Most of us love a tidy garden and when we get the chance, we tend to attack the leaf litter that has accumulated. We mow, stack, burn, mulch or remove it completely from the site. We need to stop doing this! We seriously need to get rid of this habit – raking […]
Month: February 2022
Committee For Ballarat is planting trees!
Ballarat social enterprise, Fifteen Trees is partnering with the members of Committee for Ballarat to continue the greening of Ballarat. Committee for Ballarat’s vision for a thriving and vibrant regional community, recognised for its liveability, sustainability, and inclusiveness. At its March 2021 Round Table Dinner, Committee for Ballarat members were reminded that Ballarat’s green centrepiece, […]
Happy heavenly birthday to Bee.
What has now become an annual tradition, Viv Phung asks us to purchase trees in loving memory of her daughter Bee. Last year we raised enough money to plant 66 trees for Bee, this year we were aiming for 100. We got to 140! Trees for Bee (2022) This February, Bee would have been 20 […]
It’s not just about the carbon!
Contrary to our name Fifteen Trees, did you know that we don’t only plant trees! We also plant shrubs, bushes, grasses, reeds, flowers and ground-covers. All manner of species, all native if not indigenous to the area in which they are planted. So, why not just trees? With a background in Environmental Science […]