In July 2023, we launched our first Urban Nature project in Kathmandu with Lily’s Leaves transforming a piece of wasteland by the banks of the Bishnumati River that runs through Kathmandu.

This 1,100m2 site had been an unofficial dumping ground for many years, so the project involved first cleaning the land. Deep excavation in line with the requirements of the rapid-growth Miyawaki Method of reforestation was followed with soil enrichment, fencing before Lily and her team planted 2,320 saplings from 38 native species.

Lily went on to plant out two more urban forests alongside the Bishnumati in 2024. This has established the basis of a wildlife corridor that we will extend in future as landsites come available. With our continued use of the Miyawaki Method, we will create self-sustaining forests in three years rather than in thirty.

Kathmandu

Bagmati Province