SOWING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - COMPETITION

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By promoting native plants, we ensure greater biodiversity and strengthen the ecosystem – and not just in the rainforest, but right on our doorstep!

Why sow a sustainable future?

The organic seed mixture of native wildflowers provides valuable food for butterflies and the like. The pollen- and nectar-rich native flowers that you will sow or have already sown promote biodiversity in your region. In doing so, you are making our world a little bit better.

Promoting biodiversity

Take part & win!

Send us a photo of your blooming wildflowers to mail@tropica-verde.de. We’ll show your pictures on our website – and with a bit of luck you’ll win a rainforest sponsorship including a surprise package!

Biodiversity flowers

Wildflower photos submitted

Here you can see all the wildflowers that are already growing with Tropica Verde seeds.
We will draw three winners from all the photos submitted on September 31, 2025.
The winners will be notified and publicly announced by 16.10.2025.

You can win a rainforest sponsorship including a surprise package.

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What should I bear in mind when sowing?

  • Sow from early April to June in fine-crumb soil (pot, balcony, raised bed, garden and similar)
  • Only press the seeds down, do not work them into the soil

 

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