Thanks to the collaboration of Merchantville's Shade Tree Commission, Green Team and everyone who came to help out last Saturday, our “Tiny Forest” is planted! Tiny Forests have big benefits for our community. Native plants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering environmental benefits around the world and, increasingly, in the U.S. The idea behind this forestry is based on the method of Japan's Dr. Akira Miyawaki, botanist and an expert in plant ecology, to restore natural and native
forests to boost biodiversity and fight the climate crisis. Reforestation is a key part of strategies to limit the rise in global temperatures. Most of us know just how essential trees are to our health and to the planet’s. Yet millions of hectares of forest are cleared every year due to farming, ranching, logging and construction, making deforestation one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more about this concept here. Visit our forest between Euclid and Clinton Avenues along the Merchantville Mile.