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Simon Mulqueen from F. W. Barnes & Son Funerals has once again supported tree planting groups in the Ballarat District.  Simon annually plants one tree for every funeral service he conducts in Ballarat and Bendigo. As a result last month, 100 trees were planted by local community networks at Meredith (as shown above) and another 150 trees at Ross Creek (as shown below).

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At Ross Creek, Rosemary Barnett from Landcare Victoria planted their trees with the help of local volunteers. Over at Meredith, Hedley Thompson from BEN (Ballarat Environmental Network) also worked with a group of volunteers. He writes “What we found really exciting (when we went back to check on the trees), was to observe the large number of indigenous chocolate lilies and other ground flora that was coming up around many of these trees.  These plants – not observed in recent years – have obviously benefited from the spraying of planting sites, carried out several months prior to the plantings, to kill the exotic grasses that otherwise dominate the planting area. Just shows you the power of survival – despite years of being submerged under the heavy cover of grasses, these apparently delicate plants still survive. We look forward to seeing these plants flowering over the coming months.  Just another benefit of putting back the trees.”

Local native nurseries have also benefited from Simon’s generosity, in this case – Treehome Nursery and Ballarat Wild Plants.

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