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Plant a Mother’s Tree for Mother’s Day
Plant a Mother’s Tree for Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is this weekend and while looking for great gift ideas for my mother and mother-in-law, something more creative than flowers or brunch, I came across the history of Solan Parkes and the Mother’s Tree.Solan Parkes, among being things like a conservationist and originator of The Forest Guides, he [...]
Green Weddings
Green WeddingsIt's your special day and if you are like my wife, you have your ideal wedding planned out in your mind (or a giant binder full of pages with pictures of dresses, cakes, flowers, and favors. When you envision your wedding, does it include Eco-friendly [...]
International Plant Appreciation Day
Happy International Plant Appreciation DayApril is full of great ways to celebrate our earth and do good things for our environment. On April 13th, we invite everyone to celebrate International Plant Appreciation day with us by planting a tree. International Plant Appreciation Day is a celebration of the numerous benefits of plants outside, in our homes, and at our places [...]
Tree Of Life
The Tree of Life has been talked about and depicted for centuries. In more recent times, a collaborative effort among eleven institutions to depict relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time. The tree traces back the beginning of the life on Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago.This particular depiction is a combination of [...]
Arbor Day
Arbor Day Arbor Day is celebrated globally although the dates may be different around the world, the celebration remains very much similar. Arbor Day from the Latin arbor meaning tree is a holiday based on individuals and groups whom are encouraged to plant and care for trees. Looking back on the history of this holiday, it is said that the [...]
Leap Year
LEAP YEAR Let’s face it, nearly every four years there is a leap year and it goes by without much thought. Well this year I thought to myself what is really behind this phenomenon? According to Wikipedia a leap year, also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year, is a year [...]
Why Plant a Tree: Part 3
Why Plant a Tree: Part 3 Let’s talk about another compelling reason why we should plant trees around us. Across the country many of us have experienced, over the last few years, record rainfall or at a minimum higher than normal rainfall levels. While many areas desperately needed the water, others were plagued by [...]
Why Plant a Tree: Follow Up
Why Plant a Tree: Follow Up So in a previous post we talked a little bit about why planting a tree is a great idea, so lets keep that theme going by looking at some of the other benefits to having your own forest of great trees. When was the last time you went to a [...]
Why plant a tree?
Why plant a tree?Typically when we plant a tree it is primarily for its beauty, the shade it will provide and to tie into some sort of landscaping plan. Because there are so many other scientific benefits to trees, we at Tree In A Box encourage everyone to plant trees anywhere they can. Trees can sooth and [...]
Christmas Traditions Around the World (Giveaway)
In a previous post I talked about a US tradition regarding the Christmas pickle, but what about other countries? Well let’s see if our neighbors around the world have traditions that we might think are just as strange.If you live in a certain region of Spain you may have the tradition of placing a Caganer figure in amongst the [...]
