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Tree planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purpose. It differs from the transplantation of largertrees in arboriculture, and from the lower cost but slower and less reliable distribution of tree seeds.

Planting is best done between October and April. Container-grown plants can be planted any time of the year, but are easier to care for if planted in autumn or winter, as they need less watering than ones planted in spring or summer. Bare-root and rootballed trees and shrubs are only available in autumn and winter.

Trees contribute to their environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife. During the process of photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe.

CDO seedlers remarkable sold and deliver seeds and seedlings in Mindanao and on other parts of the country. Falcata seeds already reach Albay, Bohol, Zamabales and many other places. As a proof 

a kilo of falcata seeds for Zambales, A  kilo of Falcata is up to 20000 seeds. Its a lot in making the country green and a better place to live. For U to Live......

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Why Should We Palnt A Tree

About the Plant-A-Tree Programme

Caring for trees and the environment is the social responsibility of every individual. The Plant-A-Tree Programme is a platform for organisations and individuals to actively participate in the greening of our City in a Garden by planting trees.                 

Why plant trees?

Why plant more trees? Aren't there enough trees already? Well, definitely not.                
Trees are like any other living organism, which will grow old and become weak. Hence, in order to sustain our lush greenery, we need to constantly plant new trees.                 

Plant a tree and enhance Singapore's greenery

 The aim of this programme is to give you a chance to donate to the cost of a young tree and plant it yourself.

It's a special kind of connection with Nature when you plant a tree yourself.

How do trees benefit us?

More than aesthetic appeal
Trees beautify our environment but their values lie beyond the aesthetics. They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increase biodiversity in our environment, prevent soil erosion, as well as provide shade and lower the atmospheric temperature.  

Why is this important?

The future of our environment
We all work hard for the financial security for our families and to achieve a comfortable lifestyle. How about securing the future of our environment for the generations to come? The Plant-A-Tree Programme is your 'green investment' for the future.  

What is in it for the community?

Keeping us healthy and happy
Studies have shown that when people are surrounded by greenery, they are measurably healthier and build better family relationships. Visual exposure to trees is also known to reduce stress levels in our fast-paced world.

TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW

Mindanao to Break Guinness World Record for Most Trees Planted

All set for the historic and significant event “TreeVolution: Greening MindanaNOW” on September 26, 2014 as DENR in collaboration with Mindanao Development Authority (MINDA) spearheads the holding of the Mindanao wide simultaneous tree planting activity in multiple locations.
Along with other national line agencies, local government units, partner industries, civic organizations, academe are expected to participate in an attempt to hit the record in the Guinness World Records as the most number of seedlings planted in an hour. The tree planting
activity corresponds with the objective of the National Greening Program, which is to reforest 1.5 million hectares of public land by planting trees within the period 2011 to 2016. The TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW calls for a concerted effort of Mindanaoans to participate in the most significant event that will expect media mileage both in the local and international scenes.
Any interested participant may coordinate with the DENR Regional Office or to the nearest CENRO and PENRO Offices for further details or may log on to the official facebook page TreeVolution:Greening MindanaNOW for registration.

The Mindanao region will attempt to break the Guinness World Record on September 26, 2014 for most trees planted simultaneously in multiple locations.  This project is an initiative of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in collaboration with the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).

Dubbed as “TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW,” this attempt aims to plant in 1 hour 4.6 million trees covering 9,200 hectares from Region 9 to the Caraga Region including the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). This world record breaking attempt will be mobilizing an estimated 230,000 planters coming from all sectors of the society.

The Record-holder of the said category is India wherein a total of 1,945,535 trees were planted by 340,200 participants in 408 locations last August 15, 2011.

DENR Regional Director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada said that the attempt also aims to highlight and increase people’s awareness on the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government and MinDA’s “MindaNOW, Nurturing our Waters” Project.   

