Peter King has been supporting Fifteen Trees pretty much from the ‘get go‘. Peter purchases 15 trees for every Mitsubishi and Citroen car sold at his Ballarat car dealership. These trees are then distributed to community groups such as Landcare. Planting groups have been busy this month, and 375 of Peter’s trees were planted across […]
Archives: Tree Plantings
Mature trees at Bungaree PS.
Maree and Brian Harrison from Harrison Funerals, have been supporting Fifteen Trees since 2010. In that time, they have helped plant 220 mature trees in public spaces including school grounds, community gardens and reserves. Bungaree PS recently planted 10 mature trees courtesy of Maree and Brian’s generosity. Principal Calvin Tromps writes .. Hi Colleen, we […]
Hepburn PS plants trees.
Hi Colleen, Please find attached some photos from our tree planting last Friday. The photo shows one of the teachers demonstrating how to plant the tube stock. The children worked with their buddy and will be responsible for looking after their tree. We used Hamilton tree planters for the holes, watered them in with seasol […]
The Art of Climate Change.
Bike riding in the rain .. nothing could be more fun. Unless, you can also throw in a ClimARTE festival. With ClimARTE co-founder, Guy Abrahams, as our guide we biked from the Yarra to Melbourne Uni to seek out new exhibition works that ‘harness the creative power of the Arts to inform, engage and inspire […]
Tree planting at Dalyup (WA)
Hello Colleen, Thanks to Fifteen Trees supporters, we have been able to plant out 300 trees along the creek line at Dalyup. We have been working at this site for some time and the area was a very badly degraded spot before fencing and planting. Our local high school students pitched in on the day […]
Trees planted at Whirrakee (Vic)
Dear Colleen, The Northern Bendigo Landcare Group collaborated with 1st Eaglehawk Cubs and Scouts to plant 35 trees thanks to the generosity of the Fifteen Trees program. The indigenous species were planted along a road reserve as part of the Landcare group’s Whirrakee Wattle Biolink. This will not only provide a corridor for biodiversity but […]
Two trees for two women.
Two very special trees have been planted by students at the Specialist Farm School in Ballarat on the behalf of 2 very special women. The trees, will provide future shade for students and teachers, as well as enhance the beauty of the school grounds. The trees have been planed in memory of Yutha Valpied (93 […]
Mature trees on offer.
Did you know that Fifteen Trees now offers free mature trees to community groups in the Ballarat district! I can provide 2-3m tall Golden Ashes, English Elms, Claret Ashes, Silver Birches, London Plane and even orchard trees. Unfortunately, there are no established Eucalyptus as they are best grown from tube stock (due to tap roots). Normal retail price […]
Lifestyle Travel Ballarat.
I’m guessing we think alike when looking at the option to offset our flights. We wonder … just exactly where is the money going? We hesitate, we dither, we don’t quite understand the process and we end up not ticking the offset option. Leonie Spencer from Lifestyle Travel Ballarat asked the same question when I […]
Linux Trees in New Zealand.
It is official – Fifteen Trees has truly gone international with the planting of our trees in NZ! [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=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The linux conference (open source software) is annually held around this time of […]