Give someone a baobab this Christmas

December 11, 2005

Give someone a baobab this Christmas

If you haven't bought all your Christmas gifts yet having sought inspiration from my gift guide for gardeners, there's still time.

I just came across a leaflet for Tree Aid, a charity that helps Africans in Ethiopia, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali to plant and nurture trees that provide them with an income, energy, food and housing.

You can "buy" someone you love a baobab, tamarind or dawadawa tree for a range of donations from £15 and up: the recipient gets a tree gift card giving information about the tree you've chosen, plus some seeds and growing instructions so they can grow a tree of their own. All the details are in this pdf form.

What a great idea. I'd like to think there's a baobab tree somewhere in Africa that's there because of my donation.

11 Dec 2005 20:00:30

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