Bear Groves in Transylvania

Bear Groves in Transylvania

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We are restoring the wind-damaged forests of Transylvania to increase their resilience against the impacts of climate change. The disruption of conditions that forests have adapted to over centuries has left them vulnerable and prone to further deterioration. By reintroducing oak species and replanting with native trees, we aim to strengthen these forests to withstand future changes and conserve the natural habitat of many local animals.

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December 2025

Brown.

At our planting sites in the Eastern Carpathians, everything is brown.
Except for a few red berries and evergreen leaves, brown is the colour of the snowless winter in the Eastern Carpathians. It has become the default palette of December in recent years.

After plants die

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08 Dec 2025
Vasile Stoica · 9 August

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November 2025

Quartz and the Quiet Genius of Plants

We just realized that the deer repellent we applied over the past few days to the seedlings planted on Ciomad Mountain works in the same way grasse...

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July 2025

They will get some chicken poop!

The oak seedlings planted on the foothills of the Ciomad Volcano have absolved the roughest spring and early summer we have seen so far. In the mid...

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December 2024

Muted colours with a white background

Muted colours with a white background - the first snow has arrived at our planting sites in the Eastern Carpathians! Although almost sure it is not...

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October 2024

Sun prints of the last days of the leaves and grasses

Sunprints (cyanotypes - https://theartling.com/en/artzine/what-are-cyanotypes-brilliant-blue-print/ ) made by the fading autumn sunrays, capturing ...

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June 2024

Pieces of life from one of our planting sites

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nXYCAd6fDq1HiiBL8 Feathers left behind by white storks (Ciconia ciconia) regularly feeding on grasshoppers. Feathers of jay...

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May 2024

Fresh oak leaves are unfolding! :)

The sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and the accompanying birch (Betula pendula) and hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) seedlings planted in March and Apri...

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April 2024

One of the final plantings of the spring season

One of the final plantings of the spring season: we have established the first mini-forests consisting of crab apple, wild pear, and hawthorn near ...

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October 2023

Why are we planting mixed forests in place of wind-damaged spruce (Picea abies) stands?

Climate change is expected to cause shifts in vegetation zones to higher elevations, leading to the loss of certain species and ecosystems. The cli...

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