property management
Integrate biodiversity at your properties !
Plant a microforest in the garden to improve residents’ well-being and show a genuine commitment to sustainable development. Make your property portfolio an example of how to encourage biodiversity and restore ecosystems.
A microforest at the foot of your building
The living environment
A microforest is a beautiful forest ecosystem set in the garden, which permits residents to enjoy a natural environment that is both pleasant and better for their health. We’ll plant the forest on an open area, making it larger or smaller, depending on the space available. The microforest enhances the living environment by improving air quality and providing an island of coolness. It reduces noise and establishes a protective barrier of vegetation.
Greater biodiversity
Microforests are incredible habitats for biodiversity. Besides the multitude of different native trees and shrubs we bring, as well as the plants that arrive here naturally, they harbour birds, fungi, butterflies and insects. They protect the soil and enhance its capacity to store rainwater.
Minimal upkeep
Microforests require little human intervention – certainly less than a lawn. This reduces the maintenance costs, and after three years the forest becomes self-sufficient.
Individual support
We will support you throughout the process, from design to planting. Depending on the context, we can arrange the planting as a participatory event or do it with our own team. A gardening company is then tasked with the upkeep, and we provide them with clear instructions. Alternatively, we can also take care of this work. Our team will monitor the progress for three years, until the microforest attains self-sufficiency.
Impacts
The results you can expect to achieve for your property :
- Improved quality of life for residents and the neighbourhood
- A restored area of native biodiversity in an urban environment
- Raised awareness on the part of the residents for environmental issues
- Enactment of a participatory and unifying project
- Positive communications
- Reduced need for maintenance
Examples of our work at property development
We have completed numerous projects in the property sector, adapting our approach to different contexts. Our forests have transformed dull lawns into beautiful, self-sustaining ecosystems. They reduce the maintenance work required while improving the living environment for residents.
3 years
This large microforest close to a luxury apartment block in a green setting near Brussels was planted in a participatory event.
2,5 years
Here, the property developer has transformed a park of lawns into an ecological garden with a microforest, a pond and tall flowering meadows. This eco-quarter now attracts more and more visitors to its peaceful, green setting. Planting took place in October 2021.
Less than 2 years
This developer created an island of biodiversity at between the homes, which has enhanced the views from the flats. A footpath runs through the microforest.
2 years
The garden here used to be drab. It needed a lot of upkeep, but it wasn’t pretty. Now the residents have a microforest teeming with life that makes the whole neighbourhood more attractive
Less than 3 years
Integrating a microforest at the heart of this Parisian residential quarter has added a natural touch, helping to create a pleasant environment with a island of coolness. The impact is positive, on biodiversity and the neighbourhood alike.
What other benefits might a microforest bring ?
Microforests are miniature ecosystems that combine environmental conservation with social benefits. They can perform a number of other functions :
Miyawaki forests create a more comfortable microclimate for people in the immediate vicinity. Not only is the air cooler, it is also less dry, and the vegetation provides much appreciated shade.
With their diversity of plants and trees, microforests can transform what are often monotonous spaces into a green paradise. The trees’ foliage or their bright autumn colours always provide inspiring visual scenery.
The forests attract an astonishing level of biodiversity, including birds, butterflies and fungi. Life teems abundantly in these green havens, as microforests invite nature to reclaim its rightful place.
Because they are situated close to people – in gardens, around a neighbourhood, at schools and in workplaces – Miyawaki forests become meeting places; they encourage social interaction and strengthening community ties.
A microforest is a powerful tool for awareness-raising. It provides an immediate, tangible experience of nature that sensitises people for ecological issues.
Microforests act as natural sound barriers, absorbing and diminishing ambient noise. The density of their foliage provides effective acoustic insulation that improves the comfort of work spaces.
Microforests develop into natural sight screens that mask unappealing views. With their dense vegetation, they transform working environments into more aesthetic and calming spaces.
Miyawaki forests can help reduce run-off and erosion by retaining water and improving infiltration into the soil. The roots absorb rainwater and release it more slowly into the environment.
Support for education
Natural spaces within a school are a wonderful source of inspiration and discovery, offering pupils unique opportunities to learn, observe and explore.
In the media
Some articles and broadcasts (in French) on urban forests planted at schools.
- Article in the magazine Espace Viepublished by the Maison de l’urbanisme (town planning office) of Walloon Brabant, January 2020
- Article in the newspaper Le Vif L’Express “Balade en forêt urbaine”, January 2020
- Article in VEIR, n°3 « Des arbres dans ma ville, bienfait et enjeux de la méthode Miyawaki », autumn 2020
- Full article in the magazine Espace Public & Paysage, september-october 2020
These are projects that should be supported at all levels, in order to beautify our environment and encourage property developers to include this kind of plantation in their portfolios.
Excellent… we need Miyawaki microforests everywhere!!!! Especially in the suburbs, in every place that needs to become less sterile. More natural.
An unbelievable transformation !