For the moment, I’m taking fallen wood in parks. I live in a big city as well, but we have a lot of parks and green borders in the neighborhood. Just yesterday, I noticed a branch and took it home just before the ‘cleaning service’ got it. I inspected the nearby tree and I even think it’s basswood/linden.
For the rest, it’s a guess which wood I have found. Most of it was pretty hard, so a bit tougher for fine whittling.
BTW, it always feels a bit ‘illegal’ to take with me, but nobody really cares. I even bought a small saw to assist the collections.
Strange, on other posts, I always get language errors while commenting via the Memmy app.