Planting State: Australian Capital Territory

“The Garibaldi Hall and Public Reserve is located 20 km south of Ballarat, on the Mt Mercer Road, surrounded by farms and small rural landholdings. The Hall started life as the Garibaldi School which operated from 1879 until 1943, and has been refurbished over the past twenty-five years to become a focal point for local […]

“Hi Colleen, In the backgrounds you will see the damage the floods have caused .. the area was under about two metres of water so hopefully those trees just planted will help stabilize the bank. A lot of water was wash(ed) down into the creek in the heavy downpours. It came down from Lord Harry Hill. So […]

“Hello Colleen. I am most grateful for my trees and I look forward to seeing them grow into maturity.” C.R. These trees at Bald Hills have been paid for by David and Ron Morrison at Ballarat Real Estate.The real estate agents run 4 company cars at their Ballarat business, and have decided to carbon offset the lot […]

“Hi Colleen, Thanks for your emails, your blog site looks great.  Thank you to the businesses of Ballarat who have made it possible for us to receive our 60 trees.  They are doing well and I’m sure the recent rain will help them to do even better.”  G & G. Z The trees planted on the […]

‘Thank you to Ballarat businesses who have got behind ‘fifteen trees’. I have planted 60 native trees on the western boundary of my property. In a few years, they will provide shelter to the native birds and mammals that live in this area.’ I.J The trees planted at the Janousek Property at Creswick were kindly paid […]

  “Thank you Colleen for running such a fantastic program and thank you to the businesses that have supported it.  We are so grateful for the trees that we received, as when we moved to our property 6 months ago, we only had one lonely old gum tree up in the back corner of our […]

“Hello Colleen, I’ve attached some ‘photos of work in progress, a family effort’. JS” Thanks must go to four of our Ballarat City Councillors who have carbon offset their cars with Fifteen trees. Through their support, 60 new native trees have been planted at the Sloothaak Property (west of Ballarat). Cr Samantha McIntosh, Cr Craig Fletcher, Cr Des […]

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‘Hello there Colleen, Just a note to say a big thanks to you and the businesses of Ballarat for the funding and the help received in regards to the ‘fifteen trees’ project.  What a great initiative it is… At the moment, my husband and I are unemployed and unable to fund completing a corridor around […]

“The trees have been planted along the southern boundary of the property. They connect with existing native forest to provide shelter for wildlife.” JE. Trees planted at Sandy Hills farm this month were paid for by Pip from Partycles Balloon and Party Supplies (3 x 15 trees) and Brett from Davis Planning Solutions (1 x15 trees). Through their generous support of this […]