slow & strong
Oak
Two hundred years in a single trunk, and just getting started.
Quercus
Reforestation, tracked
growsomething.
Track every tree you plant — from a single seed in your hand to a forest you can point at. Real trees, real coordinates, real carbon.
photo · ~* gEm *~
● 1,240,000 trees · live
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How it works
Three steps. No gardening degree required.
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Plant a tree
Pick a region or pledge a species. A local crew plants it within 30 days and sends you the coordinates.
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Track its life
Every tree gets a profile — species, soil, rainfall, growth stage. Watch it climb from seed to canopy.
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Grow a forest
Your trees roll into a shared forest, and the carbon they pull from the air is verified yearly.
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Everything but the sapling
Plant more, guess less.
Native-first planting
Every tree is matched to the soil and climate it evolved in — so it actually survives.
Real coordinates
No vague promises. Each tree has a GPS pin and a photo the day it goes in the ground.
Live carbon
Verified CO₂ per tree per year, recalculated as the canopy closes.
Survival tracked
We follow every tree through its first three summers — the ones that make or break it.
Community forests
Plant together. Schools, teams, and neighborhoods grow shared forests.
Weather-aware
We plant with the rain, not against it, and log conditions for every plot.
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The work, up close
Shot where the trees actually go in.
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From seed to canopy
A tree's life, in four stages — and we track all of them.
A seed the size of a fingernail becomes a canopy that shades the whole street. The stages look different, and so does the care. Sapling logs every one of them, for every tree.
0–1 yr
Seed
Germinated in a nursery, matched to its biome.
1–3 yr
Sapling
The fragile years. Watered, mulched, and watched.
3–10 yr
Tree
Roots down, canopy up. Carbon begins in earnest.
10+ yr
Forest
The canopy closes, and the forest starts to self-sustain.
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A forest is never still
Canopy, wind, and the work that keeps it growing.
green forest · shot in the field
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Four forests
The trees decide the mix.
the windbreak
Pine
A green wall that holds the snow, the soil, and the quiet.
Pinus
the bright one
Maple
First to turn in autumn, first to come back in spring.
Acer
the pioneer
Birch
First onto bare ground, and the reason the others follow.
Betula
From the desk of Leila Fontes
I planted my first tree when I was nine, and it outgrew me.
It was a maple, by the driveway. My grandfather held the sapling straight while I shoveled the dirt back in, and he said the thing I still think about every planting day: "You're not planting a tree. You're planting a place."
That maple is taller than the house now. The house has had three coats of paint. The tree just kept going — which is the whole pitch, really. Trees outlast us, outlast our plans, outlast the weather that tries to stop them. When you plant one, you're building something for people you'll never meet.
So here's the invitation: plant one tree. We'll put it in the ground, send you the coordinates, and follow it with you for the rest of your life. That's the whole product.
Leila FontesFounder, SAPLING
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By the numbers
Live, from our backend.
1.24M
trees planted & tracked
48
forests funded
59.5kt
CO₂ verified / yr
9,400
community members
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Loved by planters
People who watched their trees grow.
★★★★★
"I pledged one tree when my daughter was born. Now she asks to check on her tree every single week."
Amara K.Parent
★★★★★
"The coordinates thing is everything. I know exactly which hillside my trees are on."
Diego R.Monthly planter
★★★★★
"Our school grew a whole forest in one term. The kids check the count at assembly."
Priya M.Teacher
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The roadmap
Where we're growing.
Q3 2026
Native species library + live tree profiles, in beta.
Q4 2026
Satellite canopy imagery for every funded forest.
Q1 2027
Community planting days, in twenty cities.
Q2 2027
A verified carbon marketplace for individual trees.
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Questions, answered.
Is my tree actually planted?+
Yes. Within 30 days of a pledge, a local crew plants it and sends you the coordinates and a photo from planting day.
What species do you plant?+
Native-first, always. Each tree is matched to the soil, climate, and biome it evolved in, so it survives.
What happens if my tree dies?+
We replant it free. Survival is rechecked at year one and year three, and every gap is filled on us.
How do you verify the carbon?+
Independently, every year, per plot — species growth rates, on-the-ground diameter checks, and satellite canopy imagery.
Is this a subscription?+
No. One pledge is one tree, plant it once or as often as you like. There's no plan, no tier, and no auto-renew.
Can I visit my tree?+
Yes. The coordinates are public, and you're welcome to go stand next to it — people do, every week.
Plant a tree. Watch it grow.
grow something.