Archives: Tree Plantings

The St Brigidine Sisters have been supporting our native environment for the past 4 years and 2015 was no exception. Through their generosity, Fifteen Trees was able to provide the Cockburn Wetlands Centre with 300 trees for the Bibra Lake Reserve (WA). [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” […]

Simon Mulqueen from F. W. Barnes & Sons (Ballarat) has once again generously supported our tree planting efforts. This year, on National Tree Day (July 24th) 200 trees were planted by staff and students at Damascus College along the Murnong Trail. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” […]

“Love Your Insides. Love The Earth.” At Pana Chocolate, they want their chocolate not only to be good for you, but also want to be kind to our earth. And they have been making good with that statement by supporting the work of Fifteen Trees for the past 3 years. Pana Barbounis is founder of […]

Each asana (yoga posture) has a beautiful shape, grace and elegance that bestows power and makes the practitioner as strong as a diamond and at the same time as soft as a flower’ – BKS Iyengar Bronwyn Rust, owner and founder of Yogaville contacted Fifteen Trees looking for a way to reduce the carbon footprint […]

Richard Hayden from Hayden Real Estate has been supporting the work of Fifteen Trees since 2013. Every year, we plant 30 trees to help reduce the carbon emissions from his 2 work vehicles. This year, Richard’s trees were planted at Urquhart Park Primary School. Shiree Pilkinton is on the school council and heads up the […]

This month, the City of Ballarat and Pilkinton Productions hosted 11 visitors from Ballarat’s sister city of Inagawa (Japan). The students were billeted with families and joined in with their outings, chores and daily run-arounds. As a gift to the hosts, Fifteen Trees has planted 11 trees at the Learmonth Community Gardens. One for every […]

Design duo Keir Mac Donald and Asha Cato are based in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. From their studio they make the most beautiful ceramic jewellery, pots and home-wares.  Asha and Keir kick in for 75 trees every quarter and have been doing so for a number of years. If you haven’t seen their website Angus […]

Ross Morley, Managing Director of G. J. Gardner Homes (in partnership with Fifteen Trees) has been supporting our native environment since 2013. Offices in Victoria and Tasmania, support the planting of 15 trees for every new home built. This year, this will add up to over 7,000 trees for schools, landcare and various environmental groups. […]

Managing Director of Viatek Central Victoria Peter Bull, walks the talk when it comes to sustainability. He understands that “being green is not just a potential competitive business advantage, it is also a good way to reduce costs and create more streamlined business processes”.  This year, Fifteen Trees planted 165 trees to reduce the carbon […]

Fifteen Trees is a proud to support the local arts scene and when arty duo Tracy Bourne and Lisa Kendal established a production company called SEAM (Sustainable Environment Arts Movement), we were very interested. Earlier this year, SEAM wrote and produced a climate play for secondary school students called Ella’s Choice. We jumped at the […]