Enterprise Plants

The Rainforest Plant enhances busy office spaces and saves wild orchids in the forests of Ecuador

Enterprise Plants, a London-based company that specialises in supplying and maintaining environment- enhancing plants in city offices, celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2004. For much that that time they have been active supporters of the World Land Trust. As part of their celebrations they launched an 'Orchid Planter' to raise more funds to protect orchids in their natural rainforest habitat.

Using nursery propagated orchids, these spectacular, eye-catching planters were designed for reception areas and waiting rooms. In order to attract new companies, Enterprise Plants offer the Planters free for the first month, and make a donation of £25 per planter to the WLT for land purchases in the Ecuadorian rainforest. Following the June 2004 launch nearly 100 companies have taken up their offer and these planters can be seen in the offices of The Economist, Free Trade Wharf and the London Stock Exchange.

Enterprise Plants operate throughout the London area and will be pleased to offer other companies a free one month trial, along with free maintenance during that time. As Tony Muldoon, a Director of Enterprise Plants, explained:

"Not only does this scheme help save some precious rainforest, it makes good economic sense ~ getting us to maintain an attractive, growing orchid, is a lot cheaper than replacing cut flowers every few days. When the orchid has finished flowering we take it away and replace it with another coming into flower. Meanwhile reserves in Ecuador are saving thousands of rare, wild orchids."

About WLT's Ecuador Project

The World Land Trust raises funds to assist local partners, Fundación Jocotoco, in the purchase and protection of critically threatened tropical forest habitats in Ecuador. So far eight reserve areas have been purchased and more land is added to them, and new reserves created as funds become available. One reserve alone is believed to have over 1,000 species of orchids.

Named reserves can also be created as part of the Brazil, India and Paraguay projects.