09.12.2021
Lausanne Cités
An ecological, ethical and designer Christmas tree made at Suisse🇨🇭 by Olbis les Ateliers, a carpentry workshop working to reintegrate people into the world of work. Do-it-yourself assembly is as easy as child’s play.
Eco-friendly
Monbôsapin is made exclusively from Swiss wood, supplied by Scierie Zahnd in Rueyres, Switzerland. In addition to the fact that it doesn’t lose its needles, its lifespan is several decades longer than that of its companions, destined to end up on sidewalks in the cold and snow…
Ethique
Made in Switzerland, in the Polyval workshops, Monbôsapin helps to prevent social and professional exclusion and to promote the reintegration and professional retraining of as many people as possible.
Design
My lovely tree can be dismantled and reassembled like a piece of Swedish furniture. It’s easy to store in its box under a bed, in a closet or in the cellar, waiting to take its place of honor at the next festivities.
Tomorrow's Christmas begins today!
Our history
Watch the videoIt was on the evening of December 24, 2018, that I discovered the first “monbôsapin”. The fruit of the imagination and talent of my brother-in-law, Marcel Pradervand, this tree was a one-off and not for sale.
I found it beautiful, elegant and original. The more I looked at it, the more I thought we should give it little brothers and start a handcrafted production.
Determined to carry out this project with Swiss companies, I began my tour of joineries in French-speaking Switzerland in January 2019. Most recognized that they would not be able to produce this tree at an attractive price, and that it would be better to turn abroad…
One carpenter’s workshop responded favorably, Olbis les Ateliers (now Polyval), in Mont-sur-Lausanne. The carpentry manager, Jean-Luc Guignard, saw the value of the project for his vocational rehabilitation workshops. When the first prototype came out of the workshops, I knew I hadn’t made a mistake: this tree had potential! Almost three years later, more than 400 trees have come out of Olbis-les-Ateliers, a small production that I hope will delight children, parents and grandparents over the Christmas period.
