Michelle and Margaret Kerr have been residents of the Balliang Distract for three generations. They live on the north bank of the Little River, a couple of kilometres East of the Brisbane Ranges. Michelle and Margaret are both very active in the Landcare movement. The Kerr property is part of a major project “The Little […]
Archives: Tree Plantings
Learmonth Community Gardens, Vic.
Dear Colleen, The Friends of Learmonth are very grateful for the donation by supporters of Fifteen Trees for the 250 native, indigenous plants which we have planted in our Community Garden to complement the screening by the larger natives. The Community garden is a community initiative which continues to evolve. The location of the block […]
“My gift to the Earth”.
The above quote was what John Toman wrote when he offered to buy trees from me to distribute to community groups for planting. [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”] John’s 60 trees went out to The Brisbane […]
Kings Cars supporting Kinglake.
Peter King, from Kings Cars has been a long time supporter of Fifteen Trees. Over the years, he has helped to fund the planting of well over 1500 trees. For every new Citroen and Mitsubishi Peter sells, he has 15 trees planted. Towards the end of 2012, another 200 trees were planted in the Kinglake […]
Whroo Conservation Reserve.
Asha Celeste Cato and Keir Angus MacDonald from Angus & Celeste has been long time supporters of our native environment, donating $1.00 for every on-line purchase made from their beautiful website. They produce contemporary porcelain jewellery and modern collectable home wares. Well worth a look. Seventy five trees were planted recently, across 2 sites on […]
Trees as Gifts.
Coming up to Christmas, I’ve had a few people buy trees as gifts to give this festive season. These ‘gift trees’ (60) have all been planted in one location at Heathcote, Victoria. Heide Hackworth from Earth Greetings bought 15 trees each for her sales reps. Robert Wilhelm, Stacey Mulcahy and Thalia Whetstone are now driving […]
Tree Planting at Brigid’s Paddock.
Sr Anne from the St Brigidine Order has taken me a little under her wing and has galvanised many of the Sisters around Australia to carbon offset their vehicles with Fifteen Trees. As a result, this year I have planted 300 trees on their behalf and the lovely thing is … the trees have all […]
Moral Fair Ground.
Over the first weekend in December at Federation Square, Australia’s largest fair trade festival, the Moral Fair Ground was held. Fifteen Trees was very happy to be part of the event. [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”] […]
Tree Planting for Flexicar.
Melbourne’s own car share company Flexicar has once again provided funding to Fifteen Trees to enable another 300 trees to be planted in Victoria. These trees were planted in the Brisbane Ranges across 2 locations at Balliang and Staughton. The first 200 trees went out to the Kerr property in Balliang and were planted along […]
Have you seen a thing more lovely than a tree?
[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”] Hello Colleen, The year 3/ 4’s have recently planted your trees along the fence at the rear of the school to help us improve our environment. Mr Longley supervised the plating […]
