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The Separation Tree is a large River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) located at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne. On November 15 1850, the citizens of Melbourne gathered there to celebrate the news that Victoria had separated from NSW, giving the tree it’s great historical significance. In August 2010, the Separation Tree was vandalised in an [...]

Relocating a 1st World War Memorial Tree Logic was commissioned to relocate a small 3.5m Lone Pine as part of the Camberwell Civic Centre refurbishment. The Lone Pine was planted as a living memorial to Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought in Gallipoli. The tradition began when seeds from a solitary Turkish Pine tree [...]

The (Kurrajong) Brachychiton populneus is an under utilised Australian native species that has high drought tolerance coupled with an attractive broad-form that provides good shade coverage.  The Kurrajong definitely has a role to play in contemporary urban landscapes. Origin Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory Habit Modest size evergreen, broad domed tree of 12 [...]

Spring is not the only thing in the air this time of year.  For those owners of Elm trees, spring also brings with it the reemergence of the Elm Leaf Beetle.  Elm Leaf Beetle has been in Victoria for over two decades and is now a widespread and serious pest for owners and managers of [...]

A large Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus Macrophylla) needed to be pruned to make room between it and the properly adjacent. This species is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in the north to the [...]

Simple.  Elegant. Formal. Symmetrical. Broad descriptors for contemporary garden design. Effective. The role of small trees as structural components of the landscape has become more prolific as replacement for the larger tree canopy. However as previous newsletter articles have indicated, (Newsletter No. 21) the allocation of space for smaller trees in some developments has been [...]