Popular Blooming Box Now Available with a Butterfly!
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These elegant and eco-friendly boxes made from our special handmade plantable seed paper are great for holding small favors for parties, weddings or special events. Fill them with candy, jewelry, confetti or bird seed. We can even customize them with a band printed on recycled paper that wraps around the box with your special art or company logo. The plantable seed paper will sprout beautiful wildflowers when planted and watered. What a great way to remember a special occasion!
Plain boxes ship flat and can be easily folded into shape, and require no glue or staples. Our Blooming Box Garden Kit can also be ordered with the new butterfly design and can be customized with the bands.
DoubleTree Hotel Gives Sprouts! Garden in a Box to Local School Kids!
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- The DoubleTree Cookie visits the classroom.
- Julie Seay & her second grade class saying goodbye with chocolate chip cookie toys in hand.
The CARE committee of the DoubleTree Palm Beach Gardens Hotel and Executive Meeting Center sponsored a great event with local school kids - “Love Your Trees, Love Your Community, Love Your Earth” - held in conjunction with Earth Day and National Arbor Day.
“Julie Seay’s Second Grade class at Timber Trace Elementary School jumped at the chance to partake in the program and they had a BLAST doing so. So much so that they have re-signed with us for this coming Fall’s program,” said Michael McMahon, General Manager.
All the kids were treated to breakfast in the Executive Conference Center, followed by a tour by David Margolis, Director of Sales & Marketing. Later, Mayor David Levy was there to lend a hand in the planting of a Long Leaf Pine Tree.
Mayor Levy helps Brandon Nava plant a pine tree.
Every student received a Sprouts! Garden in a Box!
Each student received a pine tree and our exclusive “Garden in a Box” made of completely recycled materials, including the seeds that are embedded in the paper!
We’re Getting Crafty this Holiday Season!
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The holiday season is upon us and most of us will be decorating our homes in celebration. Yet, for the eco-conscious individual this time of year can pose a bit of a problem. We want to fill our homes with cheery decor for the holidays, but we need to make sure our purchases are environmentally sound. Not all seasonal decorations are made environmentally friendly and then we have the problem of storage. We should be adorning our homes with reusable decorations, but with a lack of storage that isn’t always a feasible solution. The simple answer is having one time use homemade decorations made from recyclable materials. There are many different home holiday craft projects that can be found on the internet, but one of our favorites is creating a Wintery Holiday Wreath.
To create your own Wintery Holiday Wreath you will need:
Many (25 to 45) sticks no more than a 1/2 inch thick and 12 inches long
Twine or String
Scissors
Sprouts Plantable Craft Paper
First you will have to gather up some sticks and twigs. The best place to find good sticks (if you don’t have a lot of trees near your home) is to go to a local park. You want the sticks to have various textures and lengths. Try to find ones that are no bigger than half an inch around and no longer than a foot. Also, inspect them for bugs and other critters so you don’t bring something in your home you don’t want there.
Place the sticks in several small bunches then tie them together. Then take each bunch and tie them end to end bending them slightly to form a circle. Use any left over sticks to slide and wedge in areas that look a little barren.
Now that you have the circle for the wreath, you need to make the leaves to decorate it with. Trace out leaf shapes onto the paper (or you can use our template below to print on the paper). Cutout the leaf shapes (or if you want snowflake shapes) and wedge the cutouts in between the sticks. The amount of cutouts you will need will vary depending on the size of your wreath.
Use the twine/string to create a loop you can use to hang your wreath.
At the end of the holiday season the twigs and sticks can be broken down and used for composting along with the twine. The leaves (constructed from the Sprouts Plantable Craft Paper) can be planted and will turn into wildflowers!
To purchase Sprouts Plantable Paper please click on the link: http://www.sproutem.com/category/Craft-Paper-and-Stock
