Bridget McNulty, Cape Town based South African author of the novel Strange Nervous Laughter, tells readers how, no matter how small or even non-existant your garden is, you, too, can plant a tree this Arbor Month.
The following is from Bridget''s blog (a great read)
It''s Arbor Month! Plant a tree!
Seriously.
Everybody knows how important trees are. Need I list the ways they help us out? Let’s start with oxygen, because we couldn’t very well continue without it (ha! Ecological joke!)
But I know how difficult it can be to hunt down a tree and find a spot to plant it, especially if you (like me) live in an apartment in the middle of the city… Which is why I was so delighted to find Grow a Tree, an organization that sells everything you need to plant a tree, in a bag. Yup. Everything you need, and you grow it from seed in a handy little bag that can quite happily sit on your verandah or window sill. And all the seeds (and, therefore, trees) are indigenous to South Africa! And they come in a cool coloured hessian sack! There is nothing I don’t love about this project.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I’m going to do this afternoon after work: I’m going to plant a tree!
Why don’t you?
PS: If you want to find out more about Grow a Tree, watch this short video (I made it!)
PPS: I’ll post updates of my tree’s progress from seed to seedling to tree… Apparently it takes 9 months to get to replantable size. Like a baby, only without all that other stuff…
About Bridget McNulty
Bridget McNulty is a passionate writer inspired by why people act the way they do. Her first novel, Strange Nervous Laughter, was published in South Africa in 2007 and in the USA last year. Find out more, read her blog, download podcasts from the book and watch the book trailer at www.bridgetmcnulty.com
1 Response to SA Author Bridget McNulty On Tree Planting for Arbor Month
I think this is a goood idea. My name is Jacques Jatho and I work for a company called Sandvik. I do the ISO14001 (Env Management Systems) for them and think this is something we should do for Sep. Where can we plant a tree? What type of tree?......
By Jacques Jatho (5 years ago)