Posts Tagged ‘australia’
Half our paddock gum trees to die due to poor farming practices ?
July 10th, 2009
Gum tree - Image from Flickr by ben britten from New York City, USA
According to a report from The Age, poor farming practices are apparently to blame for thousands upon thousands of century old eucyalypts dying in outback paddocks across south eastern Australia …
Arbor Day and Arbor Week
June 20th, 2009
Arbor Day, an Australian tree planting tradition begun in 1889, has come again. Most states observe this day despite its low profile. There is also a National Tree Planing Day for schools coming on July 28th and July 30 (depending on the state).
Arbor Day’s roots are believed to be in Nebraska, United States where it was founded in 1872, but went global in the mid 1880s.
Posted in Events | 
Tags: arbor day, australia, event, national tree planting day, nebraska, tree planting, united states | 
No Comments »
