On 5th July, 2022 Barwon Timber partnered with 15 Trees to plant 500 trees on the property of Brisbane Ranges Landcare members James and Sue.
With overcast skies and mild weather, we spent the good part of 3 hours digging holes, planting trees, establishing the tree guards, and then watering in the new trees.
Fifteen trees is an Australian company operating a small team of six along with a host of independent native nurseries and community groups (such as Landcare, school groups and environmental networks) across Australia.
To date, they have helped community groups plant almost 250,000 trees in all states and territories of Australia. Fifteen Trees helps individuals and businesses reduce their carbon footprint through sponsoring community tree planting projects.
The tree planting project undertaken in the gully is part of a bigger conservation story. Over to the east of this planting site, a group called Koala Clancy are busy planting out 1,000s of koala habitat trees. In the gully next door, Pana Chocolate is doing much the same.
All plantings have the same goal – to provide habitat trees and safe passage for wild koalas in this district.
The Brisbane Ranges Landcare project are working towards linking up and creating something called a biocorridor.
This corridor will link the native reserves of the Brisbane Ranges to the You Yangs and provide a safe corridor for koalas and indeed all native animals to move from one area of the district to another. The trees planted were a mixture of local Acacia, Banksia, Bursaria and Eucalyptus.
Everyone that came had a rewarding experience and left with the satisfaction of knowing they had done a small part to help the environment with the added bonus of a few snags cooked over an open fire.
A huge thanks to everyone involved!
For more information on 15 Trees, visit their website.