Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes has been supporting our native environment (through Fifteen Trees) since 2013 and has now helped plant over 44,000 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 project will see over 11, 310 trees planted by schools, landcare and various environmental groups.
Ben Longhurst from G. J. Gardner Homes Bacchus Marsh is a generous supporter of local community groups and their tree planting projects. This year, the Bacchus Marsh team purchased 540 trees for Grow West‘s 13th Annual Planting Day which took place on Sunday 15th July.
Massive Community Spirit at Bacchus Marsh.
‘The annual planting day is one of the Grow West’s biggest events and is an important opportunity to rejuvenate and restore local landscapes.
This year, the planting day was held at Sheoak Hill, a 552ha former cropping and grazing property nestled between Brisbane Ranges National Park and Werribee Gorge State Park, in the Rowsley Valley. Over 190 volunteers attended and together they planted 5,433 seedlings at the property of Paul Dettman.
The goal of the Sheoak Hill project is to re-establish a link between the two parks by managing existing vegetation, controlling weeds and rabbits and revegetating both the flats as wells as the shallow and highly erodible hillsides.
Thank you to Ben and the team at G.J. Gardner Homes Bacchus Marsh for providing us with 540 trees for this project’.
Emma Muir | Environmental Projects Coordinator | Grow West
Two of the wonderful volunteers who turned up to plant over 5,000 trees with Grow West.
Thank you Emma and Grow West for finding such a great home for our trees. This is an amazing long term project, and G.J. Gardner and Fifteen Trees are delighted to be a part of your plan and vision.
Sláinte – Colleen
‘Sometimes there are really simple things everyone can do to reduce their carbon footprint. When staying at a hotel, choosing to skip the room cleaning and having a tree planted instead, is one of those things’. Hugo from Hotels for Trees.
‘We’re thrilled to team up with Fifteen Trees in this crucial effort. Koalas are an iconic Australian species, and with increasing threats to their natural environment, it’s never been more important to ensure they have access to suitable habitats.Planting these trees is just the beginning of a broader initiative to safeguard their future’. Ballarat Wildlife Park
According to Sustainability Victoria, the average Australian lifestyle produces 15,000kg of carbon per year. If that sounds like a lot, it is! Over its lifetime, a tree can collect and store 268kg. This means, we each need to plant 58 trees per year to bring our individual carbon production down to zero. A little tricky for most of us to do in our own backyards, and this is where ‘A Subscription for the Planet’ comes in.
Ben Longhurst from G. J. Gardner Homes Bacchus Marsh is a generous supporter of local community groups and their tree planting projects. This year, the Bacchus Marsh team purchased 540 trees for Grow West‘s 13th Annual Planting Day which took place on Sunday 15th July.