“With this attempt, we aim to achieve the NGP target of Mindanao for 2014 and campaign for nurturing waters through tree-growing.  But our main intention is to further strengthen people’s awareness with regards to what NGP and MindaNOW is all about and how these projects can help in the protection and preservation of the environment and in mitigating the effects of climate change.  This is more of a campaign and we want to entice Mindanaoans to join this endeavor through the act of volunteerism,” Fragada said.

National Greening Program is one of the priority programs of the government that aims to plant 1.5 billion trees within 1.5 million hectares from 2011 to 2016.  NGP is spelled out under Executive Order No. 26 signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on February 24, 2011 geared to attain food security, poverty reduction, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainable development.

Fragada also said that to ensure the success of the world record breaking attempt, several strategies need to be implemented which will include social mobilization, well-planned coordination and massive information campaigns to drumbeat the activity.

“In terms of mobilization and promotion, we have MinDA to help us for they are capable of gathering and mobilizing people all over Mindanao to join big events such as this.  For DENR, we will be responsible for identifying the planting sites as well as provide almost all of the planting materials,” he said.

The 5 basic commodities that will be planted during the planting activity are Rubber, Coffee, Cacao, timber and indigenous species.  Rubber, Coffee and Cacao are the three premium species adaptable in Mindanao. Added are Mahogany, falcata, bamboo and other hard wood tree seedlings provided by CDO Seedlers.

On the other hand, MinDA Director Janet Lopoz revealed that both Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) are among the National Government Agencies who recently pledged to support the project.

“As more of our participating groups partners are coming in, assuring us of their support and participation, we will be expecting an increase in the number of planters on this activity,” Lopoz said.

The Participants that will be mobilized for this activity are: Mindanao-wide Cooperatives; River Basin Organizations; Local Chief Executive Confederation; Business Chambers; Junior Chamber of Commerce; Academe; Peace and Development Communities; Religious Sectors; Media; Private Sectors; Youth Sectors; Women Sectors; People’s Organizations; National Government Agencies; Local Government Units; Mining and Industrial Companies and; Wood Processing Plants among others. (DENR-XI PR)

At this massive tree planting campaign, dubbed Treevolution: Greening MindaNOW, thousands of volunteers planted trees in several parts of Mindanao, planting a total of 3,373,762 trees. 

The Record was Broken with a big help from CDO Seedlers for supplying 30% of the Seedlings and seeds used in the TreeVolution Project.

HOW TO PLANT A TREE

 

How To Plant A Tree

This is an important first step. The reason why this step is first is because everything you do might depend on where you are going to plant your tree. For example, if you want to plant a tree in a park, you first need to find out who manages the park (is this a city park, state park, private, etc.) and ask their permission to plant a tree. They might say "yes, you can plant a tree but we can only plant certain kinds of trees" - for example some parks will only plant native trees (trees that have historically grown in the area) or they might have a tree planting plan that identifies historically grown in the area) or they might have a tree planting plan that identifies the type of trees to be planted. Or, you might be planting a tree near power and telephone wires so in selecting a tree you would want one that would not grow tall or fast (a dogwood tree for example). You might even want to replace a tree that has been destroyed by lightening or killed by disease. Replacing the tree with the same kind of a tree would be nice.

In selecting a site, remember, our communities and cities need and have an ongoing need - to have trees planted by people. That's because life is hard in the city for a tree: trees that might grow from seeds are cut by lawn mowers, sidewalks prevent water absorption by trees plus the added work of cleaning the air of auto emissions makes survival tough for trees. So the cities and town really need more trees!

Once you have identified where you would like to plant a tree, you need to ask permission from the owner or the manager of the property. This person might be a state forester, park ranger or the principal at your school. This rule even applies if you want to plant a tree in your yard at home - you still need to ask for permission of your parents.


