For our garden furniture we use domestic woods whose properties predestine them for rough outdoor use: Insensitive and defying the climate - like the woods of oak, larch and also silver fir, which are still known from facade, boat and water construction. Also resistant to wood rot is the durable wood of robinia, which is both strong and flexible, and from which, for example, playground equipment for public children's playgrounds is built **Natural, oiled or varnished ** Some of our garden furniture comes with an untreated surface. The wood processed for this furniture, when exposed to the weather, quickly takes on traces of weathering and grays, which gives the character of this furniture. All natural woods can nevertheless be treated with suitable products. Garden furniture, whose appearance or area of use suggests a protective surface finish, can be given a final treatment with suitable products: deep-penetrating, pigmented oil-based impregnations are used, as with the Robinia wood furniture and our deck chairs, as well as opaque, water-based coatings, as with the Danish beech wood furniture. **The right way to handle ** Careful handling can considerably reduce the amount of care required and the risk of permanent damage to garden furniture. Long-term damp environmental conditions (soil moisture from below, continuous rain from above) attack any wood. Therefore, make sure that any moisture that has penetrated the wood is always allowed to evaporate. When it rains, it is advisable to place the furniture underneath or at least lean the chairs against the table or wall so that the water can run off. When not in use for a long time and during the winter season, the garden furniture should be covered with a tarpaulin permeable to air and water vapor, or better kept dry and well ventilated.