Write a poem and be in the running for ‘bask aromatherapy‘ products. Australian owned and made, bask use only the finest, organic, botanical ingredients, gently blended with essential oils. Your skin feel silky soft and your soul soothed. Bliss! ‘Tree in my neighbourhood’ No rules on the poem, it can rhyme or not, be a […]
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Time with The Raw Food Queen
Let me introduce Kemi Nekvapil (AKA the Raw Food Queen) I first met Kemi in 2013 at the first Big Hearted Business Conference when she presented to the group some home truths about food. A funny dynamic woman, Kemi was our first guest speaker and her energy and enthusiasm were catching. Kemi is a hard […]
Time with Karolina Artist
Karolina gave me explicit directions to her art studio. However I did not anticipate the majestic sky-line while driving west towards the township of Clunes. I had to keep stopping to take photos of the cumulonimbus clouds. You know the ones! Massive. Running late and anyway only half listening to her earlier directions, I promptly […]
National Tree Day 2015
National Tree Day Sunday July 26th Fifteen Trees has 3 ideas to celebrate! 1. Fifteen Trees are organising a ‘tree pose’ event in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on National Tree Day. Tree pose (aka Vrksasana) is a simple standing pose, check it out at Australian Yoga Journal. We are meeting up at 10.00 am near […]
Time with …
I came across Pauline O’Shannessy-Dowling (aka POD) at an art exhibition held in the old Union Building in Ballarat. Straight away I was drawn into her miniature detailed world of skyscrapers, trees and landscapes. I love her work so much that I asked POD to draw for me a collection of trees (indeed 15 trees) […]
Green Graffiti.
Poems with a green theme written illicitly on a wall in a public place – love it. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I found this poem on the back of a toilet door. ‘Bow down […]
Mature trees on offer.
Did you know that Fifteen Trees now offers free mature trees to community groups in the Ballarat district! I can provide 2-3m tall Golden Ashes, English Elms, Claret Ashes, Silver Birches, London Plane and even orchard trees. Unfortunately, there are no established Eucalyptus as they are best grown from tube stock (due to tap roots). Normal retail price […]
Time with …
I wanted an excuse to forge a connection with some of the great people I discover in my travels and thought what better way than to interview them? When I get a little more techno savvy, I’ll try my hand at videoing, but for now it is simply questions and answers. Old school! This month, […]
The Heart Cut Out.
Every day when I travel along the streets of Ballarat, I see sights like the one shown here. I suspect we have all seen the effect of tree trimming by our local councils (and their contractors) as they make way for the power-lines. Here in Ballarat however, we have an extra thicker black cable (Neighborhood […]
The little house
I’d been keeping an eye on this little house for years, watching the place slowly become dilapidated and waiting for the inevitable trashing and redevelopment into 38 dog boxes (you know … units with no thought as to sustainability, livability or community). The cyclone fencing went up, the workers arrived and I thought yep, there goes […]