Archangel Champion Trees will form the cornerstone of an educational and city beautification initiative in Bandon, Oregon. In collaboration with the City of Bandon, and Bandon Schools, the school’s “Go Native” project will be caring for, and then planting 125 Archangel Champion Tree clones this summer and fall.
The Go Native project is all about promoting eco-friendly native plants while teaching students practical gardening and landscaping skills. The greenhouse and nursery are located adjacent to the Bandon high school. With the redwoods, students will see firsthand how the trees thrive in varied microclimates around town. The first step is hosting the redwoods in the climate controlled greenhouse where they’ll be repotted — the trees were shipped from Michigan in a soil-free nutrient gel. In the fall, students will help plant and install temporary irrigation to give the trees a good start.
[pl_blockquote cite=”Terry Mock – Go Native project facilitator, and AATA Sustainability Advisor”]”Cultivation and reforestation is a process that combines spirit and science. Healthy trees not only improve the view, they clean the air and the soil. Archangel trees are cloned from old growth redwoods known for a long life span and huge growth potential.”[/pl_blockquote]
The redwood saplings were cultivated by the nonprofit Archangel Ancient Tree Archive in Michigan and given to the city by an anonymous donor who requested the trees be planted on the Oregon Coast. The donation was facilitated by Terry Mock, who initiated a reforestation project on his own Port Orford property with redwoods from the Archangel Archive.
Thanks to the City of Bandon, the Go Native Nursery, and the Wild Rivers Coast Alliance for making this southern Oregon coast champion coastal redwood reforestation effort possible.
Sustainable Land Development Initiative
World’s First Planting of a Champion Redwood & Sequoia Forest
http://www.ancienttreearchive.org/worlds-first-planting-of-a-champion-redwood-sequoia-forest/
Please send me an address so I can mail a donation for this project. I just moved to Oregon.
Hi Bonnie. You can send a donation to us at:
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
16884 Front St.
Copemish, MI 49625
Thank you for your support!
this is a miracle, thank you all for doing it!
I’ve enjoyed planting bald cypress trees around Clearlake, California’s oldest and largest natural lake.
Have you cloned any of the oldest and largest bald cypress or Montezuma cypress trees- the oldest specimens are huge, excellent carbon sequesters, live over 1000 years, and thrived 3 to 10 million yeary ago when CO2 levels were very high.