Miyawaki Forest at San Martin, California, our small attempt at giving back to Mother Earth
As previously mentioned in our posts, we initiated an endeavor to establish a Miyawaki Forest in San Martin, California. This initiative aims to provide us with firsthand experience in the intricacies associated with cultivating a Miyawaki Forest employing the methodologies pioneered by Akira Miyawaki. The primary objectives of this endeavor are to combat climate change and contribute to the preservation of the environment.
We are pleased to provide an update on our ongoing efforts on this forest. Following extensive land preparation efforts commencing in October 2023, we successfully prepared the land and initiated the first phase of our plantation on June 2, 2024.
During this phase we planted 97 native plants mostly consisting of Western Sycamore, Valley Oak, Coast Live Oak, and Arroyo Willow.
Following are some pictures from this effort on June 2nd, which was supported by about 15 volunteers.
After this plantation, we realized that we should make it more dense by increasing the number of plants in each square meter to about 3 to 5. So we added another 147 plants consisting of the same native mix of plants on September 15 2024. Following are the pictures from this plantation effort which was supported by about 50 volunteers for the whole day.
Over the last 3 months the forest has grown pretty well and following is a recent picture of how it currently looks as on December 27 2024.
We look forward to continue to make a difference to the environment with more such activities.
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Posted: December 28, 2024 by admin
Miyawaki Forest at San Martin, California, our small attempt at giving back to Mother Earth
As previously mentioned in our posts, we initiated an endeavor to establish a Miyawaki Forest in San Martin, California. This initiative aims to provide us with firsthand experience in the intricacies associated with cultivating a Miyawaki Forest employing the methodologies pioneered by Akira Miyawaki. The primary objectives of this endeavor are to combat climate change and contribute to the preservation of the environment.
We are pleased to provide an update on our ongoing efforts on this forest. Following extensive land preparation efforts commencing in October 2023, we successfully prepared the land and initiated the first phase of our plantation on June 2, 2024.
During this phase we planted 97 native plants mostly consisting of Western Sycamore, Valley Oak, Coast Live Oak, and Arroyo Willow.
Following are some pictures from this effort on June 2nd, which was supported by about 15 volunteers.
After this plantation, we realized that we should make it more dense by increasing the number of plants in each square meter to about 3 to 5. So we added another 147 plants consisting of the same native mix of plants on September 15 2024. Following are the pictures from this plantation effort which was supported by about 50 volunteers for the whole day.
Over the last 3 months the forest has grown pretty well and following is a recent picture of how it currently looks as on December 27 2024.
We look forward to continue to make a difference to the environment with more such activities.
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