Although Arbor Day is officially celebrated on March 21, at Green+Decorum we decided to move it to April 4. The reason? We wanted most of the team to be able to attend. Our days are usually spent setting up, installing, and visiting outside the workshop, so we needed a date that would allow us to stop, get together, and enjoy this experience as a team.
We have established Tree Day as an important date in our company, a day to come together as a team and reconnect with the earth. Our intention is to celebrate it every year around March 21, coinciding with the beginning of spring. But we will also take into account the availability of the team, so that as many people as possible can share this experience.
This initiative stems from a real need: to actively engage with sustainability. We also see this action as an expression of our Corporate Social Responsibility: actively contributing to improving the environment in which we work, giving back value to the land, and promoting sustainable practices that will endure over time. We wanted to go beyond good intentions. We wanted to do something conscious and tangible. Something that would leave a mark on the environment and also on us. And then it became clear to us:
What if we bring them back to life?
Planting roots, nurturing the future
That's how the first Tree Day at Green+Decorum came about.
We planted 30 fruit trees with the idea of creating a food forest. We chose Mediterranean species that are well suited to the terrain: olive, apricot, peach, plum, medlar, and cherry trees. These trees not only provide beauty and shade, but also food and biodiversity.
The plan is not to do it once and forget about it. The plan is to return every year, continue planting in unused fields, take care of this space, and watch it grow. Make it part of our routine, our landscape, our culture as a team.
Much more than planting trees
April 4 was not just any day.
It was a day of getting our hands dirty, laughter, hard work, and shared purpose. A day outdoors that allowed us to reconnect with our colleagues and with nature. We saw ourselves outside our usual roles, away from emails, editing, and the warehouse. We saw ourselves outside, in the open air. We saw ourselves as people, united by a common cause.
This is just the beginning. A small action that marks the start of something much bigger. A commitment to the earth, to our environment, and to a more conscious way of working.
Because growing also means putting down roots.
And at Green+Decorum, we have started to do just that, tree by tree.
