📍Planting sites - See where and when your trees are planted

🌱 What are planting sites?

Each Tree-Nation project consists of one or more planting sites. A planting site is the specific piece of land where trees are actually planted, maintained, and monitored.

As projects expand, new planting sites may be added to scale reforestation in different parts of the same region. All sites within a project are governed by the same reforestation methodology, impact goals, and reporting standards.

Key takeaway:
You choose the project, not the specific planting site.
Your funding is directed to the most recent active planting site within the project, where your impact is most immediate.

🌱 When are my trees planted?

We plant trees during the local planting season, typically aligned with the start of the rainy season, when natural water ensures the best survival conditions.

Trees are planned before they are sponsored

Unlike a simple transactional model, our tree planting approach is driven by careful planning and forestry expertise. Each year, we develop a detailed planting plan and prepare tree stock for every project—well before we know how many trees will be sponsored.

This ensures:

• Proper nursery and transplant preparation

• Balanced logistics between planting and sponsorship

• Reduced waste and downtime

As a result, trees may be planted before or after your sponsorship, depending on:

• The local planting season

• The tree production cycle

• The pace of tree sponsorships (a.k.a. "sponsorship velocity")

Thanks to this well-managed planning system, your tree is typically planted within the same year you sponsor it, and often within a few months.

🌳 What if my tree was already planted?

In some projects, especially those with large-scale planting operations, trees may already be planted when you sponsor them. This is a common practice in both:

• Carbon forestry

• CO₂ certification frameworks

Pre-planted trees still deliver full environmental impact. In fact, because they are already established, their carbon sequestration is underway.

In our case, pre-planted trees are usually:

• Planted in the same year

• Occasionally 2–3 years old, but still in early growth phases

🔍 Where can I check planting dates?

Each project page on Tree-Nation has a Planting Sites section. There, you’ll find:

• The expected planting season

• Actual planting dates (once available)

• The year of the latest planting site where trees are being planted

How to access it:

1. Visit the Projects List

2. Select a project

3. Go to the Planting Site tab

4. Browse the sites and their associated planting timelines