGBC-Emerging Professionals, Feldman Studios, Emergent Structures, City of Savannah Bureau of Environmental Services, SUGA, Phoenix Holistic Center, Labor Ready. And lets not forget Well FED, Dilated Spectrum, and Wooden Sheep in hosting with Southern Pine Company of Georgia.
Southern Pine Company of Georgia is a silver sponsor for the Green Product Expo (GPEX) 2011. We will be set up with our finished products made from reclaimed materials. Our special features will include lamps from Damon Studios and a few items from our Wooden Sheep friends. GPEX will be held today from 12pm until 7pm at the Charles H. Morris Center located at 10 East Broad Street. This event will then continue Friday from 8am until 1:30pm. Try to make it! We have some breath-taking pieces.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Southern Pine Company of Georgia booth at Forsyth Park on Saturday. It was a blast! We displayed our flooring samples, architectural details, products, handed out tomato stakes and even eggs. For those of you who grabbed a bundle or so of tomato stakes, please email (RKCondev@bellsouth.net) us your photos! We would enjoy seeing what you repurposed them for.
