TREENET aims to improve the urban forest and reducing its maintenance costs.
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant Greening neighbourhoods and protecting trees requires transdisciplinary and multi-sector approaches. At Treenet we love to showcase collaborations across disciplines, especially on projects that are led by community. In this Treenet News we show how a significant tree has been protected and
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant The term urban forestry wasn’t heard much in Australia when Treenet was founded in 1997. Arborist was used occasionally but the value of specialist knowledge and skills of urban foresters and arborists are still poorly understood by the general community. These disciplines have developed and
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant The National Street Tree Symposium earlier this month showcased how successfully creating Spaces for Trees and Places for People depends on collaborating across many different disciplines and engaging with community and decision makers. A record number of delegates including first-timers, professions,
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant Australian cities are rapidly losing tree cover and biodiversity. Public and environmental health issues are growing, costs are blowing out, and government services and support agencies are strained. Treenet research shows how urban trees are a big part of the solution
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant Treenet exists to enhance urban forests to help make cities and towns healthier and happier places to live and work. Knowledge is a common denominator amongst TREENET’s 6 key focus areas so we bring people together to conduct research, to learn and to
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant Thanks to all who are planting trees this season. Future generations will benefit from them like we’re benefitting from trees established decades and centuries ago. This month we we report on some community plantings and tree species trials which will make
The ACT Government’s Urban Treescapes team and the ACT Office of Mental Health have partnered with the Blue Tree Project to help spark important conversations about mental health and suicide prevention. In May they launched their Blue Tree Project by painting a tree along Hindmarsh Drive in Lyons. By spreading
In this edition: A message from the Treenet Team As the days have shortened and cooled many councils have started their annual tree planting projects. Tree planting is an investment in green assets. Unlike most assets trees don’t depreciate, they appreciate. The value of trees increases over time. Planting trees
Gallipoli Rosemary returns to Keswick Barracks The Gallipoli Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) story began in the pack of a young, wounded soldier, who left Anzac Cove in 1915 on a journey to Australia. The Digger was repatriated to the Army Hospital at Keswick in South Australia and it was here that
In this edition: Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant Avenues of Honour is one of Treenet’s premier projects. It’s about living memorials planted to commemorate the service, suffering and sacrifice of Australians, some Indigenous and others more recent, in times of war and of peace, overseas and on home soil.