A great incentive to encourage trees

[amalan11]

Today is national Tree Day  and to mark it my local council  in inner Sydney had lots of park plantings where they supplied thousands of little plants and volunteers  planted them. It seems to be in collaboration with Planet Ark.

It was great  to see people and families all out helping.

But the other initiative was to offer  Ratepayers  the chance to go and collect  a large bagged Native tree ,there were about 8 types  Eucalyptus, Banksias,Flame Trees and wattles, free with ID .

I got myself a really beautiful 2.5 M  Bottlebrush with about 10 blooms . People responded really well and there were a steady stream of people getting lovely big trees for their yards.

There were council workers there to advise on Your choice and give advice.

I think its a wonderful initiative and better than street planting which unfortunately often gets vandalised. It really upsets me to see a nice tree vandalised   and gosh it is common in our area, they break them down at the stalk  or kick them,about 6 months ago the council planted about 10 big trees along the main shopping strip ,all were destroyed within a month so it seems better to me to spend the money on trees for residents who will look after them.

I often think inner city councils come up with some crazy plans so its nice to see a sensible  one.It got me thinking even if they charged say cost  for them It would be a great way to encourage people to plant Native trees . It was surprising how many people came on foot for them and took them off on trolleys ,as i dont drive its hard to get to the big nurseries and get a big tree home so it would really be great to buy trees off councils. 

[freshwater-2]

now i'm at the bech with no trees in sight, not real trees, just small recently planted trees. i really miss the trees but i'm sure the majority of my neighbours would be horrified if a tree blocked their view of the sea.

David, some  trees block my view of the lake from my deck.  I don't care.  Trees are sacred and part of nature. They will still be there long after I fall off my perch.  Watching the constant daily activiities of birds and critters in my trees is pure magic....the best view anyone could have.