Group urges residents to ask for more tree planting
The Grow Urban Shade Trees group has called for residents to write to Council to plant more trees across the Peninsula.
The call follows the planting of four melaleucas in Wallaby St, Blackwall.
Group co-founder Ms Deb Sunartha asked Council to plant more paperbarks on Wallaby St after numerous of these mature species were allowed to be removed on a nearby block.
"We were pleased to see four new melaleucas planted there today," said group member Ms Jen Wilder.
"However, tree retention is far more important than tree replacement.
"It will be 20 years before these new plantings reach maturity.
"But we're very grateful that new trees have been planted."
She said: "If you want to see more trees planted across the Peninsula, we encourage you to write to Council directly and request this.
"The more support and pressure from the broader community, the greater the impact."
She said the group continued to plant street trees at the request of residents.
More information and orders could be placed on the group's new website www.growurbanshadetrees.org.
Ms Wilder said these were small steps in the direction of greening our urban heat island here on the Peninsula.
"In the words of Robert Frost: '...and miles to go before I sleep'."
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Social media, 27 Jun 2024
Jen Wilder, Grow Urban Shade Trees