Tree in a Box, Giant Sequoia, Grow Your Own Tree

This Tree in a Box kit makes a wonderful educational gift — perfect for recognizing Arbor Day in April! The Tree in a Box kits provide everything you need to grow a tree from seed. The kit is designed to be "add water only" and grown in a sunny window. The Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum is the noblest of a noble race. This tree is the largest and oldest of the world’s fauna and nearly the largest and oldest living being. Many living trees are 1200 to 2000 years old and 4000 year old stumps have been found. Normally will grow 300’ high and 15’ diameter. Will grow in most of the U.S.A. and makes an excellent Bonsai.

All the materials in this kit are biodegradable. The book and box are printed on high-grade recycled paper with soy inks.

Contains:

• Biodegradable Peat Pot
• Expandable Nutrient Soil Pellet
• Giant Sequoia Seeds
• 32-page Information-packed Booklet (the booklet contains information about the specific tree, "Tree Facts" about the environmental benefits of trees and tree mythology.)
• Growing instructions

Product Details:

• Recommended Ages: All ages
• Product Dimensions: 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" decorative box
  

Item Condition:

• This item is brand new and is in perfect condition.
  NOTE: We cannot guarantee that the seeds will germinate, but we have had great success germinating these kits with our own children.

Additional Information About This Tree: The bright, deep green foliage is scale-like and overlapping in the manner of cedars. The small cones are 2 to 3 inches long, woody and egg shaped. The bark is reddish-brown, very thick and rough in its outer layer, and thin and tight in its inner layers, with deep vertical breaks, giving the tree a fluted appearance and a large buttressed base. In the first several hundred years in open territory, branches will reach nearly to the ground. The sequoia’s wood, practically off the market in present day, is brittle, various in grain, and rose-purple to white in color. Its long life is in some measure owed to its resistance to disease and fungus. It also has no pitch tubes as in most pines, for insects to enter. Giant Sequoia will grow in much of the US with cool winters and sufficient water. It also makes an excellent bonsai and may be grown indoors for many years with lots of sunlight.

*Please Note: This item cannot be shipped outside the United States.

WARNING! CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

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Why We Love It

This kit is a fun way to introduce children of all ages to the importance of trees. Children take great pride in growing their own tree!

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Creative Ideas to Try

What other things can you do with this product? We've included some of our "outside the box" creative ideas below to help get you started... 

• Use the Tree in a Box as a gift to welcome a new baby. Watch the tree grow as the child grows.
• This kit is a fun way to introduce a life science unit study of trees to children.
• Use the kit as party favors, wedding favors, classroom activities, or just for fun.