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Fifteen Trees plant trees on your behalf. The trees are distributed to community groups for planting and are sourced from local independent nurseries. Trees cost from $3.30 to $25.00 (depending on maturity, planting location and whether protection (sleeve/stake) is provided.

30 10, 2019

A beautiful legacy.

By |2019-10-30T19:21:47+11:00October 30th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

On Sunday October 20th, a small group of people weathered the weather and met up on a cold spring morning under the Westgate Bridge to go tree planting. The group consisted of Raveena Grace, her auntie (Vinita from Bhumi Organic Cotton) and uncle, an adorable cousin, her mother, brother and her grandparents. Along with the Grace Family, were both myself and Albert from Fifteen Trees, Barbara and Nel, Mollie and [...]

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29 10, 2019

Planting trees for the platypus.

By |2019-10-29T14:04:01+11:00October 29th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, GJG, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013. By the end of this year, Ross and the team at GJG will have helped plant over 56,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania. For every new home built, Fifteen Trees organises the planting of 15 trees in the local district. This year alone, the relationship between G.J. Gardner Homes and Fifteen Trees, [...]

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24 10, 2019

Trees for estuarine water birds.

By |2019-10-29T13:45:16+11:00October 24th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, GJG, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013. By the end of this year, Ross and the team at GJG will have helped plant over 56,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania. For every new home built, Fifteen Trees organises the planting of 15 trees in the local district. This year alone, the relationship between G.J. Gardner Homes and Fifteen Trees, [...]

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24 10, 2019

Eco-AirBnb!

By |2019-10-24T11:01:40+11:00October 24th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

It’d be a rare adventurer these days who hasn’t stayed in an Airbnb. What’s not to love – unique stays, homely touches, quirks galore, often an interesting host or astonishing architectural feature to tell stories about when you get home. Airbnb has changed the holiday landscape forever, and for the better. As one might expect from anyone involved in an innovative property management model, Airbnb hosts are increasingly inviting guests [...]

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18 10, 2019

Viatek and their trees.

By |2019-10-24T08:46:33+11:00October 18th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

The Viatek Group is a services-based organisation, offering business solutions for print, scanning & technology. With over 17 offices operating within Victoria & NSW, it makes them the largest regional supplier of managed print services, backed with local technicians on site. Viatek people live and breathe the community which means they support local businesses and community initiatives such as Fifteen Trees in practicing and promoting sustainability. This is carried out through recycling, [...]

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14 10, 2019

Harrison Funerals at Linton Cemetery.

By |2019-10-14T14:38:02+11:00October 14th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Harrison Funerals, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Harrison Funerals ‘strive to ensure that every family’s funeral experience is a positive one and through (their) care and service (they) are able to ease some of the grief and assist the healing process’. With the assistance of Fifteen Trees, Harrison Funerals plant one mature tree on the behalf of every family who use their service.     Recently, 15 mature trees were planted at Linton Cemetery due to the generosity [...]

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14 10, 2019

Helping the custodians of this small space.

By |2019-10-14T14:10:07+11:00October 14th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, GJG, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013. By the end of this year, Ross and the team at GJG will have helped plant over 56,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania. For every new home built, Fifteen Trees organises the planting of 15 trees in the local district. This year alone, the relationship between G.J. Gardner Homes and Fifteen Trees, [...]

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10 10, 2019

An eco-deal!

By |2019-10-11T10:13:27+11:00October 10th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Every now and then, when I see something amazingly fabulous ... I wonder if I can do an eco-deal! Trees in exchange for goods or services.   Jack is the founder of Birdwood Co Designs, Warrnambool. At Birdwood, he makes the most beautiful custom made furniture and platters. Jack's ambition is to create timeless objects that serve the practical needs of the individual and to allow furniture to obey time, [...]

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7 10, 2019

CSR can take many forms!

By |2019-10-16T12:45:53+11:00October 7th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

The Viatek Group is a services-based organisation, offering business solutions for print, scanning & technology. With over 17 offices operating within Victoria & NSW, it makes them the largest regional supplier of managed print services, backed with local technicians on site. Viatek people live and breathe the community which means they support local businesses and community initiatives such as Fifteen Trees in practicing and promoting sustainability. This is carried out through recycling, [...]

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12 09, 2019

Thompson Family Funerals – a celebration of hope!

By |2019-09-12T13:01:44+11:00September 12th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Conservationists understand that rehabilitating environment takes cooperation between public and private landholders. Since European settlement, vast tracts of Australian land have come into private ownership. We simply cannot rely on isolated islands of government (or Crown) bushland to preserve our natural heritage and wildlife corridors. This is why Landcare, and other environment groups all over the country, collaborate with private landholders as well as different levels of government to plan [...]

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9 09, 2019

30 individuals = 600 trees!

By |2019-09-09T16:41:17+11:00September 9th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

When individuals get together to make a contribution - it can be huge. And here is the proof. Thirty individuals have kicked in to allow us to plant 600 trees. Thank you to the following for purchasing 15 trees. Mereki Walker and Kathy Downie (both from AGL) plus another woman whom I met at AGL (she purchased 15 trees and I never got her name!), Walter Collins from the fabulous [...]

