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Melbourne may lose almost half its historic trees
August 24th, 2009
Melbourne's famous Fitzroy Garden's elms are dying - Image by Melburnian on Wikipedia
Melbourne, an Australian city famous for its parks and gardens is about to lose half its historic trees due to ongoing drought and water restrictions according to a recent article in The Age.
The trees in the historic stands of elms in the Fitzroy Gardens in East Melbourne and the famous palms of the Catani gardens in St Kilda are all but dead, the report claims, with the local councils apparently powerless to do anything about it. It is perhaps ironic that in their century or longer histories these trees have survived the Elm bettle, Dutch Elm disease and Fusarium wilt only to die from a lack of anyone willing to water them ….
What is effectively a boon for Melbourne’s arborists could be the beginning of bad times for the city’s tourism industry if its trees die.
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Tags: city of melbourne, elm, fitzroy gardens, historic, melbourne, palm, st kilda | 
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Gale Force Winds bring trees down in VIC
August 18th, 2009
On the weekend trees were brought down by wild weather across Melbourne and Victoria.
Gusts of wind up to 110 kilometres per hour were recorded.
A tree crashed into a house in Belgrave, while trees crashed onto roads in country Victoria.
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.
