Join the Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM), the Mount Ainslie Weeders, the Watson Woodland Working Group and the Hackett Community Association to celebrate National Tree Day 2009 with the planting of local trees in the Mount Majura nature reserve. Boost the feel-good factor and community spirit and bring your mum and dad, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Make the event a real community tree party.
When: Sunday 2 August 2009, from 11.00am – 3.00pm;
Introduction on how to plant at 11.00am;
Where: Majura paddock behind Rivett Street in Hackett; click on this map to view the venue, access and car parking.
Car parking: Nature park entrance Antill Street or Helms Place off Rivett Street.
What to wear: Garden gloves, appropriate clothing and foot wear, wrap up warmly.
What to bring: Bucket, trowel or mattock if you have one.
Enjoy: Warm-up drinks and a BBQ including vegetarian kebab
Enquiries: ph 6247 7515 or e-mail admin@majura.org
Promote the event: download this poster
View the List of species
If it rains on the day, we will be celebrating and postpone the planting to the following Sunday on the 9th August.
The hard work has been done: Cadets of the Australian Defence Force Academy volunteered their free time between exams and their mid-term leave to dig the planting holes.
At the event rangers of ACT Parks, Conservation and Lands will provide warm up drinks, the Rotary Club of North Canberra will throw a thank-you BBQ for volunteers, and a crew of onsite planting advisers will do their best to keep everyone busy.
The organizers gratefully acknowledge the support from the North Canberra Community Council, the Molonglo Catchment Group, Greening Australia, the Rotary Club of North Canberra, ACT Parks, Conservation and Lands and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
National Tree Day is held annually by Planet Ark which runs the Australian wide project to encourage mass tree plantings and to communicate the merit of trees.
