Rob’s Horticulture has a dedicated following in NSW’s Wollondilly, Macarthur & Wingecarribee. Their lawn and garden care programs are just the tip of their professional iceberg, with a team of gardening experts committed to maximising their clients’ investment by fostering a healthy and vibrant garden all year-round. Taking care of the whole system, starting with the soil, is a key part of Rob’s method. Qualified horticulturalists provide disease and pest identification and control which do not compromise plant, human and animal health.

Rob’s Horticulture annually purchases trees for us to plant on their behalf. The trees are distributed to community groups for planting and are sourced from native nurseries to ensure the seedings are grown from indigenous seed collected from the local area.

Hunter Valley, NSW | 80 trees | 2026

There’s a creek in the Hunter Valley that runs through mixed farming country before joining the Hunter River. The creek is called Wallis Creek, and it is home to something rare on the Hunter Floodplain – a handful of huge remnant rainforest trees that have survived for centuries. These trees the last of their kind in this part of the landscape, and the Hunter Rainforest Revival Project is determined to make sure they’re protected in the decades to come.

Over three volunteer days, a mix of local community members and staff from NGM Group’s corporate offices in Newcastle gathered at Wallis Creek to plant along the riparian corridor.  For those unfamiliar with the term, riparian zones are the living edges of our waterways, they are among the most ecologically important habitat in the Australian landscape.

The species planted reflect the diversity and ambition of the project – River Oak, Swamp Oak, Cabbage Gum, River Red Gum, Flooded Gum, Swamp Mahogany, Forest Red Gum, Flax-leaved Paperbark, Prickly-leaved Tea Tree, Native Frangipanni, Soft Corkwood and Willow-leaved Bottlebrush. Together, these native trees and shrubs will establish a critical habitat link between existing rainforest patches across the Local Government Area and the Lower Hunter. A new biodiversity corridor created so that birds, pollinators and wildlife can move through safely as the landscape slowly reconnects.

We really appreciate the sponsorship that has made this revegetation site at Wallis Creek possible. This site is a crucial link in the chain of Dry Rainforest habitat across the Hunter – one of the rarest and most threatened ecosystems in New South Wales. Without the support of sponsors, projects like this simply wouldn’t happen. Every tree planted here brings us one step closer to reconnecting the fragmented patches of rainforest that remain, and giving the wildlife that depends on them a genuine future in this landscape.

Stacy Mail | Lower Hunter Landcare Coordinator | HRLN

Local birds and pollinators matter enormously. As the planting matures and begins to flower and fruit, it will attract the kind of wildlife that spreads seed, helping to expand local habitats naturally over time. The project’s mascot, the magnificent Regent Bowerbird, is the species they’re most hoping to entice.

Bombay, NSW | 50 trees planted | 2025

The 50 trees were planted in the the upper Shoalhaven River catchment district, 14km to the southwest of Braidwood on the traditional lands of the Ngarigo and Yuin nations. Conservation reserves in the area include Tallaganda National Park and Tallaganda Conservation Area.

This region is predominately made up of vegetation associated with Dry Sclerophyll Forests.  The Eucalyptus tree canopy is sparse to mid-dense and consists predominately of Broad Leaved Peppermint, Red Spotted Gum and Scribbly Gum. The occasional Black Sheoak forms part of a sparse small tree layer. The Bombay region is also home to the critically endangered Bombay Bossiaea, a wiry shrub, with pea shaped yellow flowers growing in the steep valley of the Shoalhaven River.

We are absolutely delighted to benefit from your wonderful generosity.  The local land owners who form the Bombay Landcare Group take great pride in their efforts to put back into the local environment. We have used your donation to purchase ‘fit for purpose’ local species to regenerate the land. From the prevention of erosion to building wildlife corridors, the regeneration effort of our group will no doubt have a positive and lasting impact on the region.

Carmen Byrne | President | Bombay Landcare Group

Some of the species of trees planted at the site included; Wattles (Snowy River, Silver, Green and Blackwood), Hakeas, She-Oaks and Gums (Black, Red Spotted, Yellow Box, Black Sally and Ribbon), Bottlebrushes (Riber, Scarlet, Lemon and Crimson) and Tea trees.

Carwoola, NSW | 40 trees | 2024

The trees planted were a mixture of Yellow Box, Red Box, Scribbly Gum, Apple Box, Black Wattle, River Bottle Brush and Boxleaf Wattle. These trees will grow to provide both large tree canopy and understory links from the native vegetation reserves on the nearby road corridor.

Thank you for the wonderful support that has givn me the motivation to increase the vegetation on my property. I’m confident that with care, these plantings will positively impact our environment and be there for the next generation to enjoy.

T. Sanders | Member | Queanbeyan Landcare

Greta Valley, VIC | 60 trees | 2023

The trees were planted over the winter months by the Greta Valley Landcare Group at Moyhu, on Taungurung country in North East Victoria. They were planted along the Moyhu Walking track, Meadow Creek Rd, just outside the township.

If you would like to know more about sponsoring community tree planting projects and how we can assist you in becoming a more sustainable business, please contact Colleen at <[email protected]>.

Writer: Bronwyn Blaiklock.

Bronwyn is a multidisciplinary creative: a poet, a pianist, a reformed perfectionist. She has worked in the creative and education sectors for over 25 years. She also confesses to having an affair with an accordion, but whatever you do, don’t tell the piano. Find Bronwyn here.