Tree planting activity is an annual event of KFBG on Earth Day.  Our staff celebrate Earth Day through planting native trees on the hillside of Tai Mo Shan.  Owing to adverse weather on 22 April 2016, tree planting activity this year was rescheduled to 5 May 2016.

The set up for this year’s tree planting activity

Planting native trees to the hillside at Tai Mo Shan is an on-going project to restore our native forest.  This year, 122 staff and volunteers planted 620 seedlings of 20 native tree species.  The aim of this experiment is to find out the best soil amendment method to improve the soil quality.  Planted seedlings are protected with tree guards and coconut mats, while the biochar either activated with organic fertilizer or compost are added and mixed with the soil in the planting site.  

Group photo taken at the end of the tree planting activity

Division of labour of planting trees by staff