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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT TREES FOR LIFE? ANNUAL GARDEN PLANT SALE

TREE SCHEME ORDERS: OPEN 1 MAY

With a bumper season of orders placed last year, we’re preparing to start again in May for our 2022 Tree Scheme season. Native trees and shrubs provide amazing benefits for landscapes across South Australia. You can choose species to create windbreaks and shelter belts, attract pollinators, manage soil erosion and create homes for our precious native animals. If you ordered in the 2021 season, keep an eye on the post for your 2022 order from early May. If you don’t receive an order form, or would like us to send you one, please call 08 8406 0500 and we’ll send you a form for your area. You'll also find more information about the Tree Scheme on our website. Subsidies are available to South Australian landholders affected by fires from 2019-2022, and small community groups or schools (if you’re unsure if you qualify, we encourage you to get in touch). Please keep an eye on our Facebook page and website for updates.

Orders are open from 1 May until 31 August 2022. D id you know the native common everlasting (Chrysocephalum apiculatum) is a nectar and host plant for the Australian painted lady butterfly (Vanessa kershawi, pictured). A cheerful native plant with bright golden flowers, it’s a hardy, low maintenance, ornamental shrub with silvery grey foliage that will add something special to any garden. This native species and many more will be available at our Annual Garden Plant Sale. We’ll also have plants suitable for larger properties, perfect for those who missed out on our last Tree

Scheme order season. Trees For Life members receive a discount on all plants. Join online to access great savings at treesforlife.org.au.

Join us on 1 to 4 June between 9 am and 1 pm at our Westwood Nursery. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we'll be managing the number of people in the nursery at one time. Bookings essential. Contact us for more details.

TREE SCHEME GROWERS: NEED BACK-UP?

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

With May fast approaching you should have an idea of the number of seedlings you’ll have ready to hand over to your landholder for planting this winter. If you’re growing for T rees For Life is holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday 28 April at 6.00 pm, online via Zoom. The purpose of the short meeting is to seek approval for minor Constitutional amendments. a landholder it’s important to make sure you fulfil their entire order. If you find you need more seedlings to meet their order, please get in touch to request back-up seedlings. Back-up seedlings will be ready to collect from our Westwood Nursery on 28 to 30 April from 10 am to 12

These are mostly administrative, and also provide clarity pm. If you’re growing for your own project, please note about the use of online technologies for meetings and not all grow-your-own species are available as back-up. decision making out of session. For further information, However, we’ll do our best to find appropriate replacement and to RSVP, please email info@treesforlife.org.au or call species for your needs. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we'll us on 08 8406 0500. be managing the number of people in the Nursery across our Back-up Collection Days. Bookings will be essential and we’ll send more details in early April. If you’re unsure if you require back-up seedlings, or if you have any questions about your growing activities, please contact us.