On Tuesday 15th October 2024, Greater Sydney Landcare hosted Mapletree for a corporate volunteering day. The task? To plant over 600 native trees and shrubs for the Creating Canopies project to reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney.
21 staff from Mapletree didn’t let the rain stop them – they donned rain ponchos and megawatt smiles to get the job done.
The team installed native plants including gum trees (eucalypts), paperbarks (melaleucas), wattles (acacias), she-oaks (allocasuarina), and Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa) which are all suited to this area.
The location for the day was Dirrabari Reserve in Pemulwuy in the Cumberland Local Government Area, where Creating Canopies planted in May 2025.
The Mapletree volunteers also assembled and installed guards to protect the plants as they get established and deter browsing wildlife.
This was the second time Mapletree had joined Greater Sydney Landcare for a corporate volunteering day – the first was in October 2023 when 23 Mapletree staff joined us to install 750 native plants in Macquarie Park.
Greater Sydney Landcare staff Bryce Doyle – Natural Resources Manager, Alicia Harb-Akins – Creating Canopies Project Officer, and Eli Stead – Southwest Sydney Koala Project Officer led the day.
Greater Sydney Landcare staff praised the Mapletree team for their fantastic efforts and determination. Thank you Mapletree! We can’t wait to plant with you again and would have you back anytime.
A huge thank you also to Cumberland City Council for volunteering Dirrabari Reserve for increased canopy cover.
Together we’re making Sydney a cooler, greener place.
Join Cumberland’s Bushcare Program
If you’d like to contribute to environmental efforts in the Cumberland area, you can volunteer to become a Cumberland City Council Bushcare volunteer, and regenerate bushland. No experience is necessary as training is provided.
Get Involved in Creating Canopies
Find out more about Corporate Volunteering with Greater Sydney Landcare here. Be sure to download our Corporate Volunteering Info Pack.
If you’d like to find out how to get free trees planted on your land, visit our Register Your Site for Trees page.
Come along and plant trees with Creating Canopies. Find out what events we have coming up on Greater Sydney Landcare’s Eventbrite page.
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.
