Planting Events
The World’s Largest Tree Planting Schemes
With the world being deforested at such an alarming rate over the last 50 years, planting trees has become a matter of urgency. As the state of the environment has worsened, people all over the world have begun to act, organising massive tree planting efforts in all parts of the world. It remains to be seen if the efforts are too little too late, but for now, the more trees we can plant, the better. The following are some of the world’s largest tree planting schemes.
Plant A Billion Trees Project
The Nature Conservancy and American Forests organisations joined forces in 2008 and launched their ‘Plant A Billion Trees’ project. Aimed at planting trees in 21 countries in an attempt to help reduce climate change, this is one project big enough to have a major impact on the environment, with millions of tree planted so far.
Using Established Trees as a Landscaping Focal Point
Using well-established trees as focal points has become an increasingly popular approach in modern landscaping, as apart from being a lot of work to remove a large tree, the effect of keeping your design focus on those beautiful trees can be absolutely stunning. The following is a look at why using established trees as landscaping focal points can be such a marvellous idea, as well as how to make your established trees a bigger focus at your place.
Enjoy the benefits
If you are lucky enough to have large and well-established trees in an area you are planning on landscaping, don’t make the mistake of getting rid of them, because there are many benefits to be had. A large tree will provide shade, protection from the wind, and help to clean the air, and some people believe large trees also do a lot for the positive energy of an area.
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
This amazing Queensland festival will celebrate its 63rd year in 2012, and as Australia’s longest running floral festival, it has only gotten better with age. From September 21-30, Toowoomba will celebrate food, wine, flower culture, entertainment and absolutely everything to do with spring. If you are stuck for a place to get away to this spring, head to Queensland and relax at one of the best Australian festivals of the year. The following is a look at some of the major highlights.
Grand Central Floral Parade
This great parade is always one of the most popular events of the festival, and consists of floral floats, stilt walkers, live music and the opportunity for young artists to make their mark via the pavement chalk art extravaganza. Whether you are a florist or just an average family looking for a fun family holiday option, there is no better place to be than lining the streets of Toowoomba when this fantastic parade rolls by.
Enjoying Australia’s Open Gardens in 2012
Australians love their gardening, and with ideal growing conditions almost all year round, it is no surprise that there are some pretty impressive gardens. When the idea came up to organise a way to show some of Australia’s public and private gardens, it was always going to be a winner.
Open Gardens Australia
Back in 1987, Victoria’s Open Garden Scheme began as a way to open up both public and private gardens for public viewing, for even just a day or two. The idea behind it was to help encourage Australians to get into their gardening by showcasing some of what people are doing already. The Open Garden Scheme proved so successful in Victoria that it grew to become Australia’s Open Garden Scheme, and was then renamed Open Gardens Australia.
Celebrating Grafton’s Jacaranda Festival
In 2012, the Jacaranda Festival will take place between October 19 and November 4, and will be the 78th consecutive running of what is one of Australia’s best flower festivals.
The festival is described by the organisers as being “thanksgiving for the generosity with which nature blesses this part of the globe.”
The Jacaranda, the festival’s namesake is a huge, beautiful tree with purple coloured blooms, which line the streets of Grafton. Given the sunny summer followed by good rains and the recent cold snap it is highly likely the bevi deciduous Jacaranda trees will produce an arrange of vivid colours. Basically the sugars generated by good growing conditions put extra pigments into the cells and the more sugars produced and the colder it is, the more pigements produced. So as you drive into Grafton you will see the wonderful crisp greens of the natives along the river and open pastures, then you come into the town, where there are the contrasting colours which are fantastic. The Jacarandas were planted in Grafton during the 1880s and are now a definite highlight of the area.
The World’s Largest Tree Planting Schemes
With the world being deforested at such an alarming rate over the last 50 years, planting trees has become a matter of urgency. As the state of the environment has worsened, people all over the world have begun to act, organising massive tree planting efforts in all parts of the world. It remains to be seen if the efforts are too little too late, but for now, the more trees we can plant, the better. The following are some of the world’s largest tree planting schemes.
Plant A Billion Trees Project
The Nature Conservancy and American Forests organisations joined forces in 2008 and launched their ‘Plant A Billion Trees’ project. Aimed at planting trees in 21 countries in an attempt to help reduce climate change, this is one project big enough to have a major impact on the environment, with millions of tree planted so far.
