This card is handmade in South Africa and has seeds implanted as the recycled paper is made in to new cards. The recipient can plant the card and grow alyssum and snapdragon.

Card Dimensions: 3.75” x 5.5”,

With Envelope: 4.75" x 6.5" 

All cards are blank inside. 

Each card/envelope comes in plastic with a sticker showing the name of the artisan who created the card.

The paper is made of 100% post-consumer waste paper which is sourced from a shredding company as well as a nearby school. Only water is added to the waste paper to create the new paper. No chemicals are added during the papermaking process.

How to plant: 
1. Prepare some weed free soil in a pot.
2. Moisten the paper as well as the soil.
3. Place the paper a few millimeters under the soil (or just sprinkle some loose soil over the paper)
4. Water and keep moist during germination (but don’t drown the seeds)*
5. Watch your little plants grow from paper!
*To ensure that the paper stays moist during germination, you can prepare the soil and paper in a glass jar and keep the lid on in order to keep the moisture in.

About Growing Paper by Koru Street:

At Growing Paper we understand that people are what makes us tick. Because providing secure employment and a living salary for employees is an essential component of the Growing Paper value system, the business also provides ongoing training and life skills workshops, and always ensures to place employees in positions that they enjoy so they can excel in what they do.

Taking job creation and local support to the next level, Growing Paper has also teamed up with selected South African artists, giving them the opportunity to get their work printed on recycled seeded paper products.

We pride ourselves on the high quality of our plantable & biodegradable products, which can be attributed to the fact that all our items are made by hand.