Peacemaker Treehouses

About us

Peacemaker Treehouses founder John Carberry stands beside the Gell Center's custom treehouse outside Naples, New York. John helped build this writers retreat, working with Jake Jacob of The Treehouse Workshop as well as treehouse students from the U.S. and Europe.

Peacemaker Treehouses was formed in 2007 to help make the genius of professional treehouse building pioneers such as Peter Nelson and Jake Jacob of the Treehouse Workshop, Charley Greenwood of Greenwood Engineering and Yestermorrow Design/Build School founder John Connell available to a wider audience of residential homeowners. Inspired by the passion and whimsy of modern treehouse movement founder Michael Garnier , the craft of professional treehouse building continues to evolve rapidly -- creating new, safer, more sustainable and more practical methods for helping people realize their fantasy of finding a peaceful and playful haven in the trees. Peacemaker Treehouses is committed to this craft.

Years after Peacemaker Treehouses founder John Carberry gave up trying to convince his childhood best friend they could build a tree fort in his Norway maple without anyone noticing, John's professional construction career began in 1985 when he went to work for in-ground gunite pool legend Peter Catano. Working with Peter at Paco Pools, John learned the wisdom of low-volume, high-quality custom construction that places a maximum on cutting-edge materials and techniques, and an equal emphasis on customer satisfaction. Although political science later lured John away from his studies in architecture - and a 14-year career in journalism followed his exit from politics - John never stopped building. He's had his hand in everything from farmhouse restoration to bedroom furniture making. Now, after studying with John Connell, Jake Jacob, Michael Garnier and other professional treehouse builders, John left journalism to return to building full time. He created Peacemaker Treehouses to bring the construction business model he learned more than two decades ago to the emerging craft of professional treehouse building, and to bring the benefits of both to residential homeowners hoping to find peace in the trees.