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Tree vandalism signage 1 comment

Saving Our Trees wrote 2 weeks ago: Latrobe City Council in Victoria attached this sign on this poor vandalised tree recently.           … more →

Tags: Latrobe City Council, Street Trees, tree vandalism, tree vandalism signage, urban forest

The worst case of tree vandalism I have ever seen7 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 2 weeks ago:   Four mature Brushbox trees & one mature Callistemon around the corner were poisoned in th … more →

Tags: Benefits of Trees, Canterbury Council, managing tree vandalism, Street Trees, streetscape, tree vandalism, urban forest

Opportunity for street trees to be planted2 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 1 month ago: We would have all seen these along the streets of Marrickville municipality. It would be great if th … more →

Tags: Marrickville Council, Street Trees, Community Consultation, Marrickville LGA, urban forest, tree planting Marrickville Council, nominate a street tree site Marrickville municipality

Tree stories

Saving Our Trees wrote 1 month ago: Every time I walk or ride past the Poplars that line a good section of the shared pathway along the … more →

Tags: Bill Hayes A Year in Trees, Poplar trees Marrickville South, Radio National 360documentaries, Radio National Trees I’ve loved Trees I’ve lost, Tree stories

Help save pristine bushland in Bundeena1 comment

Saving Our Trees wrote 1 month ago: One section of the landscape in the Boy Scouts Camp Bundeena. Photo taken from the website of the Sp … more →

Tags: Boy Scouts’ Camp land Bundeena, Spring Gully Bundeena, aboriginal heritage sites Bundeena, Royal National Park Bundeena, Help Protect Spring Gully, Spring Gully Protection Group

Green space proven to restore the brain2 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 1 month ago: These men meet daily for a few hours to sit under the shade of a lovely Fig tree & chat. Meeting … more →

Tags: Heriot-Watt University, University of Edinburgh, brain fatigue research, human health and planning laws, green space in highrise housing, human health & green space

Unique trees of Gilgandra at risk of the chainsaw3 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 1 month ago:   I was shocked to read that power company Essential Energy wants to chop down some very signif … more →

Tags: tree removal, Gilgandra NSW, Gilgandra Shire Council, essential energy, trees of cultural significance, significant trees of Gilgandra at risk, Aboriginal scar trees, Wheat Carter's Tree Gilgandra at risk

International tree news – March 2013

Saving Our Trees wrote 1 month ago: Stunning Fig tree in Richardsons Reserve Marrickville   1.      62-year-old American, Harvey Up … more →

Tags: Anne Frank's Chestnut tree cuttings, British Columbia reforestation program, chop sticks and tree destruction, fossil trees in Thailand, Harvey Updyke Jr Toomer’s Oaks, International tree news – March 2013, One Bottle One Tree program, Pakistan tree burning World Forest Day, tree news

The Neighbourwoods program2 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 2 months ago: I am always stuck by how beautifully green & leafy Erskineville is, despite the narrow streets. … more →

Tags: Benefits of Trees, Biodiversity, City of Sydney Council, Neighbourwoods program City of Sydney Council, shade trees, street tree planting City of Sydney Council, streetscape, urban forest, urban heat island effect

Saving street trees Santa Cruz style2 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 2 months ago: Wonderful & attractive footpath management for street tree roots in Santa Cruz, California. Phot … more →

Tags: Street Trees, street tree root management Santa Cruz California, cutting or removing tree roots, tree root pruning, managing tree roots

Local tree news1 comment

Saving Our Trees wrote 2 months ago: The flower of the Ivory Curl tree 1.    A resident of historic Middle Park in Melbourne is fighting … more →

Tags: CCTV for tree vandalism, cedar trees Adelaide Oval, CitiPower and Middle Park palm tree, Local tree news February 2013, reward for tree vandalism prosecution, signs for tree vandalism, Simonds Homes family and Stonnington Council and Melbou, tree removal Toorak, tree vandalism

The City of Stirling tree-planting initiatives2 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 2 months ago: This section of Audley Street Petersham looks great. It’s nice to spend time at a cafe under t … more →

Tags: Tree-Planting, Marrickville LGA, urban forest, City of Stirling tree-planting initiatives, volunteer Street Tree Captains, Community Street Tree Planting Volunteer, Adopt a Street Tree Program

The link between tree loss and human death rates1 comment

Saving Our Trees wrote 3 months ago: Lush & green Victoria Street Dulwich Hill A green tragedy is happening across North America.  Si … more →

Tags: urban forest, Benefits of Trees, Environment, tree loss and human death rates, Emerald Ash Borer, U S Forest Service, trees and human health, tree loss and human health

Trees & happiness 1 comment

Saving Our Trees wrote 3 months ago: There is heaps of space for street trees along this stretch of New Canterbury Road & there are n … more →

Tags: Benefits of Trees, Forestry Commission of Great Britain, happiness throughout Sydney, Marrickville Australia's unhappiest suburb, Marrickville LGA, People and the Built Environment, streetscape, Trees, Trees & happiness

Raindrops & seed dispersal

Saving Our Trees wrote 4 months ago: Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the USA used high-speed footage to prove tha … more →

Tags: raindrops & seed dispersal, Australian Geographic, Georgia Institute of Technology USA

Tagging trees1 comment

Saving Our Trees wrote 4 months ago: Beautiful sign from a young person who knows the value of trees.  Photo by Selma Tracey Sergent with … more →

Tags: Marrickville LGA, urban forest, Urban Wildlife, tagging trees, tagged tree Petersham, Culture

Tree roots & footpaths3 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 4 months ago: The largest root of this street tree in Marrickville has been severed. By accident I came across thi … more →

Tags: Street Trees, clay soil, trove, tree roots and footpaths, Soil Movement, trees and footpaths

Albert Namatjira’s Ghost Gums no more2 comments

Saving Our Trees wrote 4 months ago: The trees featured in many of Albert Namatjira’s paintings. Image from the National Gallery of … more →

Tags: Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira, Albert Namatjira Ghost Gums, arson Australia's iconic Ghost Gums, tree vandalism

Benefits of trees

Saving Our Trees wrote 5 months ago: 19 great things trees do to help both people & the environment. This wonderful poster comes from … more →

Tags: Benefits of Trees, Trees, urban forest


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