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A degraded creek bed needing
revegetation
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We know that undertaking a revegetation
project can be a huge job, and is usually left to rural landholders to
do on their own.
The Re-Tree Scheme, in recognition of this
good work, aims to assist Victorian landholders undertake revegetation
projects by involving hundreds of urban volunteers in growing and
planting indigenous seedlings for local projects across Victoria.
This not only helps out rural landholders,
but promotes a better understanding of revegetation and farming issues
to our volunteers. It builds links between the urban and rural people
who work together on the serious land management issues that affect all
of us, whether we live in the country or city.
Through The Re-Tree Scheme, Landholders and
Landcare
groups can order low cost tube-stock of locally indigenous
seedlings
for their revegetation programs. Costs are kept as low as possible
because
city and town volunteers propagate the tube-stock in their backyards
from
materials supplied by TreeProject. We have volunteers who also like to
help
plant
seedlings and we can put the word out and help organise larger rural
planting days but we cannot guarantee people to plant your trees.
If you live within one hour and half driving time from the
Melbourne CBD we can organise corporate groups to plant trees for you
on a weekday.
TreeProject will grow a minimum of 500
seedlings with seed collected locally and supplied by the landholder,
or seed supplied by TreeProject at a minimum fee.
The Steps
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Landholders register with TreeProject
at any time, and in August are sent an order form. Landholders can be
individuals, groups or managers of public land. |
| 2. |
Landholders choose the locally
indigenous
species they want grown. If you need advice on species selection, we
suggest
contacting local land management professionals – see our contacts page
for
more detail. Seedlings can be grown for autumn or spring planting. |
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Landholders can chose to collect
their own seed from their area, purchase seed from a local seedbank.
TreeProject can help with advice and provide contact details of
regional seed banks. All seed has to be locally indigenous and of local
provenance
(i.e. collected in the area). |
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Orders close October 15th each year.
Order forms, payment and seed (if you are using your own) need to be
returned
to TreeProject by this date.
Our minimum order is 500 seedlings. In 2005/06, the cost of 500
seedlings is $125.
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TreeProject will match volunteer
Growers with each Landholder. Each order of 500 is grown by 2 growers.
The details of the Growers are given to the Landholder and vice versa. |
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The propagation materials, including
the seed, instructions, soil, fertiliser, mulch, tubes and boxes are
assembled into growing kits, which are collected by the volunteer
Growers in either November or January. These are taken home and set up
into ‘backyard nurseries”. |
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When the seedlings are ready (about 6
months), the Landholder arranges to pick them up from the volunteer
growers, although some growers may offer to deliver them. Growers are
encouraged to help plant their seedlings; and we can also help arrange
additional volunteers for a planting day but there is no guarantee we
will be able to get people for you.
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When planting is completed we ask
Landholders to return the forestry tubes and boxes for reuse next
season. Recycling
our materials helps keep our costs as low as possible. |
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Landholders may choose to be a
"self-grower" - growing the tube-stock themselves using TreeProject's
growing kits. However Landholders need to be prepared to collect the
grower kits from on of our
our depot s in Melbourne, Geelong or Bendigo. |
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