Woodlea, awarded Victoria’s Best Masterplanned Community, has partnered with local environment not-for-profit ‘We Love Aintree’, for its sixth consecutive Community Tree Planting Day on Sunday 28th July.
Kicking off at 9am, the event is expecting 200-300 volunteers to plant around 3,000 native grasses and saltbush at the Aintree Reserve. These locally sourced plants will help revegetate the reserve into a habitat for small lizards, skinks, insects and birds. The plants will require minimal maintenance, but will provide maximum environmental benefits.
Woodlea and We Love Aintree have also partnered with several local community groups, including Caroline Springs & Aintree Scout Groups, Aintree SES, Caroline Springs RSL and the Aintree Multicultural Group.
Woodlea’s partnership with ‘We Love Aintree’ highlights their shared long-term commitment to sustainability, with 30 per cent of the community dedicated to green open space. This will take We Love Aintree’s total contribution to over 16,000 plants put in the ground with the community and schools in Aintree since 2019.
Director of We Love Aintree, Jono Ingram, is thrilled to partner with Woodlea for the sixth year in a row to make National Tree Day a success.
“Woodlea’s commitment to supporting community engagement, which provides genuine environmental outcomes, assists our organisation to create long-term, sustainable projects which will benefit communities and local wildlife into the future. For vulnerable grasslands and waterways, a commitment to sustainability and community engagement is crucial in the protection and restoration of our natural assets,” said Jono.
This event is a plastic free, minimum waste event which seeks to educate the community about environmental issues and decisions they can make to better protect the environment. There will be a minimum waste coffee cart with vegan, zero-waste edible cups from Good Edi. In addition, this year marks the first time that volunteers from the recently established Friends of Kororoit Grasslands will help with some of the site preparation.
Woodlea Project Director, Matthew Dean, said that the National Tree Day is about community, sustainability and protecting our local environment.
“We are thrilled to bring volunteers and locals together to continue making a meaningful contribution to our community and its local ecosystem.
“Community participation is the key to the success and impact of this event. By working together, we can help restore native vegetation and improve biodiversity in the local area, creating habitat for native wildlife and a greener, more sustainable community for future generations,” said Matthew.
Everyone is welcome to join in the tree planting, with all equipment and guidance provided on the day. Refreshments and a sausage sizzle will also be available to thank volunteers after planting.
For more information on Woodlea’s upcoming events, visit woodlea.com.au, and to learn more about We Love Aintree’s environment projects, visit weloveaintree.org.
About Woodlea
Woodlea is a fully integrated master-planned community by Victoria Investments and Properties (VIP) and Mirvac, designed to provide wonderful homes as well as opportunities including employment, education, retail, commercial and community services. Spanning 711 hectares, Woodlea is a major asset for the west, comprising prestigious schools, ‘destination style’ playgrounds, parks and sporting facilities and is home to a large-scale Town Centre with a Coles. Woodlea is currently home to 15,000 residents and upon completion, will effectively be a ‘mini-city in the suburbs’ with approximately 25,000 residents.
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