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When our founders sat down to come up with a name for our organization, they wanted to emphasize not just the trees, but also the people who make getting them from seeds to giants possible, the people who are working together to protect and serve planet Earth. Hence the “Nation” part of PropagationNation. It’s capitalized for a reason. Everyone who has ever received and planted our trees, all of our founders and staff members, all…
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On Friday, January 13th, 2023, PropagationNation joined OlyEcosystems in Olympia at Cooper Crest restoration site to help with reforestation efforts. Hundreds of PNW native plants, shrubs, and trees were planted at the site along with 25 redwoods donated from PropagationNation. We were fortunate enough to be joined by a group of 15 volunteers from TwinStar Credit Union in honor of their organization’s anniversary to help us get the Redwoods in the ground. …
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“Nobody is going to touch those trees. They are not going to be cut down or touched. These kids don’t forget. They know.” That’s why Ralph Munro, who served as Washington’s Secretary of State for more than two decades, believed it was so important to get kids involved with planting trees. And since 1992, students in Olympia have proven him right. Getting kids outside Rick Bird, then the principal of McLane Elementary, knew that many…
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Lindsay Lagreid and her dad, Ted Lagreid, spent the day of November 14 volunteering for PropagationNation by helping the staff at the San Juan Island Sculpture Park plant 14 coast redwood and 6 giant sequoia seedlings. Who knew that two weeks later they would find their picture, along with one of the redwoods they planted, lighting up Times Square in New York City? According to Lindsay, here’s the story of how that happened. “I work…
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PropagationNation’s mission is to propagate and grow millions of coast redwoods and giant sequoias in the Northwest. If you’ve been reading our site, you know that we’ve made some progress toward this mission. But while planting 1,000 trees a year is a great start, it’s just that: a start. And to make the difference we want to make, we need to get to that million-plus number. That means ramping things up by a factor of…
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The 1000 REDWOODS Project began as a dream—a vision of multiple “demonstration” redwood forests growing in Washington to show how the Pacific Northwest environment can support these trees and how quickly redwoods can grow. We wanted to build a groundswell of interest in the public by involving others, especially young people, in accomplishing this goal and inspiring them to pass the baton on to future generations. In October 2020, 300 giant sequoia seedlings and 1,000…
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My name is Philip Stielstra. I have been an avid supporter of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive since I first met David Milarch and his sons Jared and Jake in 2012 at their nursery in Copemish, Michigan. The mission of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive has 3 aims: PROPAGATE, ARCHIVE and REFOREST. Propagate the world’s most important old growth trees before they are gone. Archive the genetics of ancient trees in living libraries around the world for…
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Cloning the Biggest, Oldest Redwoods and Sequoias You’ve heard us talk about cloning trees—which you can do yourself—and about the work of the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, a Michigan nonprofit that aims to preserve the genetics of the world’s largest and oldest trees. But where exactly do Archangel’s clones come from? Let’s find out more about these majestic giants. COAST REDWOODS The California redwood range extends 500 miles, from Big Sur up to the Oregon…
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In May 2016, I joined a Tree Climbing Expedition led by David Milarch of the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive in the giant sequoia and coast redwood groves of California. The people I met were an amazing collection of dedicated, hard-working, fun-loving, adventurous souls—a group of volunteers who climbed trees over 200 feet high to gather cuttings to make into new “old-growth” trees intended to help avert the disaster of climate change. It was truly a…
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You have the tree. You have the site. Now you just need to dig a hole and plant, right? Unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple. Planting is its own science, and doing it improperly can lead to tree decay and death. To give your tree its best start in its forever home—and create an environment where it can grow and thrive for years to come—use our guide below. Locate the Root Flare The root flare…
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