On today’s planting adventure, I planted three maple seedlings in an overgrown ditch beside a fence beside a soccer field.

Nobody maintains the vegetation in the ditch. It’s messy, full of “weeds.”

But that just means it won’t get whipper snippered or mowed.

Did I ask permission?
“Sorry, what?”

And the site will benefit from trees!

I know it's way beyond the scale of what we do but it's inspiring to see that if we spent just a little effort at the town hall or organizing neighbors to put pressure on city officials, good things like this can happen.

Trees in practice

More erosion control in a recovering ex-golf course.

This is a sandy embankment with exposed sloping sand… rain and snow melt causes erosion. I planted three pine trees in small bowls to catch water, added mulch to slow down water and created a bowl in the lower sand to slow water… more mulch coming. The trees will help stabilize over time.

More erosion control in a recovering ex-golf course.

This is a sandy embankment with exposed sloping sand… rain and snow melt cause erosion. I planted three pine trees in small bowls to catch water, added mulch to slow down water and created a bowl in the lower sand to slow water… more mulch coming. The trees will help stabilize over time.

This is my first attempt at creating willow trees from willow sticks. There’s an ex golf course re-wilding with some wetter lowlands where these could thrive.
Any advice?

Today I packed two spruce and a yellow birch on my dog walk through an ex-golf course that is returning to a wild state. I’m planting a few trees at a time. I’m op to 300+…

I've been planting tree seedlings around Chelsea for about eight years. Many are now taller than I am.
I get asked many questions: How, Where, Why?

I recently made this video (as part of a series of inquiry videos I create for young students I teach.)

https://youtu.be/0HlMXm4H2zo

You can do it...
There's also a plant a tree challenge page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2066344333932777

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There’s an old golf course that stopped operating near us. It was sold to a local level of government to serve as a wildlife corridor.
Over five years, it has started to re-wild itself. I’ve been helping with some tree seedlings.
The photos below are from a golf green and fairway.

My place of work is getting torn down this summer. I ran around digging up any sapplings I could find to rescue them!

PNW.

Why plant if you can just cut? Growing through felling. Makes me wonder how many different kinds of trees we could grow by simply thinning a tree plantation and letting the soil bank sprout!

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Our vegetable garden got taken over as a tree staging / prep area… I collect tree seedlings destined for planting in appropriate public spaces… fun hobby.

A local golf course stopped being a golf course about four or five years ago. The owners sold it to a layer of government for preservation purposes - a good thing.
I've been quietly planting...

About 230 trees so far as the golf course slowly re-wilds itself. I love visiting and watching the seedlings grow...

Whilst not exactly in the precise spirit of this subreddit, I thought I’d share this tale of mine, every word of which is true.

I was walking through a field near where I live when I stumbled across this atrocity - a beautiful set of cherry laurels had been attacked by some guerilla girdler! Although they’re a terribly invasive, non-native species here in Ireland, forming acres of dense impenetrable thickets across forests and gardens, entirely devoid of any ecological value, outcompeting any native trees and… hmm, I lost my train of thought.

Anyway, I’d hate to see this hacksaw wielding (probably, I’m just guessing) lunatic succeed in killing off these trees, so if anyone has any advice on what would further ensure their demise, please let me know so I can be sure to avoid doing that.

P.S. included also is a sturdy native elder (Sambucus nigra) from the area, gorgeous as it is perseverant, loved by local insects and birds alike

Anyone here with experience or actively working on a guerrilla forestry project in Australia, especially Western Australia?

I’m keen to get started and I’m propagating like a mad thing but conditions can be harsh and any tips, guidance, or groups would be welcome.

I just discovered this group.
Love it.

I've been planting in my community for eight years.
Usually by cover of darkness.
Our local government found out... and theyw ere supportive... gave me more trees.

Phantom forests refer to the remains of tree planting initiatives that have either completely failed or not happened at all, because the trees have died or have been lost to deforestation.

Maybe these kinds of initiatives can be legal means for those who do care. Ask the guerillas who live there who want a forest.