Greenpop reforestation festival at Platbos Forest

 

Platbos Forest is an ancient indigenous forest an hour and a half from Cape Town, near Gansbaai. Like many natural forests, parts of Platbos have been cleared in the past decades to make way for cultivation. Today, these areas are being taken over by invasive alien vegetation, which poses a serious fire risk to the forest. The Trees for Tomorrow Reforestation programme at Platbos  is continuously harvesting seeds, growing saplings and replanting the forest. Every year, just before the rainy season, they get ready for a major planting push.

Last year Greenpop and the Platbos people managed to plant 1324 trees in 2 days. This year they aim to plant even more. You can lend a hand, doing your bit for the environment whilst having a blast. Space is limited so book now!

Check out last year’s cool video.

To book, fill out this online form: http://goo.gl/9Rk0S. For any questions, email [email protected] with REFOREST in subject line.

Prices include all delicious meals (Friday eve to Sunday lunch), cool music, camping (not tents), planting activities, tools, talks, yoga and fun. Please note these are early bird prices for bookings made before 25 April:

R450 for camping in Platbos forest (highly recommended)
R275 for under 12s (camping)
R510 per person for dorm bed at de Uijlenes farm house down the road (https://www.facebook.com/pages/De-Uijlenes/113745462021926)
R550 per person for a triple room at de Uijlenes
R570 per person for a double room at de Uijlenes

 

Book for 5, bring 6!
Bring 5 friends (booked on 1 booking form and 1 payment) and get a 6th place free.
 
Trees for Fees (activist option)
Trees for Fees! Start an Activist page on GivenGain to raise money for trees by asking friends and family to gift them through your page (example here). If you raise 10 trees, you get a free place for the weekend. For specific details on this, please email [email protected] and fill out this sign-up form http://goo.gl/KzyJq
 
Trees for Fees (personal tree purchase)
If you’d like to gift trees to the Platbos Forest and get a certificate afterwards with GPS coordinates, you can add trees to your invoice to ‘own’ some of the trees that will be planted that weekend. If you choose to buy 10 trees, you get a free placement on the weekend. Details on booking form link (http://goo.gl/9Rk0S).
 

For more information on the event, click here.