Saturday 8th July saw Creating Canopies team members run a community planting morning in Blacktown City Council’s LGA. This event took place at the reserve on Rocket Parade in The Ponds.
Over 1,000 New Trees Planted in Just a Few Hours
Esteban Zepeda, Natural Resources Manager for Creating Canopies, said: “We had another perfect sunny day for planting at Rocket Parade Reserve. We had a great turnout with 16 enthusiastic volunteers doing a great job, planting 1,200 plants in record time.”
“These trees and shrubs will help increase the mid storey layer of native vegetation in the reserve. This is especially important for small birds looking for a safe haven around The Ponds. It will also add some beautiful white, yellow and purple colours front and centre around the reserve as the plants mature and flower throughout the year.”
Katrina Brown, Senior Bushland Officer at Blacktown City Council, was very happy with the results. In her words: “The plantings look excellent.” Great job all and thanks for your efforts.
Thank you to all who attended and helped to create canopies for the future in Sydney.
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We can’t wait to put on more events and we hope you’ll join us in making Sydney a better place to live, work, and play. Check out our Eventbrite page for upcoming planting days: https://bit.ly/3JD7Dtm
About Creating Canopies
Landcare NSW and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.
