Published on Friday, 22 July 2022 at 7:26:42 AM
If you’ve been busy greening our City region by planting seedlings, shrubs and trees on your property you can make them count by registering them with the Million Trees Project.
City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn said although 510,459 plantings have been registered since the project began in 2012, more registrations are needed to meet the 2029 project deadline.
“When you drive around the region you can see residents and businesses have been busy beautifying their properties and revegetating their land,” Mayor Van Styn added.
“These plantings have already greatly improved how the area looks, and over time will help cool the City and help reduce our carbon footprint, all of which benefits current and future generations.
“However, if we are going to meet the 1 million plantings by 2029 we need everyone who has planted both native and non-native perennials in the City region in the last 12 years to register them with the project if you haven’t already done so.
“Help us make every tree count.”
This year, around 12,000 local providence seedlings and trees grown by volunteers at the Community Nursery will be planted in our parks, bushland and coastal reserves by community groups, local business and City staff.
All perennial plants (plants that live more than two years) including trees that produce food, decorative and ground cover plants can be registered towards the project.
Plantings can be registered online on the City’s website here or by calling 9956 6600.
More information on the Million Trees Project here
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Grace and Christoph Kopplhuber have recently begun revegetating their Moresby property by planting more than 150 seedlings, shrubs and trees this winter.
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