Illustration donated by Helen Yang Terpstra

Johanna Lovejoy has planted a tree in honor of Brian Bahia

Brian, I am so lucky to spend the rest of my life with you as my partner. Here’s to Banana Bay 2021! Love, Johanna

Johanna Lovejoy
Illustration donated by Helen Yang Terpstra

Fun Tree Facts

  • The net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • A “typical” fully grown tree can yield 1,000-2,000 pounds of paper.
    American Forest & Paper Association
  • The carbon stored in the world’s forests exceeds the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere.
    United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
For more tree facts, see our Cards to Trees page or view more dedications

Why Paper Culture Plants Trees

  • We’re a paper company: moreso than most, trees are truly our business
  • We ALWAYS use 100% post-consumer recycled paper and/or alternative renewable fibers like cotton or bamboo which means our cards do not result in the cutting down of any new trees, however, that simply means that we do no harm to trees. We wanted to take it one step further by actively contributing to reforestation by planting trees.
  • Honestly, as founders, we knew we wanted to do something on a consistent basis and it was as simple as, we all just love trees!
  • Trees do amazing things - check out our list of tree facts