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Warm Mud for EPA
20/10/20101041 Eucalyptus Road Glenburn.10 volunteers from the EPA . Chris & Janet from Landcare.Beautiful sunny , warm day.Before lunch planted native grasses around the new dam to stablize the soil and create habitat for birds & frogs.The EPA crew ( Caroline organised all this ) shared a sumptous picnic lunch on the back patio .…
Read MoreLorax project winds down for 2010
The Lorax project is winding down now until next treeplanting season. Most of our seedlings have been distributed by Chris , Cathy & Janet .A waiting list for next years plant selection is being compiled .Plans to seed collect for growing next years plants are being made .Volunteers growers are being recruited. 13,200 seedlings were…
Read MoreWhere did all these plants come from ?
Where did all the trees we have been planting come from ? Actually most of what we have been planting are not trees but are understorey plants . Shrubs , low bushes , ground covers , herbs and grasses. ( nothing too fire prone ) Our plants had been grown from locally collected seed by…
Read MoreBackyard Blitz in Wandong
September 27 & 29th 2010ANZ Finance Dept – 17 volunteersplus Janet & Chris.Todays project was to finish a garden make over for Mary-Anne & Chris Mount View Rd Wandong .The house was saved from the fire but their garden was devastated.We planted exotic shrubs in the newly landscaped front garden and native shrubs around the…
Read MoreKinross Chook Farm
Things got pretty muddy at Kinross Chook Farm at Flowerdale this September . Treeplanting days were postponed until the access trail dried out . So far 2 Volunteers groups have contributed their time to this wetland protection project . The owners of Kinross farm have decided to fence out a couple of beautifully big dams…
Read MoreSaddle Club
Sales representatives from Bristol- Myers – Squibb Pharmaceutical Company decided to conclude their Hepatitis type B1 Conference with a team building volunteer activity. These guys were from all over Australia and needed a tree planting site within 1hours drive of Tullamarine Airport . We found that perfect site at Jonathan McLean’s Equestrian Center ,Combinaine. We…
Read MoreWet Feet
27/8/2010 Treeproject / Landcare Partnership Tree Planting Day. 17 ANZ volunteers De driving the Treeproject bus . Chris & Janet from Landcare. Davis Property. Glenburn. The project for the day was to plant and guard 300 understorey plants in the bare patches amongst the manna gums along the Yea River at the bottom of Gail’s…
Read MoreTwo Hills Road – Glenburn
20/8/2010 Treeproject / Landcare Partnership 8 ANZ VolunteersDe and Tim from TreeprojectJanet and Chris from Landcare. 300 plants for roadside screening and creek restoration at Hillary Craig’s place in Glenburn.
Read MoreTree Project Sans Frontiers (with apologies to the Doctors with the same name)
Tree Project has been helping us out this Winter; they have supplied extra seedlings (we over subscribed our 28,000) and they have supplied their volunteer groups. Support from other agencies has been essential in getting our work done and Tree Project, like many others, responded to our call for help.
Read MoreSuccessful ANZ & Landcare & Treeproject partnership continues.
July 2nd 2010Heather and Steve Joblin were assisted in repairing their large revegetation project which was burnt by the fires in Strath Creek. 300 trees were added to the steep hill sides.Volunteer workers included 8 ANZ bankers from Southbank in the city , Timothy from Treeproject plus Justus and Janet Hagen from Landcare. The chatter…
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