Young Oak
“In 2005 I visited the Brocéliande forest and while I was walking between the mighty oaks and chestnut trees I started picking acorns and chestnuts and collected them in my pockets. This is a gardener’s habit that I have since a long time. I can’t seem to be able to go somewhere without picking seeds and planting them later in my nursery at home. When back to the hotel, I went to my mum’s room and I emptied on her bed my pockets, which just looked like overstuffed hamster cheek pouches and said: Look, a whole forest in my pocket!” -Mika-
Four years later almost all the acorns and chestnuts that Mika picked that day have grown into beautiful mighty little oaks and chestnut trees. When you look at all the pots together it does look like a miniature forest! Over the next few years we will be planting them on our land to increase the amount of deciduous trees we have, that will create a miniature special habitat where the soil will be richer in humus and not so acidic as it is now. At the beginning of their journey in the wild we will be helping them, then it will be up to them and the forces of nature as to what happens next.
