Green Talks 
Charity Woodland
About the Programme
The Green Earth (TGE) has joined the "Plantation Enrichment Programme" initiated by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) since 2016. A half-hectare of "The Green Earth Charity Woodland" was established in 2023, and the second Charity Woodland is planned for 2025. By planting more native seedlings, we aim to further enrich the biodiversity of Hong Kong Country Parks and provide a variety of food sources for wildlife. In order to make seedlings self-sufficient and enhance their survivability, The Green Earth will take care of the seedlings for years after planting.
You are cordially invited to build the woodland with us! By making a HK$500* donation, you will nurture one local native tree seedling and support our daily plantation work!
Nurture native seedlings, increase local biodiversity!
Each Charity Woodland donor will receive the following items as a token of appreciation:
1. Tree E-certificate (Feel free to write the names of your family and friends as a gift)
2. Electronic Charity Woodland Travel Map - to plan your outing to visit the woodland
3. Plantation growth records - to understand the health status of seedlings
* A tax-deductible receipt will be issued for your donation of HK$100 or more (R88 code: 91/14899)
TGE Tree Planting Day 2026
This year, we will conduct Planting Day activities in May. Through planting activities, public can learn the importance of Plantation Enrichment Programme in ecological environment and understand our forestry work. Participants will not only plant native seedlings personally, but also visit the beautiful Tai Lam Country Park. Let’s make a contribution to Hong Kong’s nature by establishing the Charity Woodland.
TGE Tree Planting Day 2026 is coming soon
Hong Kong Local Seedlings
Japanese Blue Oak
Scientific Name:
Cyclobalanopsis glauca
Flowering Period: Apr - May
Fruiting Period: Oct
Sweet Viburnum
Scientific Name:
Viburnum odoratissimum
Flowering Period: Mar - Aug
Fruiting Period: May - Sep
Levine's Syzygium
Scientific Name:
Syzygium levinei
Flowering Period: Jul - Sep
Fruiting Period: Feb -May
Lingnan Garcinia
Scientific Name:
Garcinia oblongifolia
Flowering Period: Apr - May
Fruiting Period: Oct - Dec
Photinia Benthamiana
Scientific Name:
Photinia benthamiana
Flowering Period: Mar - May
Fruiting Period: Jul - Dec
Many-nerves Machilus
Scientific Name:
Machilus pauhoi
Flowering Period: Feb
Fruiting Period: Apr - May
Camphor Tree
Scientific Name:
Cinnamomum camphora
Flowering Period: Apr - May
Fruiting Period: Oct - Nov
Bridelia Tomentosa
Scientific Name:
Bridelia tomentosa
Flowering Period: Free Flowering
Fruiting Period: Whole Year
Hong Kong Gotdonia
Scientific Name:
Polyspora axillaris
Flowering Period: Sep - Oct
Fruiting Period: Nov - Dec
Small-fruited Holly
Scientific Name
Ilex rotunda Thunb. var. microcarpa
Flowering Period: Mar - May
Fruiting Period: Dec - Feb
Calyx-shaped Daphniphyllum
Scientific Name:
Daphniphyllum calycinum
Flowering Period: Apr - Jun
Fruiting Period: Aug - Nov
Cape Jasmine
Scientific Name:
Gardenia jasminoides
Flowering Period: Mar - Jul
Fruiting Period: May - Feb
Sweet Gum
Scientific Name:
Liquidambar formosana
Flowering Period: Mar - Jun
Fruiting Period: Jul - Sep
Rough-leaved Holly
Scientific Name:
Ilex asprella
Flowering Period: Mar - Apr
Fruiting Period: Apr - Oct
Reevesia
Scientific Name:
Reevesia thyrsoidea
Flowering Period: Mar - Apr
Fruiting Period: Jun - Oct
Camellia sinensis
Scientific Name:
Camellia sinensis
Flowering Period: Oct - Feb
Fruiting Period: Aug - Oct
# “Plantation Enrichment Programme (PEP)” was launched by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) in 2009. The Green Earth aims to encourage public participation, hopes to gather a group of green friends to establish the "TGE Charity Woodland". This afforestation work takes five years, including strategically removing aging exotic trees within designated zones, replacing them with native trees, conducting regular growth checks, tree-care maintenance (like weeding and fertilizing) and ecological survey, etc.
* The aim of this programme is to gather joint support in establishing a woodland and enhancing its biodiversity. Strong may hold while weak may be weeded out in the natural competition so the survival rate of seedlings in the wild will never be 100%. If some of the seedlings fail to survive, TGE will decide whether to replant according to the circumstances.
