40 MILLION TREES & BEYOND A Trees For Life Publication SUMMER 2021 ISSUE 160
SOWING SEEDS FOR CHANGE PART 4
CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE
WAY TO GROW!
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hroughout 2021, we have celebrated the achievements, friendships and milestones created over 40 years of Trees For Life. Since our founders first started growing seedlings in their backyards, nearly 40 million seedlings have been distributed and planted across South Australia. These four decades have generated thousands of stories about the positive impacts for the animals and plants we share our home with. With roots deeply embedded in the South Australian community — and our local experience and knowledge — we can look to the coming decades with renewed commitment and passion. Land clearance was the catalyst that inspired hundreds of South Australians to start Trees For Life in the 1980s. Over the past decade, the climate and biodiversity crises have taken centre stage. International negotiations and commitments to solving these crises will only take us so far. Local action to secure the future of our home is now more important than ever.
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40 MILLION TREES & BEYOND
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HERE IS OUR STORY
We have bold plans to increase our impact, investing in more research, development and innovation, particularly exploring how we can overcome the climate change impacts already affecting many species and ecosystems in South Australia. Our Climate Change Resilience Strategy has been designed to help us navigate the way forward. As we do so, we are supporting our fellow South Australians to do the same. To go beyond our past achievements, we need your continued passion and support. Please come with us. As Christmas approaches, we look forward to spending time with our friends and families. Gifts given from the heart are the ones we value most. Our 40 Million Trees & beyond campaign is inviting you all to make a gift that is beyond measure … making our SA home a better place for all. The gift of a tree is a gift of hope for our future. We wish you and your loved ones a safe and peaceful holiday season and look forward to sharing our journey into 2022 and beyond.
Trees For Life acknowledges the traditional Custodians of our land and waters and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and relationship that First Nations have to Country. Editor: Samantha Catford Email: samc@treesforlife.org.au
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Cover photo: River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) by Samantha Catford.
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SOWING THE SEEDS FOR CHANGE PART 4
TOP: Kangaroo Island Bush Action
Team volunteers.
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BOTTOM: TFL Works staff Sam and Jason at a
'Reclaim the Dunes' planting day in 2020.
We are now 40 years young! We thought it would be fitting to look back at the last decade and how it helped shape our future.
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hrough the work of staff and volunteers, with the generosity of our donors and supporters, everything we have achieved has truly been home grown with love. The last decade has seen us face some harsh realities but it has given us hope and inspiration for how we can continue to improve our state and face the effects of the increasingly rapid changes in our climate. Being in the driest state on the driest continent in the world, we have seen our fair share of droughts and heatwaves over the years. We have been no stranger to the harsh realities of our climate, but with seasons becoming shorter and more unpredictable, we now face more challenging working conditions and extreme threats to our environment. Bushfire recovery has been one of our biggest calls to action over the last ten years. Responding to these fires by bringing our decades of experience to the fore has resulted in the formation of new projects, new volunteers, and brought into sharp focus how we can respond best in a crisis.
In early 2015, the Sampson Flat bushfire burned uncontrolled for four days across 12,500 hectares of land and was just the start of more devastation to come later that year. In November came the devastatingly swift Pinery bushfire. This fire proved how quickly high winds and open fields can cause disaster, burning 82,500 hectares of land. The fire moved with incredible speed not previously seen in a bushfire. Our response was swift. With support from the state government, fellow volunteer organisations and supporters, we strived to help heal the land and make it stronger. It was
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a time in which South Australians came together for the greater good, something we would need to do time and time again. In late 2019 and early 2020, the Black Summer Bushfires tore through the country and burnt nearly 300,000 hectares of land across our state, severely affecting the Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island, Yorketown, the South East and Lower Eyre Peninsula. This devastation resulted in total or partial destruction of several national parks, extensive loss of wildlife, livestock, and homes. Sadly, three people died. As the fires raged on, our phones did not stop ringing. The support and passion
