Archives: Tree Plantings

Over 1000 trees for Bendigo thanks to GJG.

Over 1000 trees for Bendigo thanks to GJG.

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 […]

Ecotreasures – a tour company with heart.

Ecotreasures – a tour company with heart. Scouts

Damien McClellan from EcoTreasures, is a big supporter of our native environment. Ecotreasures is a Sydney based company who specializes in eco tours that showcase Sydney’s beaches and mountains. Damien has purchased 50 trees for a favourite site of ours … Westgate Park. These trees have been planted on the behalf of IFSA.     The friends […]

Gus for the planet.

Gus for the planet. Gus Balbontin

Gus runs a small boutique Design and Innovation agency called Roshambo and is also the Entrepreneur in Residence at Victoria University. A dynamic and engaging public speaker, Gus travels around the world giving keynote address in the US, Europe and back in his home country South America.  I saw Gus in action at a Ballarat […]

Bhumi and Planet Love.

Bhumi and Planet Love. Bhumi logo

Vinita and Dushyant are the eco-duo behind the beautiful Bhumi Organic Cotton label. Bhumi means ‘Mother Earth’. Vinita and Dushyant are reshaping the conventional textile cotton industry and at the same time providing economic, social and environmental benefits to local and global communities. For us this means: pure, organic, beautiful and soft, chemical free products […]

Trees to the Hills!

Trees to the Hills! Corporate volunteers at Acheron

  Keir Mac Donald and Asha Cato are designers based in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. From their studio Angus & Celeste, they design and manufacture the most beautiful ceramic jewellery, pots and home-wares. Every year, Asha and Keir generously purchase 300 trees for our community tree planting projects.     This year, their trees travelled a very short distance. From […]

CERES Supporting Community Projects.

CERES Supporting Community Projects.

CERES (Centre of Education and Research in Environmental Strategies) is an award winning, not-for-profit park located on 4.5 hectares on the Merri Creek in Melbourne. The park offers many services including a food market, nursery, cafe, education programs and guided tours. They walk the talk at CERES by encouraging school groups to chip in to buy 2 trees […]

Trees for Earth Day on National Tree Day.

Trees for Earth Day on National Tree Day. Earth Day

Earth Day is a global event held annually on April 22nd. Across the world, people celebrate our beautiful Earth. Indeed, it is probably the world’s largest environmental movement. Here in Australia, many of us went outside to walk, swim and just take a moment to show our gratitude. To be part of the movement, Fifteen […]

Supporting our mountain communities with GJG.

Supporting our mountain communities with GJG. T

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 […]