Maybe you know this feeling too. You’re still looking for a Christmas gift, but it shouldn’t feel like an obligation. Not “something to buy”, just to have something. More like a gift that makes sense and keeps going long after the holidays are over.
That’s exactly where Bras d’Or began, our heart project. And the blog grew from the same idea. We wanted to make this kind of work visible, understandable, and transparent, not as a polished success story, but as a real learning journey you can follow. So anyone can see how a sustainable forest can be created, whether it’s a fruit forest or a mixed woodland.
Two gift ideas you can choose
Fruit tree support
You help make it possible for fruit trees to be purchased and planted. And it’s not just a one time moment. If harvest becomes reality later on, a portion of the yearly harvest is intended to flow back to the people who helped make those trees possible. A calm, long term way of being part of something real. A tree that grows, bears fruit, and gives a little back year after year.
Permanent woodland project
This is about long term woodland building as a mixed forest. Not as the opposite of fruit trees, but as a second, equally valuable path. A project focused on resilience and diversity and on a forest that can stay and evolve over time. Here too, something tangible grows with the years, just in a different form than fruit harvest.
Why this works so well as a gift
Because it isn’t finished in one moment. It’s a small decision for the future. And if the recipient wants, they can learn along through the blog and follow how the build actually happens.
We share the bigger building blocks of the journey:
• Planning and establishing fruit forests and mixed forests from idea to implementation
• Soil, site conditions, and preparation for long term tree health
• Water, microclimate, and protection, the basics that often decide whether a project succeeds
• Diversity and layered planting, how a system grows beyond single trees
• Real world practice and learnings, so it stays understandable and honest
