G.J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our community tree planting projects since 2013, and in that time, we have planted over 75,000 trees across Victoria and Tasmania due to their generous support. That impressive number comes because G.J. Gardner plants 15 native trees for every home it builds in Tasmania and Victoria.

Darren and Bronwyn Hinton from G.J. Gardner Homes Swan Hill are generous supporters of local community groups, and their tree planting projects. To date they have planted over 2,000 trees since 2013. This year Darren, Bronwyn and their team purchased 390 native plants trees for the Swan Hill region whose Traditional Owners of the land within the Gannawarra are the Barapa Barapa, Wamba Wamba and Yorta Yorta people, and were planted out by The Murray Mallee Landcare Network.

G.J. Gardner prides itself on being a practical, hands-on family affair, and in past years staff have happily gone out with their local community to plant their trees themselves. To keep the local connection, all trees are planted near the offices managing the builds, between 200-900 trees for every district. Local Landcare groups determine the best tree species for the site. The seedlings themselves are often grown by local independent nurseries who have collected seed from the region by hand (with the proper licensing, of course). The sites that have been planted have included nature reserves, parklands, roadsides, school grounds, riverbanks & rural properties.

G.J. Gardner’s core business is building homes. Safe, secure places for families to grow and thrive for many years to come. 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.

“The Murray Mallee Landcare Network again received substantial support from Fifteen Trees, with funding stemming from local Swan Hill & Kerang GJ Gardner Homes agents Darren & Bronwyn Hinton.  We thank them for their support over many years. The trees (390) we received were distributed to 2 Landcare groups; Tyntynder and Macorna. 

At Tyntynder, the trees were used to continue our efforts to;

• provide habitat to native animals and
• plant wide belts on public roads to provide a link between the Murray River and the Mallee country to the west.

At Macorna, the aim is to provide linkages between important areas of public land like the Tragowel Swamp and Crown land with high bio-diversity values.”

Ted Ryan | President | Murray Mallee Landcare Network

If you are interested in how your business and Fifteen Trees could work together, contact us at <[email protected]> and ask for a no obligation proposal or check out our COMPANY page for more info.

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Lou Ridsdale is a big fan of words and has been our Comms Manager since 2019.

She is a big-minded green thumb, Earth Lover, big-hearted nature freak plus a savvy media and horticulture expert, who passionately believe that everyone is capable of leading a more nourishing and sustainable life. Her passion for education + communication being the most empowering tool for change is reflected in her setting up her own digital/comms agency Hey Hoe Let’s Grow Socials. She also founded Food Is Free Inc. a unique grassroots food security platform specialising in food security education. She fell in love with trees after reading The Magic Faraway Tree as a child.

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