Woodend Landcare hosted Trees for Mum planting events on Mother’s Day from 2012 to 2017.
Trees for Mum was founded in 2002 by two Sydney colleagues who had both lost their mothers to cancer and who wanted to do something memorable to make the day a tiny bit less painful. By planting a tree they created a living legacy.
In 2012 Landcare partnered with Trees for Mum and created a resource kit to support Landcare groups across the country in setting up their own events.
The inaugural Woodend Landcare event saw over 150 people from Woodend and the wider Macedon Ranges community plant nearly 200 native trees and grasses.
In 2013 Trees for mum grew to four events in the Macedon Ranges. Two in-town plantings at Woodend and Kyneton and two large-scale planting events at Carlsruhe.
Check out Facebook Trees for Mum Woodend
Trees for Mum was generously supported by:
- Kim Selby Photography for generously giving her time and talent for the photo shoot.
- The team from Thursday crew and Woodend Landcare volunteers for preparing the planting site and ordering the trees.
- Funding through Macedon Ranges Shire, the Victorian Government’s 2 Million Trees Project and a Victorian Landcare Grant through North Central Catchment Management Authority
- The Upper Campaspe Landcare Network
“What a great event. Mum always thought giving flowers were a waste so I think she would have approved giving back to mother nature.” Joanne Kalamaras, Clifton Hill (attended Woodend event)
