Overview
- Voting is open until 28 March on the National Trust website, with up to three votes per person and the remaining 70% of the decision made by a judging panel of art and nature experts.
- The shortlist features Alex Hartley and Tom James, Helix Arts x George King Architects, Mary Dalton, non zero one, Sam Williams Studio, and Trigger.
- The winner will be announced later in the spring, with the commissioned work expected to be completed by 2028.
- The timber has been seasoned for 28 months and half of it will be used for the commission.
- The project forms part of a wider programme that includes the trunk installed at the Northumberland National Park gateway, heartwood prints on display, and 49 saplings planted nationwide following the 2023 illegal felling that led to prison sentences for Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers.