Several countries and environmental NGOs have pledged to plant trees and raise awareness about forests next year as part of the International Year of the Forests. According to the latest report on preparations published by the United Nations, 2011 “offers a unique opportunity to raise public awareness of the challenges facing many of the world’s forests and the people who depend on them.”

Campaigns for raising awareness hope to draw attention to the success stories and lessons of sustainable forest management. In addition to public service announcements and art, film and photo competitions on the theme of “Forests for People,” several countries have made plans to plant more trees, distribute seedlings and provide post-planting guidelines for tree care. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea plans to plant more than 1 billion trees throughout the country next year.

The International Year of Forests campaign comes at an opportune time as new studies indicate that trees may become an important source of fuel in the near future. Rising costs of non-renewable energy are pushing governments and citizens across the world to make bioenergy a priority. The Woodland Trust reported that 1 in 10 landowners in the UK are joining efforts to plant trees and grow their own sustainable fuel sources. Trees are also tipped to become a major source of energy in New Zealand over the next three decades.

“Knowledge of tree care is essential to ensuring high yield,” said John Rise of Premiere Tree Services, Charlotte, North Carolina. “People have more resources at their disposal than ever before to get to know the trees around them and start planting their own.”

Due to increased awareness of the environmental problems caused by deforestation, many countries have already adopted significant reforestation efforts, increasing the amount of woodland in 22 nations. A study conducted in 2006 predicted that current trends, if continued, can lead to a 10 percent increase in the world’s forest cover by 2050.

Growing orchids and caring for orchids is in itself not very difficult. After all most kinds of orchids survive in the wild, where mother nature takes care of them and human hands are not needed. Growing and taking care of orchids does not take much time during the year. The only time they need more care is after the blooming period. Then caring for your orchids requires a bit more
time, as pot-bound plants have to be divided and re-potted and other pots will need some fresh orchid growing mix and fertiliser. They can then take care of themselves except for some watering and perhaps a change of position when sunlight is too strong or too weak. Only when new spikes appear, must they be cared for a bit more. Growing orchids then needs some work. But the result of growing orchids and of looking after them is then soon apparent, when spikes grow into blooms, to be admired by you and all your friends

The Plant Group, Inc. has announced its exclusive services across the Northeastern states to retail garden centers, wholesalers, landscape architects, landscapers, parks and golf courses. Its services include providing container grown perennial plants to its exclusive clients while the number of plant varieties offered are over 2000.

The Plant Group has grown a reputation as suppliers of extensive varieties of perennials that have high retail value throughout the season spanning April to September, thus providing their customers with a wide range of excellent quality perennials from which they can choose. Its facilities which also include a plant nursery are fully automated and sited on an area covering 105 acres in the eastern region of Connecticut.

In order to meet customers’ demand during the peak months, The Plant Group leverages on a workforce of over 90 persons. Its plants are grown in a green house operated with cutting edge technology covering two acres of land as well as 40 irrigated acres of land while daily supplies within that period amounts to seven tractor-trailers destined for the New England, Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey areas. The Plant Group provides customers with a guarantee of proper identification and delivery in first rate condition otherwise customers get full credit or prompt replacement.

Further details can be found on its recently launched corporate website: http://www.theplantgroup.com/

The Plant Group caters strictly for customers dealing in wholesale purchase of container grown and over wintered varieties of perennial plants. It is also the exclusive supplier of perennials to the High Lane Park in New York to which it has supplied over 60, 000 plants of about 120 native varieties. Over two and a half million perennials are grown by The Plant Group annually.