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MAKE YOUR WEEK GREENER: This week - Plant trees

Mon, Oct 15 2007 09:00 CET

byOlga Apostolova, Gorichka.bg

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This weekend you can go up to Vitosha for something other than hiking. On Saturday October 13, from 10am, you can join Gorichka and a team of volunteers planting conifer trees in the area of Momina Skala (signposted from Zlatnite Mostove). This is an area of about 1.2ha that Gorichka planted in the spring. However, due to the hot summer, some trees dried out and need replacing. On Sunday October 14, also from 10am, Gorichka will plant a completely new area - 0.6ha above Dragalevski Monastery, also on Vitosha. You can help by volunteering or by making a donation.

Because of a severe beetle infestation on Vitosha in 2001, hundreds of trees had to be felled. Many areas are still waiting to be replanted. Gorichka has teamed up with Project Vitosha to replant as many areas as possible. Project Vitosha works with companies and organisations that wish to adopt a patch of forest. Apart from planting, the "foster families" take care of the trees until they reach maturity. Information about the two events over this coming weekend can be found on www.gorichka.bg

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