was overwhelming, with not only South Australians contacting us to get involved, but the rest of the world. This confirmed the work we’d been doing all these years had helped build a sense of trust within the community. Our ability to respond quickly and effectively in a crisis has informed our actions and goals for the decades ahead. In response to the amount of people wanting to get involved in recovery efforts we began running bushfire recovery planting days. These planting days allowed the community and our volunteers to go to bushfire affected regions and work together to bring new life to landholder’s properties. Taking Bush Action Teams to Kangaroo Island has been one of our biggest ventures and has received an overwhelming amount of support as our team’s journey across the sea to lend a helping hand. Trees For Life staff and volunteers have been combating invasive weed species that arose from the aftermath of the fires and planting native seedlings to help the island heal. We also began working in a greater capacity in coastal regions through the ‘Reclaim the Dunes’ project across Holdfast Bay to create greater habitat to protect and enhance the dunes. Our TFL Works team has worked tirelessly on many coastal sites to help restore biodiversity. Our ‘Stepping Stones into Nature’ program works with new arrivals to Australia to introduce them to our unique native plants and animals and to connect with nature at their own pace. ‘Regenerate’ is another program that brings the benefits of nature to people as therapy to enhance relaxation, allowing those with vulnerable mental health to work in a safe and rewarding space. These programs and activities have continually improved our relationship with the community and given the people of South Australia more opportunities to take action — encompassing the "home grown with love" mindset that clearly stands out when looking back over the last 40 years. This last decade has made us more future-focused than ever before, looking at how we can prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead. This led to the creation of two key documents; ‘Strategic Directions’ and our ‘Climate Change Resilience Strategy’ that serve as our foundations for the decades to come. In addition, we have become involved in a number of large-scale projects that further
utilise our expertise to protect the future of our landscape. Healing our land and supporting the community that manages it will continue to be top priorities for the organisation. Through the ‘Paddock Tree Project’, ‘Communities helping Cockies’, and ‘Revitalising Private Conservation in SA’, we have demonstrated how we can play a greater role in protecting and restoring land now and in the future. The 'Paddock Tree Project', introduced in 2016, addresses the loss of long-standing paddock trees on farmland. By working with landholders we have been able 4
to establish a new generation of South Australian paddock trees to benefit farmers by providing shade and shelter for stock, improving soil quality, and attracting a greater diversity of helpful insects and birds. To date, the project has planted 20,000 paddock trees covering 7,964 hectares of land and shown what can be done at a large scale when we work side by side with landholders.
OPPOSITE PAGE: Volunteers at a
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ABOVE: Survivor paddock tree on
a bushfire affected property.
Surveys show that the managers of all 70 properties where we've planted paddock trees believe the project has allowed them to achieve biodiversity outcomes alongside agricultural outcomes.
– ReLeaf Issue 153, Autumn 2020.
Another important initiative is the 'Cockies Habitat Project', part of 'Communities helping Cockies'. Since 2018, Trees For Life has been restoring habitat in the South East to further revegetate the region while providing crucial habitat for the endangered South-eastern Red-tailed BlackCockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne). These charismatic birds are fussy eaters — only eating the seeds of brown and desert stringybarks (Eucalyptus baxteri and Eucalyptus arenacea) and buloke (Allocasuarina luehmannii) — and rely on very old, very large trees with hollows for their nests. Our staff and volunteers have worked hard to collect seed, propagate and plant seedlings to provide valuable food source, habitat and understorey with more than 22,300 seedlings put in the ground. This includes 3,450 buloke and 2,400 stringybark food trees planted as part of the incredible work undertaken in the region. Without ensuring the security of land we could not continue doing this important work, which is where our involvement in ‘Revitalising Private Conservation in SA’ comes in. Having been extensively involved with the original Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement program we were enthusiastic to get involved with the next iteration.
