There is little regional information available on urban forestry/farm forestry projects incorporating rainforest cabinet timber trees, and land-holders embarking on such a project locally would be pioneering this land use.
Community
Urban Forests, Farm Forestry and Cabinet Timbers
Increasingly,
property owners are expressing interest in growing native tree species as street
trees, park trees, shelter-belt plantings, wildlife habitat zones, riparian
restoration corridors, and, occasionally, as farm forestry projects.
Native Plant or Weed- Pick the Difference Workshop
September Tuesday 8th - 9.30am-12.30pm No Space 4 Weeds-Landcare Week Workshop- Native Plant or Weed- Pick the Difference, presented by Ann Loughran.
National Tree Day ...get growing, plant early ,plant often.
TIN's annual planting additions to King Edward Park are on again for Schools Tree Day on Friday 31st July and National Tree Day on Sunday 2nd August from 9am till noon.
National Tree Day keeps growing bigger each year. We had over 170 people come along last year, we put on a BBQ and it's a great family morning, with 5000 plants to get in, plant early and plant often!
Cruising the Coast-have a stay-cation
Trees
In Newcastle (TIN) will be showing off the efforts of the volunteer coastcaring
crew these holidays with family-friendly, guided, scenic strolls from Merewether Beach
to Burwood Beach and around King Edward Park.
Three for all to Clean Up Throsby Creek on Sunday 1st March
Trees
In Newcastle, The Wilderness Society and Newcastle Rowing Club will all have their
volunteer crews out on Sunday 1st to Clean Up Throsby Creek foreshore
and around the Carrington mangroves.
Autumn TINformation
The Autumn edition of the TINformation has arrived!
Find out who's on the 2009 Committee, How to get a free Fig, a bargain Wattle or a great Gum, what workshops and events are planned for 2009, where we'll be Cleaning Up our patch of Australia, the latest opportuniites and threats to our National Parks, how to get your school involved in environmental projects and what the new Chair has planned for the year ahead... as well as a bit more.
Special Signs for Santa’s helpers
Community artists from Neami’s
H’Art studio have been working overtime to present Trees In Newcastle with new nursery
signs in time for the one day pre-Santa sale on Tuesday 23rd
December.
Native Plant or Weed? Pick the Difference Workshop
Do you have troubles telling the difference between a Plum pine and an African olive? Can you spot a White cedar in a forest of Golden rain trees? Do you worry about your Wattles...Black or Cape Leeuwin? If you'd like to be able to venture forth with vegetation confidence Ann Loughran's workshop is the first step in that journey.