{"id":53795,"date":"2020-12-24T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/the-conservation-volunteers-lets-get-planting\/"},"modified":"2020-12-24T08:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:30:52","slug":"the-conservation-volunteers-lets-get-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/es\/the-conservation-volunteers-lets-get-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conservation Volunteers: Let’s Get Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mini Urban Forests \u2013 for people and green spaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trees – we all know they are good for the environment, helping to combat global warming and creating new opportunities for establishing habitats and increasing biodiversity.<\/p>\n

We also know they add to the beauty of green spaces, enhancing the mental and physical health and wellbeing benefits that being in nature provides.<\/p>\n

So what if you could significantly increase the volume of trees in one area and simultaneously increase all of these benefits? Especially in urban areas where opportunities to \u2018green they grey\u2019 are limited.<\/p>\n

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Maintenance-free<\/strong> Native<\/strong> Forests<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using the Miyawaki method, pioneered by Japanese botanist Dr Akira Miyawaki<\/a>, circa 200 trees can be planted in an area you might now traditionally plant circa 50 trees.<\/p>\n

The process helps build dense, native forests and the approach is designed to encourage tree growth that is up to 10 times faster, resulting in a tiny forest 30 times denser than usual.<\/p>\n

The area becomes maintenance-free after the first three years, providing a chemical and manmade fertiliser-free forest, teeming with wildlife, which nurtures itself once established.<\/p>\n

It is believed that its effectiveness is down to using native trees whilst replicating natural forest regeneration processes. The volume and variety of trees used in the Forest of Thanks, created by The Conservation Volunteers<\/a> and partners can be seen here:<\/p>\n

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After four years, a mini urban forest using the Miyawaki method can:<\/p>\n