Forming a partnership with environmental and agricultural producer organisations in 2019, strengthened our relationships with the agricultural sector and lent our expertise to landholders. We’re working together to ensure the protection and conservation of some of the most important ecosystems across our state by expanding the number, extent and quality of protected areas of native vegetation on private land. Through this important work in conservation, Heritage Agreement owners can continue to protect precious native bushland and promote biodiverse ecosystems for generations to come. As we look beyond our 40th year to the decades ahead, we are prepared and ready for the challenges we face. Our ability to adapt and our unwavering commitment to our mission will hold us in good stead. Come with us South Australia. For more information on the projects and programs mentioned above please visit treesforlife.org.au. TOP LEFT: Bush For Life volunteer Alan (left) with Bush For Life staff members Rohan (middle) and Sam (right). TOP RIGHT: Seed Bank Manager Daniel
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2012-2021 IN NUMBERS Total trees grown:
8,068,155 Volunteer hours:
2,846,327 HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS 2012 Doug & Olga Farnill Mary-Anne Healy 2015 William (Bill) Caire Sue Macklin 2017 David Mitchell
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arlier this year Trees For Life released a strategy for how we can work together to address the challenges presented by climate change. Restoration and conservation in both urban and rural settings are powerful tools for combating the worst effects of climate change. Through our research and conversations with our partners working across government and non-government sectors we
identified seven key themes that serve as our guide in providing opportunities to act, protect, inspire and mitigate the impact of climate change. Our Climate Change Resilience Strategy is intended to be a document of hope and opportunity. The work that Trees For Life does is already a fundamental part of tackling climate change. We invite you as individuals and organisations
to join with us in implementing the actions in this strategy. Sharing time, expertise and resources we can and will make a significant and lasting difference in protecting and building South Australia’s landscapes. Natasha Davis, CEO To read our strategy, scan the QR code below, or visit treesforlife.org.au.
Theme 1 Climate resilience leadership in nature conservation Theme 7 Planning for people and infrastructure
Theme 2 Climate-proofing revegetation
Theme 3 Extreme weather and disaster preparedness and response
Theme 6 Communicating hope
Theme 5 Targeted intervention in at-risk ecosystems
Theme 4 Traditional knowledge
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ur Trees For Life ‘family tree’ has its roots firmly grounded in South Australian soil as it branches out across our state, spreading goodwill for future generations. In fact, speak to just about any local you meet and they will tell you that they — or their grandfather, grandmother, mother, father, aunty, uncle, cousin or friend — have grown for Trees For Life. This shared love for our South Australian home is what makes our mission to protect and restore our landscapes possible. There is no doubt that we face significant challenges ahead. Climate change is creating more extreme weather events, drought and more intensive fires. Under the weight of these pressures the intricate balance of nature and the rich diversity of our home is under threat. Our mission to protect and restore our home is stronger than ever. We must continue to collect seed while it’s available, grow and plant seedlings to bring the land back to life, and explore ways to protect our threatened ecosystems. Since we began we have grown almost 40 Million Trees. That’s 40 Million reasons to hope.
Now, it’s time to go beyond and explore new ways of working in a rapidly changing climate. Securing the future of our home will require us to invest in more research, testing and monitoring. Your Christmas gift to restore our land makes it a better place for you and your family … and for all who call SA home. As we look beyond our 40th year to the decades ahead, we are prepared and ready for the challenges we will face. Our ability to adapt and our unwavering commitment to our mission will hold us in good stead. It’s time to go beyond what’s possible. Come with us … Please consider donating today to help us go beyond 40 Million Trees. To donate, simply scan the QR code below, visit treesforlife.org.au or call us on 08 8406 0500.
Female spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) building her nest in Trott Park, South Australia.
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Every donation of $35 can grow 10 trees to create habitat. How you can help us go beyond 40 Million Trees: $60 can collect two bags of precious native seed. $87.50 can grow 25 trees to create habitat. $129 can operate a water trailer to water 150 seedlings. $270 can train a seed collection volunteer. $650 can grow 186 trees to create habitat. $1,500 can help fund Direct Seeding trials. $2,000 can help fund research into the decline of Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua).
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HERE IS OUR STORY
1. Reduce Our Carbon Footprint: We're going to push down our carbon footprint through Foodland network's ‘Renewable Electricity Agreement’ with our adoption of LED lighting and energy efficient refrigeration in every Foodland supermarket. 2. Towards Zero Waste: Every Foodland store will have a detailed strategy and program to keep food out of landfill and reverse the rate of food waste. 3. Better Packaging: 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging will be standard in every store by 2025. We're also going to introduce a soft plastic recycling scheme and support product stewardship programs.
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t Foodland, we are indeed "The Mighty South Aussies" and when you shop with us you also help support your local community. We support many worthwhile charities and remain committed to the South Aussie community; that is why we have decided to partner with Trees For Life. Together, we can bring awareness and create lasting change for our environment. Due to our store footprint in South Australia, we have the biggest distribution and reach with our store locations into each community. Therefore, we can reach more people with the important environmental message; to play our role in protecting our environment for future generations to come. Foodland continues to implement ‘green’ solutions across the business in line with the evolving global sustainability practices and innovative technology that will create a lower environmental footprint. Our customers and our values at Foodland are the driving force behind our sustainability program as we commit to be an industry leader in this space.
