Coast Redwoods Thriving at Washington Tree Farm
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Coast Redwoods Thriving at Washington Tree Farm
Tree farmers from all across the Pacific Northwest (including Idaho!) flocked to a tree farm in Western Washington to attend the 2023 annual Washington Farm Forestry Association (WFFA) meeting and Tree Farm Tour. Despite not being foresters ourselves, PropagationNation was graciously represented amongst the ranks. Why? The destination of interest at the farm was a thriving…
Read MoreChanging the world, one tree at a time
When I contemplate the vast array of issues plaguing humanity these days, most notably: climate change, I often feel overwhelmed and powerless. I wonder, “How can I, just one small person, even begin to understand how I can impact positive change on a greater scale?” Some days, the vastness of the issue and that question…
Read MoreBob Barnes – “We are all connected!”
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…
Read MoreThe Power of Community
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…
Read MoreThe Power of Planting
“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…
Read MorePropagationNation volunteers light up Times Square
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,…
Read MoreLaunching the 10,000 Redwoods Project, 2023-2024
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…
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