Skip to content

A tree for a workstation

Olive-covered hills near Malaga in southern Spain, planting site for the A Tree for A Workstation programme, with cypresses and palms

The program A tree for A Workstation has been moved to Malaga, southern Spain

Wide-spreading deciduous trees shading a terrace with a long table and white metal chairs by a brick building

A wide variety of deciduous trees

A tree for a workstation

We cherish the program: A tree for a workstation. Since 1999, we have implemented a notion where clientele have the option to plant a tree for a purchased workplace. We alongside our clients have currently planted two full hectares in Belgium, and now found a significantly larger area of 14 hectares in Malaga, southern Spain.

There we have started planting palm trees in a palm tree research center to support the project: A Tree for a Workstation, doing our part to combat climate change where we can. 

Young trees and a lily pond in the garden in Belgium where two thousand trees have been planted since 1999

Two thousand trees were planted in Belgium since 1999

The potential of the palmtree

Palm trees have great potential for absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere; something that is a high priority for a large number of government and non-government agencies. Compared to other plants of a similar size, the palm tree requires a minimal amount of water, that's a great advantage.

According to Henson [87], a hectare of palm trees can absorb a net amount of 64 tons of CO2 each year and produces around 18 tons of oxygen, which is higher than a forest's net absorption.

Young trees in the Belgian garden where A Tree for A Workstation began, orange seating and a corten fireplace on the terrace

'A Tree for A Workstation' is our tree planting program that started in Belgium

A palm frond frames a white Land Rover at the palm research center in Spain where the palms are planted

Palm trees are planted at the Palm research center

Young palm seedlings and banana plants on the sunlit hillside of the 14-hectare planting site near Malaga

We are planting 14 hectares of trees doing our part to combat climate change

A white Land Rover with the Lensvelt logo parked among palm trees on the hillside plot in southern Spain

We moved our activities abroad

Palm trees and gnarled olive trees line a dirt track in Tolox, southern Spain, home of A tree for a workstation

Palm trees and olive trees stand side by side in Tolox