Of the many unfinished projects left behind, this is one that Sahara Sahel Foods wishes to complete. Arne Victor Garvi's dream was also to make an eco-parc with the trees that remained after the germination tests. The eco-parc is something that we are interested to expand to a major part of the property.

The below photos show the direct seeding zone in 2016, when the property had been bought, and now, in November 2025.

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Arne Victor Garvi was a visionary and an innovator with a large number of ideas and projects. He was very busy with was his research in the direct seeding method for propagating plants. In dry environments, the nursery plants used to regreen areas had a very low survival rate due to limited root development. So Arne Victor pioneered his own methodology, by doing research on germination, collecting seeds and teaching people good sowing methods.

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Photo 1 - my first attempt at #DirectSeeding using some of the seeds I collected from the bush (#FieldWork with #IndigenousRangers) over the past 3 months. Mixture of about 10 #NativeSpecies. Photo 2 - saplings I planted a month ago, growing strong #revegetation #LandForWildlife #restoration