Illustration donated by Helen Yang Terpstra

Karen Shong Bares has planted a tree in honor of Thomas Bares

My dear dad who taught me as a child to appreciate the beauty and generousity of a tree and how our world is a amazingly alive and beautiful because of them. We planted many trees together and cared for them with love. Through his love and appreciation for life, mine has grown too. Thanks dad! I love you more than you can imagine and then some! Thanks for believing in me and allowing me to grow too.

Karen Shong Bares
Illustration donated by Helen Yang Terpstra

Fun Tree Facts

  • One tree that shades your home in the city will also save fossil fuel, cutting CO2 buildup as much as 15 forest trees.
    Arbor Day Foundation pamphlet #90980005
  • Over 25% of modern medicines find their origin from tropical forest plants.
    United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
  • 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
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