4. Great Food For All: All Foodland branded products will be bound by a Responsible Sourcing Guideline by 2023. We will make sure our fresh seafood is 100% sustainable, our beef is free from added hormones, our Foodland brand eggs are cage free, our chickens have more fresh air and we'll move towards being RSPCA-approved. 5. Happy and Healthy: We will be a market leader in fresh, healthy and functional foods and develop partnerships with a range of not-for-profit organisations that align great food with improved mental health. 6. A Fair Go For All: Foodland will become a leading employer and workplace, advocating for equality in the community to create improved: Accessibility, Gender balance, Flexibility, Respect for people's cultural beliefs, and Support for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
FOODLAND SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
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We're lucky to live here, in MIGHTY South Australia. Foodland is taking the future seriously and affirming our commitment to ensure “great food always lives here”. Now is our chance to safeguard SA's food bowl, to invest in the health of our community and to continue to build a futureproof business. Our organisation is thinking smarter, digging deeper and forging stronger connections to South Australians underpinned by these seven pillars.
7. Local, Above All Else: Foodland will continue its South Australian and Australian-First sourcing policy. We're committing to grow Foodland Community Chest year-on-year and continue to lead the market when it comes to giving back to the community we serve. We understand that what makes Foodland great is that we're connected here. 9
WAY TO GROW!
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ur volunteer growers are incredibly dedicated. They commit their summer and holiday time to nurture the next generation of native trees and shrubs for our Tree Scheme. Through our online and in person workshops, proudly supported by SA Power Networks, we’re able to give our volunteers the best possible start on their growing journey. With more new people getting involved each year, we talk to one of our volunteers — Alisia Baker — to find out how she found the experience and what made her come back to grow with us for another season.
What inspired you to grow? A friend of mine was a volunteer grower the season before I started and I was so interested and inspired by her! She would post photos and updates so I did some more research and found out more about the program. I loved the idea of giving back to farmers that work so hard to keep this country going. How was your first experience growing? I was so stressed out that I was going to mess it right up and have no trees grow! I turned into the crazy lady that was checking my pots morning and night waiting for the little seedlings to pop their heads out of the dirt! The day I went out and saw a flush of green, I was jumping around with so much excitement! Once I knew that I had the first stage completed I could really enjoy it and marvel at the fact, I was growing trees! What was the most rewarding part of the process? Coming to the end of the season and having them ready for the farmer that had ordered them. To be able to stand back and look at them and know, I did that!
What made you realise that you had to come back and grow the following season? I found the process so rewarding and fulfilling. Being able to use my time to help someone else that works so hard to provide for their families. I love spending time in my garden growing vegetables so this just felt like a natural progression to me and I can’t wait to see the smile on my landholders face when they see their trees for the first time! How did you find the online workshop? Did it get you off to a good start? I found the online workshop really helpful and answered a lot of questions that I had. It was broken down into simple terms and the step by step run through helped me to visualise what I needed to do. The person that ran it was really thorough and took time to answer the questions people had. What was your average day like over the summer period as you cared for your seedlings? I would go out in the morning and give the trees a good water so they were hydrated for the day and then when I came home from work I would check over them for pests, diseases or weeds and then give them another quick water.
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Did you get anyone else involved with your growing? How did they find the experience? My eight year old son helped me to pot up the soil and he also helped with the day to day care of the trees. We talked about why we were doing it and how it's a good thing to help others. We researched the region we were growing for and how certain trees grow in certain areas and climates. We even drove to the town to have look around! My husband also helped out with the watering and weeding. They enjoyed it and we can't wait to get started again! For more information on our Tree Scheme and volunteer growing visit treesforlife.org.au.
