Ride bikes & plant trees @ Khao San Road

Thanks to my friends Alby and Mandy, we have organized another meetup dedicated to planting trees in Bangkok, Guerrilla style, while riding bicycles ! The greatest way to cure your hangover !


You can find more pictures and infos on this event here :
- FB group page
- Meetup event 
These pages will allow you to get in touch with us for the next events, don't forget to register to receive email alerts. Join the fun, share the love ! ^^


It was really fun, 10 adults + my son had the greatest time together fruiting up Bangkok ! We started late because of the rain, but water pouring down on us did not hinder our determination to green things up !

About 20 trees of all kinds were planted on that morning, around Khao San Road, including facing the FAO on Phra Athit Road. We've been photographed, helped and encouraged by several people and shop owners on our path. Several trees have found care givers ! :D


There is another meetup coming up soon, this time we'll meet at Ekamai. Bring your kids !

 Still wet, planting the first tree @ FAO, Phra Athit Road

 Papayas grow well on  the streets !

 An expert checking if things are being done properly

 Lots of people = lots of fun !

 Make way for young seedlings !

 We inspired some people, and almost got free noodles...

This lady left her street cart to help us :)

Ride bikes & plant trees @ Lumpini Park

Thanks to my friends Alby and Mandy, we have organized the first meetup dedicated to planting trees in Bangkok, Guerrilla style, while riding bicycles ! The greatest way to participate to car-free day !


You can find more pictures and infos on this event here :
- FB group page
- Meetup event
These pages will allow you to get in touch with us for the next events, don't forget to register to receive email alerts. Join the fun, share the love ! ^^


About 15 trees were planted on that morning, around Lumpini park, including facing Netherlands Embassy and Alliance francaise. We also planted a Mango tree on Sukhumvit Road, the first of its kind ! 

It was really fun, 6 adults + my two sons had the greatest time together fruiting up Bangkok !

Getting ready to rock !

Mandy and Ek at work

 United we stand !

 

 Extending security guards veggie garden with fruit trees ! ^^

 Little forest opposite to Netherlands embassy

 The first Mango tree I know of on Sukhumvit road !

(just below BTS Ploen Chit)

T016 - Planting a tree next to a temple in a Bangkok street

Tree : T016
Specie : Sterculia foetida - สำโรง
Street : Thanon Phra Sumen 
Notes : Talked 10 minutes with a retired police officer on the virtues of trees and nature in general

After last post, Albert contacted me to do some guerilla tree planting together. He is quite an incredible guy : he came all the way here on his bicycle from  . . . Berlin ! It was a great honnor and pleasure to roam the streets around Khao San Road area with our bikes (mine has an engine) to find some right spots.

I had 2 Sterculia foetida left, T16 and T17

To my great great great shame, I post this only now, more than 6 months later...

Albert at work in Bangkok

 Digging compacted soil with a toy (I won't call that tiny spade a tool) is not easy. One often finds rocks, broken bricks, glass shards, etc... I totally forgot to warn Albert (I use gloves), and when digging, he almost instantly got a huge blister that burst inside his hand.

Attention to detail

There was some sort of a fair in the temple nearby (Wat Bavorn Niwet), most likely a funeral of someone important if I believe the colors of the cloth hanging on the wall, many neatly dressed people went in and out the temple. We have been quite popular, with students taking our pictures, an old lady clapping her hands at us, touts coming for a word or two, and a retired police officer chatting about how important it is to keep and plant more trees...

Watering after planting

Albert went back a few times to care for the tree, put more rocks around it to protect it, water it... Last time I passed in the street the tree was healthy and growing ! I'll publish pictures one day...