Archive for February, 2009
Century old trees dying across Melbourne from drought
February 22nd, 2009
Someone’s take on the drought situation in Melbourne which is causing its reknowned gardens and amenity trees to die and the authorities unwillingness to keep them alive.
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Brisbane on track to be Australia’s most treed city
February 18th, 2009
The ABC has recently featured Brisbane’s quest to be the greenest city in Australia … with a total of 2 million trees. The city is on track with half a million already.
It certainly is an exciting time to be an arborist in Brisbane !
Row of old oaks only surviving trees in Marysville
February 16th, 2009
A row of 16 oak trees planted in the 1840s on the main street is all that is left standing in the Victorian town of Marysville which was wiped off the map by recent bushfires.
Thomas Barton, the town’s founder planted one each to honour his 16 children – now that’s a lot of offspring. I guess the trees will be of even more historic significance if and when the town is rebuilt.
