TAKING inspiration from community pantries springing up all over the country, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Luzon has put up a seedling booth dubbed as “Community Plantree” in front of its regional office.

Instead of goods, the DENR is giving away free seedlings in support of the International Earth Day 2021 celebration on Thursday, April 22, 2021.

Some 130 seedlings of avocado, sampaloc, duhat, mangga, rambutan, guyabano, bignai, narra, fire tree, molave and bitaog were given free to residents of nearby community in Pampanga to promote urban greening and environmental stability and address issue of food security amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

The project is inspired by the famous “community pantry” movement all over the country, where people are allowed to donate and get food for free. The DENR hopes that with the renewed interest in community gardening amidst the pandemic, people can find time planting more trees aside from ornamental plants.