La Pedregoza

La Perdregoza Tree Nursery is thriving with thousands of seedlings in full germination. The rainy season is well underway, and the seedlings respond to it instinctively.

Watching these dormant seeds burst into beautiful seedlings within weeks is truly magical. Such incredible energy

Sussan a 22 year old Indigenous woman works in both our office and plantation coordinating our logistics, ordering, buying and the receiving of materials required for tree planting.

Her 9 year old son, who has some learning disabilities, is allowed to be beside his Mom in the office

Many tree species are planted at the peak of the rainy season, so they don't drown, but still get a lot of water with which to develop their root systems. Trees are hand-planted at La Pedregoza, as we prefer the benefits of local socio-economic development to the mechanized approach