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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 newly developed satellite nursery on Heartland itself, thereby reducing the transport aspect and planting trees that have been growing in the same locale, on Heartland itself as part of our mission to assist with the restoration of the natural environment post the devastation of the fires.

Over eight months after the Knysna fires, after the initial hype and the initial shock have waned, the scars of the fire still so evident but progress is being made.

Our dedicated group of volunteers have been pitching up every month to help the regenerative process of the Heartland Forest. Well done and thank you for bringing your positive and healing vibrations to this project! Thank you, thank you!

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Tree Planting Session – JJ Bass, Plettenberg Bay

Tree Planting Session - JJ Bass, Plettenberg Bay
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 Yellowwood were primarily selected for the property and planted between the new Keurboom saplings that were starting to shoot post the first rains after the fires.

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Clearing to Regrow Heartland Organic Farm

Clearing to Regrow Heartland Organic Farm - Precious Tree Project
Clearing to Regrow Heartland Organic Farm - Precious Tree Project

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 assist the first phase of rehabilitating Heartland’s natural environment by clearing out deadwood and non-indigenous saplings popping up all over the place.

So phase one of the journey begins … and while it felt a little overwhelming initially, the opportunity to replace the pine-infested region with endemic indigenous forest trees and regrow the natural vegetation made the journey ahead worth walking …

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