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or many supporters, Trees For Life is more than an organisation, it’s a community of like-minded and interested people and a great labour of love. One of our community elders, Roger Brown, passed away this year and those who worked closest with him would like to recognise and thank him, and his family, for his extraordinary contribution. Roger was a stalwart and mentor, he was extremely knowledgeable and had a disarming and wicked sense of humour. I know he is missed by many. Vicki-Jo Russell Revegetation Services Manager, 2015-present Roger was already a volunteer grower when he joined the team of Seed Bank volunteers shortly after the office moved to Pasadena. At that time we increased the volunteer team to two people, and for the next 20 years, Roger and Mary Taylor, were my wonderful Wednesday volunteers. They cleaned batches of seed, booked them in, weighed the seed into small packets and kept records and paperwork in order. Roger's attention to detail was thorough. Indeed, on
occasions some others in the team found Roger's corrections of spelling and commas a little too thorough! However, I loved his precision and the challenges he gave me. Roger's dedication remained strong even when his health did not, finishing in the Seed Bank when the office closed for the first COVID-19 lockdown. At the end of that lockdown Mary was able to return to the task, but Roger was not. If you have had any involvement with the Tree Scheme since the late 90s, it's probable that you have handled plants for which Roger had a hand in cleaning, weighing and sorting the seed. It’s wonderful that these plants will keep growing for many years to come as a memorial to Roger. Bruce Smith Seed Bank Manager, 1995-2017 I had the privilege of working with Roger Brown in the Seed Bank. He was a very loyal and dedicated volunteer, and being a scientist, always paid close attention to accuracy, bringing his own scales for weighing the seeds. He was a very intelligent and scholarly man with a 11
PhD in crystallography, though he once told me that had he followed another discipline it could well have been entomology, and he always closely examined any insects lurking among the seeds. He was a stickler for correct English spelling and grammar, with which, having been an English teacher, I readily concurred. He travelled widely and was a person of many interests and we often had fascinating discussions about local and world affairs. He shared his wife Beverley’s passion for the arts and always kept me abreast of the Adelaide arts scene. At lunch time, Roger would drive down to IKEA for a bottomless coffee. He often returned with an unusual plant in a pot, and though he admitted he didn’t need any more plants, he was often tempted to buy just one more. After a day of work, Roger would give me a ride into the city, an opportunity for more companionable conversation. Roger was a good man, and a good friend. Thank you, Roger. Mary Taylor Seed Bank volunteer & Gold Member, 1989-present
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e are currently seeking new properties for habitat restoration projects. Trees For Life has two programs that provide support to landholders for larger scale revegetation projects — ‘Trees For Habitat’ and ‘Trees For Carbon’. Trees For Habitat: Biodiversity plantings in strategic locations to improve habitat outcomes for South Australia’s native animals. Plantings are covered by property agreements. Trees For Carbon: Biodiversity plantings that provide multiple environmental benefits as well as offset opportunities for individuals and organisations. Carbon plantings have property agreements and are independently audited. South Australian landholders interested in restoring their land are invited to contact us for more information. By participating in one of our revegetation programs you’ll be able to achieve your restoration goals with assistance from Trees For Life. To express your interest please contact Natasha Davis on 08 8406 0500 or email natashad@treesforlife.org.au.
GIVE EARTH GREETINGS THIS CHRISTMAS
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ur Earth Greetings Christmas cards have arrived. You have four designs to choose from this year. Make sure to get yours before they disappear. The cards are carbon neutral, printed in Australia using vegetable based ink, 100% post-consumer waste paper and plastic free packaging. Earth Greetings donate 5% of all profits to Trees For Life and have supported us for over a decade. We’re very grateful to Heide and the Earth Greetings team. Order your cards online at treesforlife.org.au. Or pick up from our office at 5 May Terrace, Brooklyn Park (Mon to Fri, 9-5pm). You can also call us on 08 8406 0500 to order over the phone.
Choose from Flame Robin (top left), Owl & Mistletoe (top right), Joyful Waratahs (bottom left), Merry Natives (bottom right). Only $14 for a box of 8 cards (plus postage).
Please note: Australia Post advises delivery delays may be experienced as COVID-19 restrictions are having a higher than usual impact right now.
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Short-beaked echidna by Neil Edwards
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT TREES FOR LIFE? HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSURES
GROWERS: HELP IS AT HAND
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Our office will be closed from 12pm Friday 24 December 2021. We’ll open 9am Tuesday 4 January 2022. Our Board, management team and staff wish all our members, supporters and volunteers a safe, happy and healthy summer holiday season.
he growing season is underway, and you will have received your manuals, seed and soil and be preparing to tend your seedlings. We’re already looking forward to seeing the fruits of your labour being planted out in winter to restore precious landscapes across our state. As many of our experienced growers will tell you, sometimes things don’t go to plan. From seed failure to insect attack to unforeseen illness or injury, plenty of things can happen to throw you off your growing groove. Help is at hand here in the office, where we’re available Monday to Friday to offer advice and support. We can replace seed until 14 February in the event of seed failure, or talk you through solutions to any other problems you might face throughout the season. You will also receive your growers’ newsletter with helpful tips and key points to refer to. As a volunteer grower you’re an essential part of our mission to restore South Australian landscapes, and we want to make sure you have all the support you need to make your growing season rewarding and enjoyable. Please call us if you run into an issue — sooner is better than later when it comes to keeping your seedlings growing strong.
