- ALL THINGS CEDAR PROFILE
All Things Cedar is a world leader in quality patio furniture. Selections range from traditional Adirondack garden furniture to contemporary outdoor patio styles. Choose from Western Red Cedar or Java Teakwood selections.
- WEBSITE REVIEW:
This website boasts an all inclusive array of patio tables, outdoor chairs, swings and garden benches. Product arrangement is enticing and the site easy to navigate. The website also carries a eye catching selection of teak outdoor furniture and is a natural addition to any yard porch or deck. Check out this website AND if you are in Lethbridge, AB. check out their showroom for a first hand look at this eye grabbing furniture.
- COMPANY PROFILE
- WHO WE ARE:
All Things Cedar began as a home based hobby business which has grown into a vibrant manufacturing/import/export company which employs 8-12 full time and part time workers.
We are located in Lethbridge, Alberta with an exporting warehouse in Sweet Grass, Montana.
- WHAT WE DO:
All Things Cedar has been in the business of creating and manufacturing cedar furniture kits in Canada since 1998. It has since expanded its outdoor platform to include Teak patio furniture, maintenance-free Rattan, Chinese oak and other garden selections crafted by highly skilled Indonesian artisans.
- OUR PRODUCT:
Our products are all about comfortable outdoor living. We offer contemporary porch, deck and patio furniture. Some or our best sellers include: cedar Adirondack chairs, rocking chairs and porch swings as well as traditional back yard and garden items including cedar wishing wells, pergola arbors and planter boxes.
Our product line also includes "Eco-Teak" Patio Furniture made from environmentally friendly government monitored Teak plantations. Items range from teak swings, benches, folding chairs and chaise lounge's to eloquent outdoor dining patio sets.
- OUR COMMITMENT
All Things Cedar mandate is governed by 2 main principles
- 1: COMFORTABLE OUTDOOR LIVING:
To design products that lends functionality and enhancement within the outdoor living space. We think it is important that people have a comfortable, usable “close to nature” place when they seek time out from the busy lifestyles they lead.
This involves not only designing for ergonomics but also must address the usability of a product; will the table leg get in the way? Will the edge catch someone’s sweater? Aesthetics must also be taken into account. Does it look like a “contraption,” or does its design lend itself to its surroundings?
- 2: RESPONSIBLE ENVIROMENTAL STEWARSHIP:
We have always been of the mindset to make and package our products with as little waste as possible. Green is not a new term for us. From the onset our cedar boards are harvested from sustainable forests called “new growth forests” forests that have been planted by people. After harvesting the area is once again replanted. This allows old growth areas to be left alone and exist peacefully to a ripe old age.
In the wood shop we have reduced the amount of scrap wood destined for the landfill by designing a product that intentionally uses these smaller pieces of wood. These products such as Bat-houses and Blue Jay Birdhouses are then offered as a free bonus to our customers as a purchase incentive. These “scrap wood kits” are also donated as small crafts for children’s workshop projects and other local Lethbridge clubs.
On the packaging floor, new methods have evolved to replace “environmentally negative” products that include innovative ideas and incorporate the 3 R’s. of waste management: Reduce – Reuse – Recycle.
One of the ways we achieve this is to replace the plastic bubble wrap, Styrofoam peanuts, and many rolls of brown paper cushioning with a product derived from 100% recycled (and 100% recyclable) cardboard boxes which may otherwise destined for the land fill.
In 2005 All Things Cedar began to invest in recycling equipment to processes old cardboard boxes into soft - fluffy shock adsorbing, cavity filling packaging material which now replaces the need for plastics, bubble wrap, and other internal cushioning products.
As a global company we understand our environmental reach is not limited only to our back yard but also encompasses the companies we work with. Thus we ensure the Teak product we import from Indonesia comes from Javanese plantations and the wood has been officially purchased from ‘Perum Perhutani’. This is the official governmental organization that regulates the logging, administration, and sales of teak wood (Tectona Grandis) from plantations. Perum Perhutani works together with projects of several NGO’s to assure the logging is environmentally acceptable.
These methods among other waste management procedures implemented at All Things Cedar keeps our company actively mindful of conserving and respecting the natural resources we work with on a daily basis.
- RESPONSIBLE BUISNESS:
All Things Cedar is a major teak garden furniture importer into Canada, supplying retailers, resorts, conservatories and drop ship clients throughout North America. We are 100% committed to responsible business practices and work continuously on the social-economical as well as environmental impacts throughout the complete chain.
Our business supports “Fair Trade Furniture” for our teak products made in Indonesia. We deal with companies that adhere to the fair trade business model which are monitored by an independent auditor as outlined below.
- no child labor and no repressed labor situations
- good and safe working circumstances
- free or affordable access to medical care
- employment of local community
- contributions to the local community
- fair wages with respect to minimum wages
- every employee shares in the profit of the company
- daily nutritious meals served for all employees
- investment in re-forestation programs
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- investment in community work; from restoring small stores shaken by earthquakes to sponsoring university students from poor families
- COMMUNITY PARTNER:
- We recognize the importance of local community involvement.
- Local involvement can take several forms from donating furniture kits for Boy Scouts merit awards to supporting local schools fund raising campaigns to providing customized blujay birdhouses for active environment awareness courses and instruction.
- Other local ventures include support for the forest recreation stewardship through it’s involvement with Crowsnest Pass organizations.
- We are proud of our relationship with the Rehabilitation Society of Southwestern Alberta, and our partnership with the ‘Job Links Training Program’ who’s programs we support and have employed many individuals from there..
- All Things Cedar also utilizes the ‘hire a student’ program to give employment opportunities to some of our local youth during summer months.
- We continue our support of local arts and theatre groups within the community through the donation of stage props and setups.
- Summary:
- All Things Cedar was founded in June 1998
- We manufacture cedar patio furniture kits locally
- We import teak patio furniture from Indonesia
- All wood is air dried, vs. kiln dried which has less impact on the environment
- All wood local and imported is from government managed / replanted forest
- Our packaging material is made from 100% recycled material
- Our packaging material is 100% recyclable and can be re-used
- Our manufacturing has been designed to limit raw-material waste (cut-offs) to less than 5%
- Our wood does not incorporate the use of any chemicals in processing (eg. lead / arsenic)
- Our wood is 100% natural / organic and contains natural inhibitors to ward off insect / rot / decay
