Since 2014, the team from G.J. Gardner Homes East Gippsland have been supporting our tree planting projects by purchasing 15 trees for every new build. Over that time, they have generously purchased 5,175 native trees and shrubs for local revegetation projects. A decade of support!

Michael Ellett is a generous supporter of local community groups, and their tree planting projects. This year, his office purchased 525 native trees for revegetation projects in the Gippsland district of Victoria.

The local Landcare group determine the best location and species for the site. The seedlings themselves are grown by local independent nurseries who often collect seed from the region by hand. In this case, the trees were sourced from Wildseed Nursery Gippsland. Twelve members from Tambo Bluff Landcare Coastcare planted the trees over the course of the winter along with the team from GJG East Gippsland.

Species of trees planted included, Coastal Grey Box, Coastal Manna Gum, Buchan Blue Wattle, Silver Wattle, Blackwood Wattle, Sheoak, Cassia, Lomandra and Woolly Ti-tree, along with some native grasses such as Poa. This area is well known for its Coastal Grey Box species of eucalyptus. The planting will compliment the existing vegetation, enhance the biodiversity and encourage native wildlife such as wombats, echidnas, kookaburras, blue wrens (featured photo), red-eared finches and spinebills.

Many thanks to our sponsors G.J. Gardner East Gippsland and Fifteen Trees for the funding to enable us to enhance the biodiversity at this public open space. And thank you to ‘Team Tambo’ our active volunteer members.

Alan Maloney | Secretary | Tambo Bluff Coastcare

G.J. Gardner’s core business is building homes. Safe, secure places for families to grow and thrive. We love that alongside this, G.J. Gardner is planting forests, which is very much the same thing; safe, secure places for fauna and flora to grow and thrive for many years to come.

Thank you Michael for your continued sponsorship of our revegetation projects by purchasing trees for local community projects.

If you would like to know more about sponsoring community tree planting projects and how we can assist you in becoming a more sustainable business, please contact Colleen at <[email protected]>.

Writer: Colleen Filippa

With a background in Environmental Science, Colleen is the Founding Director of Fifteen Trees. In 2009, after 20 years in primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions, Colleen left the classroom to start the company. Fifteen Trees is a social enterprise assisting individuals and companies to reduce their carbon footprint by supporting community groups such as Landcare, schools and environmental networks.