Archives: Tree Plantings

‘Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my tree today’. Martin Luther  Hi Colleen, We have planted the trees we got through Fifteen Trees at Ross Creek. Our Landcare members and friends prepared the sites and the trees were planted on National Tree Day 31st July 2011. They were […]

‘One generation plants the Trees; another gets the shade’.  Chinese proverb David Reid from WA contacted me with a request for Fifteen Trees to plant 120 trees on his behalf to reduce his company’s carbon footprint. The company David Reid Painting Contractors are in  Perth and David wanted one tree planted for each house that he painted. As […]

“As the poet said, ‘Only God can make a tree’ — probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on”. Woody Allen (1935 – ) [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”]Dear Colleen, […]

Shayne Westblade from Ballarat Stationers was one of the first business managers I approached when I begun Fifteen Trees 18 months ago. His enthusiastic response encouraged me to continue with the idea of approaching companies to carbon offset their cars by supplying trees to Landcare and landowners. Shayne carbon offset his 5 work vehicles with Fifteen Trees and as a […]

In February this year (along the banks of the Yarra) I set up a Fifteen Trees stall as part of the Sustainable Living Festival. It was three days of beautiful weather, 100’s of visitors, endless cups of coffee and talking non-stop about trees. During this time a number of festival goers decided to carbon offset their cars with […]

Hi Colleen We finally got out into the paddocks on Sunday to plant our 60 “fifteen trees”.  A day of planting trees and hearing about carbon tax and renewable energy – a good day it was!  My two sons, Hamish and Morgan, helped me plant the 60 trees to widen our wildlife corridors and the […]

[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”] Out in the Kimore and Kinglake districts of Victoria, 500 trees were recently planted on a property damaged by the Black Sunday bushfires. These trees were kindly donated by Steve Cadden from Booran Holden […]

[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”] Hi Colleen, As a group, our neighbours and ourselves planted the native tubestock along the creek bank that runs behind our properties.  With the kind help of the fabulous staff at the […]

The Napoleon-Enfield Landcare group have been very busy this past month planting out 500 trees in the Napoleon district (south of Ballarat). The trees were planted at 6 locations with another 100 earmarked for the Napoleon’s Primary School students to plant on National Tree Day on July 29th.  The group have been very grateful for the support of their […]

  “Friends of Westgate Park has successfully planted 450 trees  at Westgate Park( found right under the Bridge) using volunteers from The Green Jobs Corps. This group forms part of a Commonwealth Government initiative providing training and practical work for young people. The trees will be well maintained by the group (who has an excellent reputation). The re vegetation in Westgate […]