Sustainability through tree planting

Plant one.
Then add one more

Saplings raised in our own nursery, planted by volunteers, one tree at a time.

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  • Saplings
  • Volunteer drives
  • Care tips
  • Giveaways
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Looking up through a green tree canopy
Volunteers planting a young tree with shovels A planting drive
Grown in our own nursery
Planted by volunteers
Watering a young sapling as it goes into the ground
A conifer sapling going into a prepared hole

From Our Nursery To The Ground

Saplings raised
on site

Volunteer
planting drives

Care tips
after planting

Young volunteers planting a sapling together

Come andPlant with us

Join a drive, get your hands in the soil, and put a tree in the ground.

Volunteer
Planting seedlings out in a field

LearnPlant care

Nursery life and care tips, from our own beds to your garden.

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From the nursery

Plants We Grow

A few of the plants raised in our nursery beds

Zebra aloe in a white square pot Haworthiopsis Attenuata

Zebra Aloe

Bird's nest fern in a white ceramic pot Asplenium Nidus

Bird's Nest Fern

Spider plant cascading from a dark pot Chlorophytum Comosum

Spider Plant

Nerve plant with veined leaves in a textured pot Fittonia Albivenis

Nerve Plant

Arrowhead vine in a patterned pot on a wooden stand Syngonium Podophyllum

Arrowhead Vine

Echeveria succulent planted in a tin Echeveria Elegans

Echeveria

Why We Plant Trees

Every sapling we raise is meant for the ground, not a shelf. Here is what it does once it gets there.

“ The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.
The second best time is now. ”

A planting crew with shovels and bare-root trees
I give shade and cool the air around me. I clean the air by absorbing pollutants and releasing oxygen. I hold the soil together and slow rainwater run-off. I give birds and insects somewhere to live. I make streets and gardens better to walk through. I keep giving back long after the day I am planted.

Journal

Nursery Notes

Nursery life, care tips and what happens on a planting day

Watering a newly planted sapling

Care tips

Looking After
a Young Sapling

Watering, mulching and staking through the first season, so the tree you plant is still standing next year.

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Planting seedlings in nursery rows

Nursery life

Inside the Beds:
How We Raise Them

From seed trays to grow bags — what a sapling goes through in our nursery before it is ready to plant out.

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A volunteer crew at a planting drive

Planting drives

What Happens
on a Planting Day

How a drive runs, what to bring, and what to expect if it is your first time joining us with a spade.

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Straight from the field

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Planting days, nursery beds and everything in between

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Volunteers beside a newly planted tree

In Our Own
Words

“Mission: promote sustainability through tree planting. Join us: plant trees, volunteer.” That is the whole of it. We raise the saplings, we organise the drives, and anyone who wants to put a tree in the ground is welcome to come along.

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