Bore

These kids from Kotayo Primary School near Boré aren't afraid to get their hands dirty as they plant new seedlings in their school grounds. The trees are planted in deep pits to help them capture any available rainfall and in short order they will be providing much needed shade to

Over 100 volunteer tree planters joined in on our community planting day in our Boré Mau project in Narok County. This part of Kenya is close to the Mau Forest - a critically important reserve for both biodiversity and carbon retention. A key aim of the project is to provide fuelwood

Tree-Nation members, volunteers, researchers and all other nature friendly visitors are welcome to visit our project. You can stay at our unique Boré Community Forest Centre, explore our nursery, planting sites and also the surrounding indigenous forest. We can even help you plant

We recently had a large group of 12 volunteers visit the project from the UK. It was great for the Europeans to stay in the Forest Centre, visit the nursery (above) and hear at first hand of the many challenges faced by the community of Boré. We are stronger together :)

We've learned over the years that community tree planting is more likely to be successful if done as part of an integrated holistic approach to sustainable development. Everyone reading this loves trees but if you only plant trees there is a big chance that those trees may not survive.