Tree Week is Coming!

As a way of achieving a better understanding of the role and value of trees in the urban environment The Tree Council is proud to introduce the first ever New Zealand Tree Week to be held from 13 to 20 October 2013.

“Following the changes to the Resource Management Act over the past four years and the unknown content of the still to be revealed Auckland Council Unitary Plan with regard

to future tree protection of urban trees there is a lot of concern about the future of urban trees” says Tree Council spokesperson Sean Freeman.

“We want to help people recognise the special role that trees play in our urban environment and the services they provide to our city with some fun and informative events”.

The inaugural Tree Week activities include:

Tree Week lecture ‘Value of Trees in the Urban Environment’.

Wednesday 16 October at 7.30pm, following The Tree Council’s AGM at 7pm, Queensland arborist Sean Freeman will speak at the Fickling Centre, corner of Mt Eden and Mt Albert Roads, Mt Roskill. This is a free lecture and open to the public. All are welcome to attend both the AGM and the lecture.

Tree Week bus tour. Sunday 20 October 2013

$20 for members and $25 for non-members.

This is a bus tour of Auckland’s great trees led by Penny Cliffin, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture, at UNITEC Institute of Technology. The tour will commence at UNITEC at 9.30am visiting Western Springs, Western Park and Myers Park before a lunch stop (BYO) in Albert Park and then across the road to the University collection returning to UNITEC by 3pm. Numbers are limited so please reserve your place by emailing thetreecouncil@ihug.co.nz

Full details are on The Tree Council’s website at www.thetreecouncil.org.nz

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