Gift your dad a tree this Father’s Day

Like most people, you probably want gift ideas that provide the personal touch for your dad this Father’s Day. A tree is the perfect present if you want to show them that you care for both them and the environment. While everybody else heads off to the store or shops online for the same boring old gifts, you can go for a gift idea that is truly original, eco-friendly and unforgettable.

We own forests across Europe and you can buy trees online in our fantastic treeShopforest management helps promote, protect and conserve natural habitats and biodiversity.

Oh – you’ve received a tree for Father’s Day? You’ll need to claim your gift and add it to a new online EcoTree account, or your current account if you already have one. From there, you can check out your tree’s location, age and species, as well as the date we estimate the tree will be ready to cut. As your tree was a thoughtful and personalised Father’s Day gift, you will want to check out the amount of CO2 your tree has sequestered throughout its lifetime. You can find the GPS coordinates of the forest on Google or on the page dedicated to forests on our website. You can even visit our forests from April to October and see our trees in person.

We love forests and our mission is to plant trees as part of a sustainable approach to renew and protect forests. We have a team of foresters who care for our trees throughout their lifetime. Not only do we plant trees in new spaces, when older trees mature they are cut and used for quality timber and other trees are planted in their place, unless they grow back on their own. Foresters often favour natural regeneration, which just means trees that have grown naturally and without the help of us humans. There may be several reasons to plant trees, including that natural regeneration does not happen or because the climatic conditions are bad. Sometimes, trees are planted to modify the diversity of forest species, so they can adapt to climatic disturbances.

Ever thought your dad might be tired of those traditional Father’s Day presents? Bottles of wine and chocolates come and go quickly, so try something more eco-friendly and meaningful this Father’s Day. Trees are the perfect Father’s Day gift idea because they will grow for many years in EcoTree forests and provide a thoughtful symbol of your relationship. You never know, if you find yourself in an EcoTree forest, you might even get to show your dad his thoughtful Father’s Day gift in person. As your relationship grows and matures over the years, so will the gift of trees.

Of course! Everyone loves to get their walking boots on and spend some time among the trees. As natural, living organisms they are a crucial part of our natural environment and a great place to enjoy time with family. Did you know that forests are sometimes called the Earth’s lungs? That’s because they are essential to life as they provide the oxygen we breathe and rich soils that feature nutrients essential for growing food. Over the course of a year, seasons change along with life in forests, which are home to fauna, flora and lots of wildlife. Of course, climate change is already affecting how we live, but thankfully people are starting to appreciate the important role trees will have in a sustainable future for life on Earth. Why not share some of these talking points with your dad when you give him the gift of trees?