Category Archives: bottle reforestation

Success with bottle gardening in Tindouf nursery (UNICEF / WFP / UNHCR / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

From October 2005 till December 2007, UNICEF ALGERIA booked a lot of successes with its project “Family gardens in the Saharawis refugee camps” in the region of Tindouf (S.W. Algeria).  The main objective of this project was to offer to … Continue reading →

Posted in bottle reforestation, Forestry, nurseries, refugees, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP

“Fanta”-stic growth of spekboom in FANTA-bottle (Martine DAUBREMé)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Read at : A message of Martine DAUBREME : www.planetfuture.org “I am growing a cutting of the spekboom (Portulacaria afra) in a FANTA-bottle, of which the top serves as a container for some potting soil, the bottom as a water … Continue reading →

Posted in bottle reforestation, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, Forestry, nurseries

Bottle reforestation to combat desertification: a significant success (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

See former posting on January 30, 2010 BOTTLE REFORESTATION – a new method to combat desertification From cutting to young tree All over the world tree nurseries use plastic bags (mostly black ones) to grow tree seedlings.  Generally speaking, these … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, bottle reforestation, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, reforestation

Spekboom multiplication for combating desertification (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

One of the most interesting plant species used to combat desertification, limiting soil erosion, producing a dense vegetation cover and a remarkable number of little leaves (fodder, but also edible for humans), is the Spekboom or Elephant’s Bush (Portulacaria afra). … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, bottle reforestation, Desertification, Forestry

Reforestation success with the ‘Navajo’ willow (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

In 1997, a small cutting (25 cm, 10 inches) of the Navajo willow tree (Salix matsudana) was planted in my garden in Belgium.  Today, ‘my’ Navajo willow is almost 12 meter high. Looking for simple methods to make reforestation projects … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, bottle reforestation, Desertification, drought, drylands, Navajo willow, reforestation