September 11, 2014
|
Huntly Pound, Bendigo (Vic)
TREES PLANTED
“The Old Huntly Pound is a bush block that operated from 1867 as a municipal pound reserve for the keeping of stray livestock. As such, it has never been developed and now stands as a very significant piece of remnant bushland within Huntly’s town centre. The Northern Bendigo Landcare Group along with the Bendigo Field Naturalists Club place high value on the site and see it as a wonderful community resource. Over the last few years the Landcare Group has collaborated with both the Huntly Primary School and the Huntly Kindergarten to offer excursions to the site where students have learnt about the flora that once graced the whole of Huntly where houses now stand.
The site has slowly recovered from its days as a Pound and now boasts a variety of understorey species (Golden Wattle, Gold Dust Wattle, Whirrakee Wattle, Cassinia, Saltbush, etc) under the canopy of established Yellow Gums. The Landcare Group have worked with students on revegetation, installation of nest boxes, weed control (Gazania) and bird identification. The Huntly Kindergarten uses the site for outings as part of their Bush Kinder program giving children regular opportunities for nature play and the many and varied benefits that provides.
Pictured here are students from the Huntly Pre Kinder group participating in a National Tree Day activity thanks to the generous donation of these trees (100) from Bendigo Funerals”
Nicole Howie, Secretary, Northern Bendigo Landcare Group.
What a wonderful community project for the residents of Huntly. Thank you Nicole for sending in the narrative about Huntly Pound.
Simon Mulqueen from Bendigo Funerals has been a long time supporter of our native heritage. Over the past 3 years, Simon has generously donated the funds for 100’s trees (and tree guards) to various community groups in both Bendigo (and Ballarat) to help revegetate their local nature reserves. This time round, Nicole Howie and her landcare group were the recipients.
Simon plants one tree for every service he conducts. He does this as a community kindness and does not charge the families.
Thank you Simon for your generosity and vision.
Slainte – Colleen
The site has slowly recovered from its days as a Pound and now boasts a variety of understorey species (Golden Wattle, Gold Dust Wattle, Whirrakee Wattle, Cassinia, Saltbush, etc) under the canopy of established Yellow Gums. The Landcare Group have worked with students on revegetation, installation of nest boxes, weed control (Gazania) and bird identification. The Huntly Kindergarten uses the site for outings as part of their Bush Kinder program giving children regular opportunities for nature play and the many and varied benefits that provides.
Pictured here are students from the Huntly Pre Kinder group participating in a National Tree Day activity thanks to the generous donation of these trees (100) from Bendigo Funerals”
Nicole Howie, Secretary, Northern Bendigo Landcare Group.
What a wonderful community project for the residents of Huntly. Thank you Nicole for sending in the narrative about Huntly Pound.
Simon Mulqueen from Bendigo Funerals has been a long time supporter of our native heritage. Over the past 3 years, Simon has generously donated the funds for 100’s trees (and tree guards) to various community groups in both Bendigo (and Ballarat) to help revegetate their local nature reserves. This time round, Nicole Howie and her landcare group were the recipients.
Simon plants one tree for every service he conducts. He does this as a community kindness and does not charge the families.
Thank you Simon for your generosity and vision.
Slainte – Colleen
RECENT TREE PLANTINGS
Queensland, Victoria
325 TREES PLANTED
April 14, 2026
Melbourne Climate Futures. An initiative from Melbourne University to empower the next generation of climate activists.
190 TREES PLANTED
April 14, 2026
We have a handful of organisations and small companies, who purchase trees when they can. These people are masters of ingenuity when it comes to incorporating tree planting into their business practices.
Victoria
600 TREES PLANTED
April 11, 2026
The Kogi people of Northern Columbia have been sending the same message to the West for years. It’s a familiar refrain here at Fifteen Trees, and one we wholeheartedly endorse: ‘Unless we stop violating the Earth and nature, depleting the Great Mother of her material energy, her organs, her vitality; unless people stop working against the Great Mother, the world will not last.’