Happy Hollow Woods

Trev Smith & Jenny Schwanke

(540) 951-7928
3331 Happy Hollow Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060

Trev Smith and Jenny Schwanke moved to Happy Hollow Road in Blacksburg in 1991 when they found four acres of mostly forested land located a few miles out of town. Over the years they purchased adjacent land that now includes a pond, a barn, a workshop, a sawmill, two solar kilns and their house. Trev makes bowls and furniture from over 80 species of harvested hardwoods. He learned to turn bowls from master wood-turner Al Warren, and has been creating his unique handcrafted lathe-turned bowls ever since. Trev has expanded his handiwork to include custom-designed pieces of furniture. Many locals also buy seasoned firewood and lumber, as well as locust and cedar fence posts.

Trev and Jenny tend the forest using a sustainable forest management plan that increases wildlife habitat, promotes eco-system diversification and improves overall forest health. If a live tree is cut down, it is to make room for adjacent, healthier trees to flourish. The forest also hosts a healthy population of wildlife and understory plants, including black cohosh, bloodroot, rue anemone, wild ginger and an occasional morel mushroom.

Read more about Trev Smith on Main & Lee’s site:  http://mainleeart.org/resident-artists/trev-smith/

Information sourced from BLACKSBURG FARMERS MARKET: AN ARCHIVE by Kathryn Clarke Albright