🌿 The EDEN Project
Urban Forests for the City of Tomorrow
Welcome to The Eden Project by Template: Terra Nova—a regenerative afforestation service bringing native forest ecosystems back to polluted lands, vacant lots, rooftops, and underused corners of New York City.
Inspired by Shubhendu Sharma of Afforestt, with whom we’ve trained, and in collaboration with HydroTech Environmental—a firm with deep roots in NYC’s remediation sector—this project brings rapid-growth native forest systems to developers, planners, and citizens seeking to restore life at the heart of the concrete world.
We’re planting the next era of urban living—rooted in soil, culture, biodiversity, and technological transparency.
“The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy… The glory of Lebanon will be given to it.” – Isaiah 35:1–2
🌳 What We Offer
We provide turn-key regenerative forest services for:
🏗️ Real Estate Developers
Meet ESG benchmarks, LEED goals, and carbon offsets
Add public value and visual distinction to your site
Transform buffer zones and rooftops into native ecosystems
🏞️ City Agencies & Schools
Educational planting days
Urban biodiversity hubs
Reduce heat islands, noise pollution, and runoff
🧪 Brownfield & Polluted Landowners
Soil and water remediation (in partnership with HydroTech)
Passive regeneration through root-zone biological activity
Low-cost alternatives to engineered caps and landscape fluff
Each forest is designed according to Afforestt’s Miyawaki methodology:
dense, native, multi-layered, low-maintenance after 3 years, and self-sustaining for 100+.
“I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane, and the pine together.” – Isaiah 41:18–19
📊 Why It Matters: Carbon, Community, and Code
🌎 Carbon Offsets & Blockchain-Verified Impact
Through Kalima Blockchain, we offer verifiable, on-chain tracking of carbon sequestration, biodiversity uplift, and environmental gains—providing transparent metrics for city reporting, grant eligibility, and investor accountability.
💧 Stormwater & Zoning Benefits
Our forests reduce runoff, cool surrounding areas, and meet stormwater mitigation goals—qualifying developers for fee reductions, expedited permits, and community board support.
🌿 Spiritual and Ecological Healing
As it’s written: “The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” – Revelation 22:2
These forests are not just carbon sinks. They are medicine for the city, for the land, and for our fractured relationship with the living world.
🏙️ Manahatta Rising
We’re restoring what the Lenape called Manahatta—“land of many hills.” In the same spirit, we’re building a patchwork of green sanctuaries that reconnect New York with its ancient terrain and sacred biodiversity.
This is our contribution to David Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park—a living mosaic of native species designed not only for ecology but for remembrance and rebirth.
🤝 Our Roots & Partners
Afforestt – Our methodology mentor, led by Shubhendu Sharma
HydroTech Environmental – Our engineering and remediation partner, where our founder has worked for 5+ years
Kalima Blockchain – Our digital verification layer for ecological data and carbon offset generation
Template: Terra Nova – Our mother organization, building biophilic futures through law, design, and soil
“We must do the work of re-creation. A second genesis must take place—a new creation in which man, the earth, and all living things are harmonized.” – Masanobu Fukuoka
This is more than landscaping. This is life restoration as infrastructure. It is the beginning of Eden—again.
📬 Contact Us
Whether you’re a developer, community group, school, or landowner, we’d love to co-create with you.
Get in touch to schedule a consultation or bring a forest to your site.