Leaving with A Full Heart
We have concentrated much of our tree planting efforts on one section of Heartland Organic Farm. This month, we shifted our focus to a previously cleared area (primarily invaded by pine trees) and started our … Read More
50 Precious Trees added to Heartland Forest
Date: 26 January 2019 The efforts of PTP and the Heartland Organic Farm team have proven, over the last year and a half, that dedication, commitment and “heardt” work pay dividends. While there is still … Read More
Closing up Offices for the year with a day of Planting
Precious Tree Project focused much of its tree planting efforts this year assisting Heartland Organic Farm with the regeneration of its natural environment. These efforts, together with the Heartland team themselves, are paying off. It … Read More
Volunteer Tree Planting Session – Nirvana, Rheenendal
In August and September we turned our focus towards Nirvana in Rheenendal. This majestic property, like Heartland Organic Farm, was literally burned to the ground after the devastating fires of June 2017. Much had been … Read More
Arbor Day – Arbor Week – Arbor Month – Arbor Lifetime
The celebration of Arbor Day is an important one in light of the rate of deforestation around the world. Protecting our trees and regenerating our natural forest areas is a significant practice and should not … Read More
Thinking future generations …. children, animals, birds, bees and Yellowwood Trees
This year, much of our focus has been on assisting property owners badly effected by the fires last year in the rehabilitation of their natural surroundings. This month 200 trees were sponsored in total towards … Read More
Feeding into the Heart of Heartland
Date: 26 May 2018 Almost 1 year after the devastation of Heartland Organic Farm, our efforts to plant trees and establish a natural endemic forest patch on this beautiful property continues. Our group of volunteers … Read More
Mending the Heart of the Land
Date: February and March 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim sponsored 60 trees as part of their team building event held at Pezula in February. PTP chose to plant 60 beautiful Keurboom trees, which we purchased from the … Read More
Tree Planting Session – JJ Bass, Plettenberg Bay
25 indigenous forest trees were gifted by Andrew Smith, to his mate, JJ Bass, whose property was one of those that was badly affected by the Garden Route fires earlier this year. Cape Ash and … Read More
Clearing to Regrow Heartland Organic Farm
Volunteer Clearing Session to Regrow Heartland Organic Farm: We were working in a smokey haze but needed to assist as quickly as possible after the fires! A group of our volunteers got stuck in to … Read More