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arge-scale restoration projects like Tree Scheme, Paddock Tree Project and Direct Seeding, as well as our Westwood Nursery, all rely on seed carefully collected by hand. Each year, volunteers join our Seed Bank staff on seed collection missions, gathering the vital seeds that will grow into habitat for natives, strengthen our soil, air and water, and bring sanctuaries of green for us to enjoy. We’re granted an annual permit to collect the seed we need to support this restoration. The permit is issued to our Seed Bank Manager, Daniel, who trains and supervises volunteers to collect on our behalf. If you’d like to help, it’s essential you contact us to register for our Introduction to Seed Collection and Advanced Seed Collection workshops in order to collect seed under this permit. 13
If you’re interested in volunteering with our Seed Bank please see the dates for our workshops under ‘What’s On’ for ‘Tree Scheme and Nursery’ on the opposite page.
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e welcome Bryce Winter as a new board member. Bryce is a management consultant with expertise in strategic planning, governance, organisational development, and technology. He has worked at the highest levels with many institutions in Australia, Asia, Africa, and throughout the Pacific. Bryce has a Masters degree in International and Community Development, and has Bachelor degrees in Business Management and IT. Jeanette Gellard continues as President and Therese Halili as Secretary. Board members Michael Cornish and Ingrid Franssen were re-elected at our AGM. You can read about our board members at treesforlife.org.au/people.
WHAT'S ON
BUSH FOR LIFE EVENTS
Office and Nursery closes
12pm Friday 24 December 2021
Office and Nursery opens
9am Tuesday 4 January 2022
If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer on one of our Bush For Life sites, or would like to learn more about managing your own bushland, come along to a Bushcare Workshop. Workshops are free for members. Please note details correct at time of printing but can be subject to change. BUSHCARE WORKSHOPS
TREE SCHEME AND NURSERY Introduction to Seed Collection Workshop – Southern Adelaide Hills
14 January
Introduction to Seed Collection Workshop – Northern Adelaide Hills
11 March
Volunteer grower seed replacement closes
14 February
Volunteer grower back-up seedlings due at Westwood Nursery
24, 25 & 26 March
Volunteer grower back-up seedlings available at Westwood Nursery
28, 29 & 30 April
Victor Harbor
Friday 18 February
Marino
Thursday 24 March
Adelaide
Tuesday 5 April
Gawler
Thursday 5 May
Blackwood
Saturday 21 May
Modbury
Wednesday 8 June
Kapunda
Saturday 18 June
BUSH ACTION TEAM DAYS Eden Hills
Wednesday 8 December
Pasadena *
Friday 10 December
Hillbank
Tuesday 14 December
Woodcroft
Thursday 16 December
Hillbank *
Tuesday 21 December
* While most of our activities have herbicide free options for people who do not want to use herbicides, this Bush Action Team day only has activities involving herbicide use.
SUMMER 2022 BUSH ACTION TEAM DAYS The location of the summer activities is decided each week according to the weather forecast. Register at BFL@treesforlife.org.au or call 08 8406 0500 during business hours. Tuesday 1 February Thursday 3 February Wednesday 9 February Saturday 12 February Tuesday 15 February Thursday 17 February Wednesday 23 February Saturday 26 February Tuesday 1 March Thursday 3 March Wednesday 9 March Saturday 12 March Tuesday 15 March Thursday 17 March Wednesday 23 March COVID-19 NOTICE: Due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 restrictions, please check the advertised dates closer to the event by calling our office or checking for updates on our website and Facebook page.
Saturday 26 March Tuesday 29 March Thursday 31 March
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THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS…
South Australian Government entities not shown above include the Department for Environment and Water.
5 May Terrace Brooklyn Park SA 5032 08 8406 0500 info@treesforlife.org.au treesforlife.org.au @treesforlifesa #treesforlifesa