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30 08, 2019

Wine on TAP. and Koalas … there is a link!

By |2019-08-30T14:11:41+11:00August 30th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|1 Comment

At first glance, wine and koalas might not seem to have much in common. But that’s where creative sustainable thinking comes in. TAP. is a contemporary keg-style system of wine storage and service that significantly reduces waste, landfill, and manufacturing emissions. At last count, TAP had diverted 202,322 bottles from landfill. Not stopping there, TAP. has also committed to planting 1200 native trees over the next six months – habitat [...]

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29 08, 2019

Oblong Trees!

By |2019-08-30T13:44:28+11:00August 29th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Oblong (UK) Ltd are a data processing business based in Southam, England. Established in 2006, they have 4 core products; Data Enhancement, Business List Sales, Data Analysis and Data Processing. And now they are branching into a new area - helping companies to become carbon neutral. This is where Fifteen Trees comes in!   Oblong UK have worked hard to calculate the carbon footprint of not only their own company [...]

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21 08, 2019

Trees for Toolern Creek.

By |2019-08-21T14:47:27+11:00August 21st, 2019|Fifteen Trees, GJG, Tree Plantings in Victoria|0 Comments

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013. By the end of this year, Ross and the team at GJG will have helped plant over 56,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania. For every new home built, Fifteen Trees organises the planting of 15 trees in the local district. This year alone, the relationship between G.J. Gardner Homes and Fifteen Trees, [...]

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8 08, 2019

GJG and Grow West!

By |2019-08-08T11:03:49+11:00August 8th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, GJG, Tree Plantings in Victoria|Comments Off on GJG and Grow West!

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013. By the end of this year, Ross and the team at GJG will have helped plant over 56,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania. For every new home built, Fifteen Trees organises the planting of 15 trees in the local district. This year alone, the relationship between G.J. Gardner Homes and Fifteen Trees, [...]

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1 08, 2019

Waldron. Walking the talk with solar panels and now trees!

By |2019-08-01T12:13:58+11:00August 1st, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|Comments Off on Waldron. Walking the talk with solar panels and now trees!

Karl Waldron and his qualified team at Waldron Heating, Cooling and Hot Water have been installing systems to customers in the Ballarat and Western District for the past 30 years. Waldron also offers a clean, green and sustainable option when it comes to powering the home - solar power. And now adding to their green credentials, all vehicles in the Waldron fleet are running carbon neutral with the purchase of [...]

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24 07, 2019

G.J. Gardner Homes Launceston and their 420 trees.

By |2019-07-24T11:16:51+11:00July 24th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Tasmania|Comments Off on G.J. Gardner Homes Launceston and their 420 trees.

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013. By the end of this year, Ross and the team at GJG will have helped plant over 56,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania. For every new home built, Fifteen Trees organises the planting of 15 trees in the local district. This year alone, the relationship between G.J. Gardner Homes and Fifteen Trees, [...]

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20 07, 2019

Tree Pose!

By |2019-08-26T15:50:16+11:00July 20th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings, Tree Plantings in Victoria|Comments Off on Tree Pose!

Ballarat Yoga and Yogaville Is there anything that embodies the concept of balance more succinctly than yoga’s iconic tree pose (Vrksasana)? How fitting then that one of our most recent tree plantings happened courtesy of two beautiful yoga studios – Yogaville in Melbourne’s inner north, and Ballarat Iyengar Yoga.     Both studios practice Iyengar yoga. Iyengar is a form of Hatha yoga with an emphasis on alignment, precision and [...]

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10 07, 2019

Planting 650 trees for Kings Cars.

By |2019-10-10T11:26:48+11:00July 10th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, King's Cars, Tree Plantings in Victoria|Comments Off on Planting 650 trees for Kings Cars.

Peter King and team from King’s Cars Ballarat has been generous supporters of Fifteen Trees since 2010. During that time Kings Cars has purchased over 8,000 trees for community groups in the Ballarat district.     Fifteen Trees plants 15 trees for every Mitsubishis ASX sold at the Ballarat dealership. Corporate social responsibility at its best!       Recently, on the behalf of Kings Cars, we organised the planting of [...]

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8 07, 2019

EcoTreasure and Focus on Japan

By |2019-07-20T12:17:29+11:00July 8th, 2019|Fifteen Trees, Tree Plantings in Victoria|Comments Off on EcoTreasure and Focus on Japan

Showcasing Sydney’s beaches, marine parks and mountains, EcoTreasures is a Sydney, nature based company that specializes in local tours with an eco twist. Founder and owner, Damien McClellan is a big supporter of our native environment. Damien’s tours leaves his customers with a better appreciation of Australia’s unique wildlife, culture and heritage. In addition, Damien also regularly supports the conservation of our native environment by purchasing trees for community groups to [...]

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