Our volunteers gathered last Sunday to add 100+ more jamun and mango grow bags reusing waste plastic packets in our nursery at Janak Puri. We also watered the existing native tree saplings in the batch. One of the best part in this whole exercise is the experience of playing with soil... something that we did only as kids! Once the grow bags are prepared, one can simply insert a finger about an inch or two deep into the grow bag to make space for the seeds. We usually put two seeds per bag to increase our chances of germination. Even if both the seeds germinate, we can separate them while planting. . Once the grow bags are done we take them to a secure place... Essentially, our own saplings bed. We also water them regularly to ensure their growth.

We planted 60+ native trees such as peepal, neem, amaltas, pilkhan, baheda, jamun etc. yesterday at Dwarka. We had extremely enthusiastic company from Dwarka Xpress Runners Club and Rise Foundation. The most interesting part? We utilized saplings from our own native trees nursery in Janak Puri ! Yes, the same one we set up reusing waste plastic packets. Not just plantation, the volunteers were also cautious about the cleanliness of the place - they themselves picked up sapling bags to clean up after the plantation.

We have kicked-off our native tree plantation drive for this year’s monsoon with planting a sapling in its safe abode. We planted a pilkhan tree to begin with this season. Once we finalize a plantation site, we will plant more, of course, following all covid appropriate protocol. Trees are most effective in dealing with air pollution, global warming and climate change. Join us, head over to our  meetup page to sign up !

We began setting up our nursery of native trees in June 2020 . We reused waste plastic packets such as those of milk, detergent powder, savouries, snacks etc. We sowed the seeds of the fruits we consumed and we also extracted some stray saplings. And thanks to people's love, we also got contributions of healthy saplings into our own nursery. This nursery will help us become 'atmanirbhar' (self-reliant) for our plantation drives, at least to some extent. So now we have some peepal, neem, amaltas, jamun, mango, pilkhan, bakain and goolar. How we began and how far did we reach? Well, let's not bore you with words. Let the images and the videos below speak to you! June 2020 June 2021 And a video of our volunteers in action: View this post on Instagram A post shared by We Mean To Clean (@wemeantoclean) Join us, head over to our meetup page to sign up !