I recall a year or so ago Newcastle City Council making a song and dance about mulching mature trees across town. My guess is that trees near Town Hall were mulched but not too many others. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘mature trees’
Lillypilly update 16.4.2011
April 16, 2011
This is a picture of the lillypilly I wrote about in March – the one Council and residents wanted to retain but that Council gave up on once the tree was examined by arborist Dennis Marsden. (more…)
Art house whine 6.12.2010
December 6, 2010
Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald had a wonderful letter lamenting the fact that Newcastle lacks an art gallery that befits its wonderful art collection. (more…)
Pictures of tree failures – not
May 28, 2010
I’m grateful to Mr Doug Lithgow from the Parks and Playgrounds Movement for photos of the Laman Street figs after the Pasha Bulker storm which happened on 8th June 2007. (more…)
Caring for figs California-style- lessons to learn
May 15, 2010
Saving Our Trees website
April 26, 2010
Until about two years ago I had no idea there was such a thing as the ‘urban forest’. (more…)
Read excerpts from 8 years of doom and gloom about trees
April 8, 2010
This beautiful street is in Mayfield. (more…)
Community Consultation…
April 1, 2010
Removing the King Street plane trees on a Sunday morning
The picture on the left shows the first of the King Street plane trees being felled a month or so ago. Talking to two people in management positions at Newcastle Council that morning was interesting. (more…)
Still waiting to hear about the charade/charette
March 10, 2010
People risking their lives at the laman Street art bazaar a couple of years ago
Am I like the distant relative waiting for the wedding invitation that never comes? (more…)
A town that wants to conserve its fig
March 9, 2010
A friend sent me a link to the article below, ‘Save our Fig’. (more…)
