July 30, 2011
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Turlyndale.
TREES PLANTED
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 result 75 trees have been planted. Sixty at Turlyndale (letter below) and another fifteen were give to the students at Lumen Christi Primary school (Delacombe) for their tree planting day.
Hi Colleen,
We have planted the trees in two locations to supplement other plantings and we are trying to link our trees to give the native birds a connection with some remnant vegetation that exists about our property. The first 20 trees have been planted now for about 3 – 4 weeks and appear to be doing quite well. The last 40 were planted last week end and as you will see by the photo we have put both mulch and an old tyre about the trees to try and protect them from rabbits, etc.
Lyn
Thank you Shayne for your support of rural Landcare groups and landowners who (in many places) are the caretakers of our beautiful country.
Cheers – Colleen
The number of trees planted (to date) through Fifteen Trees – 3735. RECENT TREE PLANTINGS
Queensland, Victoria
325 TREES PLANTED
February 4, 2026
Melbourne Climate Futures. An initiative from Melbourne University to empower the next generation of climate activists.
Victoria
100 TREES PLANTED
February 2, 2026
‘This project represents an important step toward improving the ecological health of the entire property. Sincere thanks go to all those who contributed plants, time and support helping turn a simple farm dam into a flourishing pocket of biodiversity’. Northern Bendigo Landcare.
Victoria
400 TREES PLANTED
January 6, 2026
David Cook-Doulton and Martin Shew always thought regional towns of Ballarat and Bendigo had a world-class feel. They could see it in the wide streets, the grand buildings and beautiful botanical gardens. And so two world-class hotels were created – Hotel Vera (Ballarat) and Hotel Ernest (Bendigo). Both hotels link luxury with environmental awareness as part of ‘true luxury, founded upon environmental integrity’.