Washington, D.C. Elementary School Introduces New Tree Planting Technology

1. Washington, D.C. Elementary School Introduces New Tree-planting Technology
The Horace Mann Elementary School at 4430 Newark Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. will
participate as one of the 4 flagship events (NYC, DC, LA, Chicago) out of 650 events in 60
countries for the USGBC’s (U.S. Green Building Council) Center for Green Schools Green
Apple Day of Service on September 29, 2012. Citizens including parents, teachers, students
and green advocates around the world, will gather to share ways to make their schools
healthier and better places to learn.
Horace Mann School will demonstrate a low-cost, highly sustainable method of tree
planting, using the revolutionary Groasis “Waterboxx Technology”. Groasis Technology
plants trees without high-intensity irrigation. And where conventional tree planting often
uses expensive 3-7 yr. old trees, Waterboxx planting uses less costly young saplings. The
roots of these small saplings develop differently from the bigger trees. The Groasis
technology generates strong primary tree roots - in some cases 50 meters deep - which
promotes greater long-term stability and survival. A tree planted in a city with Groasis
Technology requires little or no on-going maintenance, and contributes to developing a
highly drought-resistant green canopy.
In summary, the cost of planting trees with a Waterboxx is often less than 10% of
conventional urban tree-planting costs. As a consequence, Groasis’ Waterboxx Technology
can save cities millions of dollars that can fund additional tree planting, significantly improve
tree survival and contribute to long-term sustainable tree canopies. For more information,
see http://www.mygreenapple.org/.
For more info on the Groasis Technology visit:
www.groasis.com and http://www.youtube.com/user/Groasiswaterboxx
Peter D. Forbes, CFA
peter.forbes@treesfortheplanet.org
Trees for the Planet
Washington, D.C.
202-746-6636