Category: Volunteers

Koala And Joey
Save the Koala Do you remember 2019? It’s hard to believe the Bushfires that destroyed much of the Victorian countryside and east coast of Australia only happened less than 4 years ago, in the ‘Pre-Covid’ era. During that time, thousands of acres of…

Treeproject Planting Day Yarra Glen 21 June 2023
If I Had A HammerMy work involves getting on a lot of planes and writing about what I see at the other end, but it still took a while to make a habit of ticking the carbon offset box on the airline booking page.…

Grow Seedlings.
Why become a TreeProject volunteer grower?Arguably one of the most valuable ways folks can get involved and support the work of TreeProject is by becoming a grower. This entails signing up to cultivate the indigenous seedlings needed for planting. While commitment and responsibility are involved,…

National Tree Day
National Tree DayWe Australians love our iconic forests and trees. Last year’s ABC program, “Australia’s favourite tree”, highlighted the stories of just some of the magnificent array of trees that call Australia home. Unfortunately, however, our environment and trees are in decline.

Asger And Sue Sturup
From Chance to Legacy“There’s a great wonderment in growing a tree. From a seed you can hardly see and the first steps you take to sowing it in the soil. Then this sprout comes out and you know that it’s going to be…

Campbell Gome - 2019
Bringing science to life for primary school kidsRemember hearing all those sighs of delight and relief from parents across Victoria as kids resumed school following the Covid lockdowns?! It wasn’t such a long time ago when virtual learning was the norm, it was an adjustment for everyone…

Acacia Paradoxa
TreeProject Volunteer Growing MemoriesWritten 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,…