It’s been more than year ago since we first discussed the idea of planting a tree for each bug found in our CMS. Last Saturday, the initiative got done – we planted the trees for each bug found in Kentico CMS 4.1!

Little bit rainy and chilly weather on Saturday morning couldn’t stop Kentico Software volunteers from driving to the village of Snovídky, where the trees were planted. Historically, the place used to be a quarry. Later on, it was rebuilt to a recreational area with a dance floor but unfortunately, it got abandoned and devastated during the years 1968-2005. Since 2006, the CSO “Šuterňa” has been renovating the place and planting trees in and around the place is only one part of their project. It’s great to know that your effort supports such a valuable project!

Furthermore, we had a lot of fun during the day we spent there! Although the weather was not the best for us (but really great for the trees to root!) and the terrain where we planted the trees was very steep, we really enjoyed it! We got enough tea, coffee, bratwurst and homemade brandy for everyone to keep their stomachs full and their mood cheerful ;)



As it was said earlier, we planted almost one hundred trees that day, even though we needed only 60 to cover the reported bugs. Each of these trees was dedicated to the client who reported the bug. You can see pictures of the trees together with the ones who planted them in the Tree gallery!

More pictures from the day we planted the trees are at our Facebook page.

If you like to visit your tree in the future, you can check its exact position in the “Trees for Bugs Map"! Some of them are Plums and Sweet Cherries, so please don’t hesitate to taste your fruits (on the other side, massive harvest each year is not the best idea ;) ).


Let me express many thanks to those whose help in this initiative was necessary - Miroslava Drobílková from “The Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation” and Petr Machač from CSO “Šuterňa”.

Many thanks also belong to all of the Kentico employees (and their girlfriends!) who participated in planting the trees.

P.S. Since this was bright new initiative, your feedback will be much appreciated! Please tell us what do you think about the "Trees for Bugs" initiative and about our new 7-Days Bug Fixing policy by submiting your comments below.