A Guerilla Tree Planting Kit?

Sunday, January 25th, 2009 by Nigel

I heard the term Guerilla Gardening for the first time this afternoon. There are even websites dedicated to it. Well I guess there would be. It sounds a bit more political than I had in mind - it resonated because we’ve got this great new product in, it’s basically a tree in a grow bag that you start off indoors, before planting out when it’s reached sapling size.

The small grow bag it comes in is compostable, so you don’t need to remove anything when you plant it.

The instructions suggest the sapling can be planted in your garden, or ’secluded public space’, which got me visualising an army of people round the country secretly planting trees in wild spaces.

Planting trees is good for climate change, as long as you don’t end up burning the wood, and it is one of the easiest ways to offset your carbon footprint. A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs/year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings.

So plant a tree and help save the planet.

Now there’s an idea. It’s a silver birch by the way. They can grow to 20 or 30 feet tall, so make sure there’s enough room.