Milestones to Date
2014-2016
Procured redwood seeds from the National Park Service for 1 and 2-year incubations.
Secured the first redwood planting site in Marin County.
2017-2019
Planted 80 redwood trees on the first site.
Procured redwood saplings from Jonsteen Nursery for a 2.5-year incubation.
Secured a second redwood planting site in Marin County.
2020-2021
Planted 400 redwood trees on the second site.
Secured a third redwood planting site in Marin County.
Applied for nonprofit status (pending).
Hired a forestry expert.
Afforestation Progress
2018
Existing site conditions on February 23rd, 2018.
Existing site conditions on February 23rd 2018.
1-year old redwood tree baby plugs incubating indoors on March 3rd, 2018 with a ruler measuring them at about 3 inches tall.
1-year old redwood tree baby plugs incubating indoors on March 3rd, 2018 with a ruler measuring them at about 5.5 inches tall.
Redwood plugs on March 25th, 2018 about 3.5 weeks after transfer into bigger containers outside.
Transplants on April 4th, 2018.
Transplants on May 5th, 2018 after plentiful rains.
Tallest transplant on May 3rd, 2018 with a ruler measuring 5 inch to 10inch growth.
Transplant on May 5th, 2018 with a ruler measuring 2.5 inch to 4 inch growth a 60% increase.
2020
Look at how much they've grown.
We've graduated to a measuring tape instead of a ruler.
TLC with a multi-year incubation goes a long way.
Backyard nurture yields nature.
Hundreds in our backyard.
Fed and watered.
Redwoods everywhere.
Redwood neighbors for our other backyard greenery.
Multiple racks. Multiple experiments.
Giving them the best opportunity for survival in the wild.
We learned a lot from each other.
2021
The Jonsteen Company team is ready to get started with planting.
First redwood tree has been planted!
Many more to go.
Unpacking them to put them in our tree backpacks.
Many trees already planted.
Our tree backpacks make hauling redwoods to planting sites more convenient.
The shovels also conveniently already matched Redwood Offset's orange branding.
The Jonsteen Company admiring the existing redwood forest.
Having a laugh before heading out.