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These heavy weight (60#) seed embedded sheets will make great cards (we like using gell roller pens) and cut outs. They fold easily and hold their shape nicely. Unlike other recycled paper, no trees were killed to create this paper stock. Use to write a letter to your favorite gardener or to print invitations to your special events. Due to the nature of handmade paper; proper care must be used when printing. This paper is not suitable for every print environment. Check with your equipment print guidelines before attempting. Be sure to let the recipient know the paper will bloom if planted.

This handmade lotka paper is made in the highlands of Nepal by rural craftspeople in an environmentally friendly process with 50% recycled content. The raw material for our paper is the Daphne bush. It is farmed and harvested from 2-4 year old plants that are cut down and stripped of their bark. The plant is not destroyed when cut down, it regenerates from the root. The cane like stick, once the bark is removed is dried and used to heat the villager's homes, to provide fuel for cooking also for the production of the paper. All water used in the paper production is reclaimed and reused. The bark is beaten by hand and boiled to break it down to a pulp (where it is mixed in with recycled pulp and paper scrap collected from the card and envelope manufacturing process) that is then pored into screens to form sheets. These sheets are then dried in the sun. The whole process is not only earth friendly but also provides a large community with a healthy and sustainable enterprise.

Not only can you recycle this paper, you can compost it or even plant it and watch flowers bloom. We have embedded these sheets with a combination of tiny seeds that will grow in North America. The seeds found in our paper include 10 annual and perennial species which tolerate partial shade, need 4 hours a day of direct sunlight and grow about 3'. Seeds include Red Corn Poppy, Spurred Snapdragon, Catchfly, English Daisy, Showy Evening Primrose, Tussock Bellflower, Foxglove, Lilac Godetia, Monkeyflower and Creeping Thyme. If you plant this paper in a pot, or in your garden please cover with just 1/8" of soil and keep moist until established as germinating seeds and seedlings cannot survive even a brief drought.

Made in Nepal

Printed on recycled paper