You might be able to have a tree donated for your project or you might need to raise funds to purchase a tree. Check with your state or community forester to see if they have any programs where they give away trees for tree planting projects. Also, ask for their advice on the types of trees to plant in the area where you live - different trees are native to different states, and native trees will thrive better after planting.

If you are not able to get a tree donated, don't fret - you can raise the money you need to purchase a tree. Contact the manager at your local Wal-Mart or a business at busy intersection and ask permission to do a car wash or bake sale to raise money. Offer to clean litter for a fee from the parking lot after a football game. Collect aluminum cans in the classrooms and cash the cans in for money at the end of a month. Sell T-shirts. You might even be able to raise enough money to plant several trees!


Use proper tree planting tree procedures!
No matter if you plant the tree by yourself or with your family, friends, club, class or scout members, you will want to use proper tree planting procedures - to make sure the tree has the best chance for a long life.

    Dig the hole as deep as the rootball and twice as wide.
    Check to see if the soil around the hole is too hard - if it is, loosen it up a bit with the shovel.
    Remove the container from the rootball. (The roots are like the tree's blood vessels and they work best if they are not all twisted and knotted up, so you might need to straighten them out if they are circling around after having grown in the container.)
    Place the tree in the hole, making sure the soil is at the same level on the tree as when the tree grew in the garden center. If your tree has burlap around the rootball, place the tree in the hole and then carefully untie the burlap. Leave the burlap lying in the bottom of the hole (this is Okay - the burlap will simply turn into organic matter over a period of time).
    Fill in around the rootball with soil and pack the soil with your hands and feet to make sure that there are no air pockets.
    Make a little dam around the base of the tree as wide as the hole with left over soil or grass clumps to hold in the water.
    Give your new tree a good soaking of water to help settle it into its new home.
    Name your tree, like Tara and her friends named the first tree they planted "Marcie the Marvelous Tree."
    Need more help? Contact your state or community forester listed in your telephone directory or call your local nursery for help and / or advice.

Organize a community tree planting event (Hey - More than 1 tree can be planted!) There may be people like community officials, other organizations like the Scouts and business representatives in your community who would love to be involved in your project - all you have to do is to ask. Once more people are part of your team, they can help you with other things like finding a planting site, purchasing a tree, helping to dig a hole. To help make the day a community event, try to involve the entire community - at least invite the entire community - and you can do that by making an announcement about the event through the media including the newspaper, radio, and television. (We can even help you if you need help on writing a press release).

Take care of the newly planted tree - and this means water and mulch around your tree. (The tree will be thirsty after it is planted, so deeply water it each week (2 to 3 gallons) for the first year. If mother nature happens to water your tree during the week, then don't worry about watering that week - Mother nature is the best source for water)

Give your tree a "mulch blanket." A mulch blanket is a 2- to 4-inch covering of rotten leaves, wood chips, pine straw or shredded bark that will insulate the growd, decrease the amount of weeds that will grow around your tree, keeps moisture around the roots and provides food for your tree. Make sure that the mulch blanket is not piled up on and touching the base of the tree but has a little space between the tree and where the mulch begins - you simply might need to push some of the mulch back from the bottom of the tree.

TREE PLANTING

Tree planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purposes. It differs from the transplantation of larger trees in arboriculture, and from the lower cost but slower and less reliable distribution of tree seeds.

In silviculture the activity is known as reforestation, or afforestation, depending on whether the area being planted has or has not recently been forested. It involves planting seedlings over an area of land where the forest has been harvested or damaged by fire or disease or insects. Tree planting is carried out in many different parts of the world, and strategies may differ widely across nations and regions and among individual reforestation companies. Tree planting is grounded in forest science, and if performed properly can result in the successful regeneration of a deforested area. Reforestation is the commercial logging industry's answer to the large-scale destruction of old growth forests, but a planted forest rarely replicates the biodiversity and complexity of a natural forest.[citation needed]

Because trees remove carbon dioxide from the air as they grow, tree planting can be used as a geoengineering technique to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.