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TreeProject Volunteer Growing Memories

Written by Carolyn Gilpin, Volunteer Grower of more than two decades. I can’t recall how I heard about TreeProject volunteer growing but I decided it was something useful and green I could do in the backyard of my parents’ home,…

How birds healed their broken hearts…

Phil Johnson and his wife Sarah had dreamed of setting up home on a property that had amazing potential to create an incredible environment and habitat for wildlife. Their search led them to the Yarra Valley, a region full of…

Confessions of a first-time grower

Next weekend I’ll have mixed feelings when I deliver my trees to a farmer in Yellingbo, marking the end of my first growing season with TreeProject. A nervous beginning The excitement of handing over my plants feels like when I…

Why I joined as a planting day volunteer

My name is Jeremiah and I currently work here as a Library Officer with a local council but in a previous life I was a farmer in County Cork, Ireland. The Irish Government had a reforestation project in which I participated,…

New Life…New Trees

A shoutout to each and every TreeProject supporter. We'd love to hear your story too! Hi, I'm Agus, founder of Faunus’ Dream, a small business that collects babies clothes, washes and reconditions them and then offers them in beautiful, zero-waste…

15,000 seedlings planted…

We planted a lot more than trees that day…

"Jamie and I just wanted to share how wonderful our recent experience with TreeProject has been. We live on 120 acres of cleared land that was settled in the 1800s. There are very few trees left of what was once…

8000 seedlings headed to bushfire affected area in Upper Murray

Remember the feature image from our first edition of The Leaflet? We thought you may be interested to know that those seedlings [Brachychiton populneus | Kurrajong] are being grown by TreeProject volunteers for a project in collaboration with Upper Murray Landcare and…