Cork bark
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noneedforaname
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Best bet for bark is probably going to be a pet shop as its widely used in vivariums.
freakinacage
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Why not use normal bark? It's free and compared to cork, it's not massively heavy
uglybug
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I agree with freakinacage, if you know a landscape/tree guy you can peel off some huge chunks of bark from some logs and let them dry out. I have been doing this for some of my projects. Otherwise go to a garden center that sells orchid supplies they will sell large chunks of bark that people use for mounting orchids.
Anywhere that sells model train scenery.
B&Q garden centres.
B&Q garden centres.
QuietiManes
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A fallen tree in the park/forest would be a good place to scavenge bark, without fear of prosecution. Cork tiles at the local DIY home centre are the cheaper option but they can also be found at art, craft and hobby (model, train) shops, cork boards anywhere that sell office supplies (often very pricey and a pain to use if it's glued to the backing).
Errm Not in the UK,(*) and especially not at the moment with the current Tree fungus parasite scare.
(* Trees in parks remain the property of the Local Authority, fallen or not, or in some cases the Private Landowner who has granted access. Stately home parks etc!
Trees in Forests will fall under the auspices of the Forestry Commision and without wirtten permission to use fallen trees will put anyone taking items at risk of prosecution.
Reason I know this is due to the Scouting holidays we used to organise in the Dumfries and Galloway forest. We had permission to use Fallen items up to a certain Circumference and Length.)
Also If you want Bulk Cork lumps IKEA do Coasters approx 10mm deep and 100mm across(+/-) rather inexpensive and good for building up areas.
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QuietiManes
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Interesting. Yeah, DR, I think the laws are similar here in Canada. My line of thought was more along the lines that nobody would care if you took the bark off a dead tree (at the very least, they wouldn't prosecute you). Since you can't hurt the dead and I'm not aware of anything that uses the bark from fallen trees in public parks (I'd imagine there are some entomologists and mushroom farmers or "someone" that does though, somewhere). Fungus and parasites never crossed my mind.
