Great teams plant 1145 native trees
The Farrow Jamieson team has been committed to their climate journey since before 1 April 2023. On that day the business started measuring it's carbon footprint and funding native trees each month to mitigate it with CarbonInvoice. They haven't stopped since.
In 2024 the Farrow Jamieson team participated in a CarbonInvoice Planting Action Day. It was wildly successful. As Iain the Managing Director shared with clients in their Christmas newsletter: "nothing is more rewarding than watching a forest grow before your eyes as people madly plant a range of native trees".
In 2025 they decided to host their own day and invite one of their clients and partner Ricoh New Zealand to join them planting native trees together.
Farrow Jamieson is a great example of what a business taking a lead on susatinability and carbon action is.. They don't just talk about doing something good for sustainability, they put their money and their mahi (work) where their mouth is, and inspire others to come and join them.
It's their second year participating on a Planting Action Day and putting trees in the ground at thee Papakura Stream Restoration Project. There is no doubt in their minds that they'll be back next year.
As at 7 May 2025 Farrow Jamieson have funded 311 native trees. You can track their progress on their Positive Profile: https://www.carboninvoice.com/profile/farrow-jamieson
The perfect day to plant native trees
The energy was off the charts right from the beginning. From Iain showing up in a shirt and tie with the catch cry -- "if you are going to plant 1,100 seedlings you must be dressed appropriately" to Carlos breaking a spade from planting a bit too enthusiastically. Every single person that participated in this day of action gave it their all all to plant 1,145 native seedlings.
A cool early morning gave way to an incresingly warmer day. By mid-morning it was early 20s.
A classic settled Autumn day and ideal planting conditions. The group of 24 members of Farrow Jamieson, Ricoh New Zealand and CarbonInvoice attended and were up for the task.
This Planting Action Day tool place at Kimpton’s Farm, a small working farm and long-time partner of the Papakura Stream Restoration Project, which aims to restore and protect stream banks and water quality, as well as habitat for native species.
The landowner Keith Kimpton is part of the Kimpton family who first arrived in the area in 1846 and have been farming and caring for the land since then.
He saw an opportunity to reforest the unproductive land, but in his words "could never do that on my own". The human labour and energy provided by the attendees and the important follow up work help Keith realise this opportunity.
The seedlings will stabilise stream banks, preventing erosion and reducing the amount of sediment clogging up our waterways and making it’s way to the Manukau Harbour.
Some of the species planted: Mānuka, Kānuka, Tī kōuka (Cabbage Tree), Mapou, Red Matipo, Mānatu (Ribbonwood) and Sedges (native grasses).
There were a number of folks who were first time planters, but that didn't stop them from putting their all into planting the native seedlings. The average seedlings planted per person was 52, an impressive effort for many first time planters!
Prize winners
Nothing like a little healthy competition as motivation for a good cause.
An event that strenghtens connections
The Farrow Jamieson Planting Action Day was a real world experience that created connections between the people who turned up. Several great collaborations saw colleagues and attendees focussed on their strengths, one digging and another planting.
Katherine and Ali from Ricoh were 'Team Muscle and the Mahi' -- taking out best collaboration for their cheerful hard work and top notch attitudes.
Rhys and Kristen who sit next to one another at Farrow Jamieson teamed up for the greater good with Rhys digging and Kirsten planting. Rhys also put in a stellar effort doing quality assurance to make sure the seedlings were planted.
Iain and his business and life parter Rosemary MacGibbon reminded us that "couples who plant together stay together", returning for their second year of planting action as a team.
