There's a guy in PA whose lifetime goal has been to plant 10 MILLION trees. And not tree plantations, a wide variety of Pennsylvania-appropriate trees and shrubs in yards, on farms, and in places we clear of invasive undergrowth (eg privet).
Obviously he doesn't do this on his own but rather through a large group of folks over time, although "Greg's sweat equity" is certainly a big part of it.
He emailed today to say he's got 200 to go and would I like to come to the work party on Friday.
The plants we distribute or plant all come from nurseries around the state which have leftovers at the end of seasons & donate for write-offs. And then there's big work parties (not like Friday) to distribute them around the state, so like this fall I worked on my country's distribution site to sort things.
He's got various funding, etc.
Obviously not all of the plants will make it! But that's the nature of them. I've planted a few of the large bushes myself and -- we'll see!
