Our Sequoia Forests

A little background as to why we are planting this magnificent tree species in the UK.

Find out about how you and your crew can come and roll your sleeves up and plant your own Sequoias as part of one of our planting days.

The Giant Sequoia - our planet’s largest tree, can play a big role in carbon capture in the fight against climate change.

Durability - a key component to effective carbon offsetting as highlighted by the Oxford Offsetting Principles, particularly when it comes to trees. What use is a carbon offset if the trees planted are cut down and wood is used for timber production (typically resulting in a 50% loss at sawmill), or worse yet, used for firewood?

Our approach puts durability at the top of our priority list. Giant Sequoias can live for over 3000 years, meaning the carbon they store is locked up for a millennia or more.

Our job at The Great Reserve is to plant and protect them for their natural lifetime, making sure the carbon offsets bought by our carbon buyers lasts the distance of time.

How while planting Sequoias for species protection we also improve the biodiversity of our sites.

Verification is critical to all nature based carbon offsets, and here we share our views on the subject and offer our low tech / high tech approach to bring confidence to our carbon buyers.

Making sure we only count the carbon that is ultra durable, and additional to any other land use that may have occured at our sites.

Here we share how we intend to protect our Giant Sequoias for their natural lifetime, which can be a millenia or more!