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In 2008 Arbor Week is from 23rd - 29th June
Arbor Week in Victoria is an annual week of planting of native species of plants combined with environmental education activities. It has two aims, which are to increase environmental awareness in all school children and their local communities and to increase the amount of native vegetation in Victoria.
As our society is becoming more environmentally aware and our knowledge and understanding of environmental processes is increasing the aims of Arbor Week are also evolving. In previous years Arbor Week was focused mainly on tree planting.In order to protect stands of remnant vegetation, re-establish degraded ecosystems and habitats and increase biodiversity we have changed this focus to include all native vegetation. With this in mind the theme for Arbor Week this year is "Creating Habitats for all Living Things".
Click here for a list of schools participating in Arbor Week 2008
Victorian Schools are invited to apply to NRCL for funding for revegetation projects to be implemented during Arbor Week (guidelines and application form). Schools are encouraged to liaise with local environmental and community groups in the planning of these projects and the more involvement the school children/students have in the whole process the better it is regarded. NRCL then coordinates the allocation of funding through the Arbor Week Council.
The Natural Resources Conservation League is also creating links between schools and environmental groups which have environmental revegetation projects in which schools can become involved. The great aspect of these projects is that the school children will see the environmental effects of their revegetation works over time (a great example is the increased bird life which occurs after plants have become established).
Certificate for Participation in Arbor Week 2008
WINNING ENTRY 2008
This years winning entry for Arbor Week was submitted by St Patrick's Catholic School Port Fairy, St Patricks Koroit and Port Fairy Consolidated Primary School. Details and extracts of their excellent submission can be examined here.
Congratulations to all involved with the "Revegetating Killarney" submission
2009 Arbor Week Poster Competition
Design the Arbor Week Poster for Arbor Week 2009.
To view the winning entries of the 2009 Poster Competition click here
Participate in Revegetation Works during Arbor Week.
Do you have students and teachers who are passionate about the environment and would like to be involved in restoring native habitats?
To participate in significant revegetation works with environmental groups during Arbor Week please complete the registration form.
Information from the Victoria Naturally Alliance informs us that Victoria is facing a biodiversity crisis. It is the most cleared state in the country, a third of our native animals are either extinct or threatened and the state of our indigenous plants species is even worse.
Did you know that in Victoria, 44 per cent of plants and 30 per cent of native animals are either extinct or threatened? (The Wilderness Society)
Your school can help to do some positive environmental restoration work for Victoria.
Sites for revegetation works during Arbor Week
Sites are listed in their Catchment Management Authority region. If your school is interested in participating in revegetation works in any of these areas please fill in the registration form. If your school would like to participate in a region not listed please state your preferred area in the registration form under the heading Travel distance.
Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Area
- Yellingbo:
The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater have a number of suitable sites for hosting tree planting activities with schools during Arbor Week this year. The location is on Woori Yallock Creek in the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. - Kinglake:
The Kinglake Landcare Group has a site for your Arbor Week tree planting activities at the Number Two Creek Reserve in Kinglake - Gardiners Creek:
The Friends of Gardiners Creek Valley Inc will be hosting plantings at Gardiners Creek, Glen Iris - West Beach St Kilda:
The Port Phillip Ecocentre will be conducting plantings combined with indigenous heritage / environmental education at West beach in St Kilda.
Other sites available upon application
- Corangamite
- Surf coast
- Ballarat region
- North East Catchment Management Area
- Sites available upon application
- East Gippsland Catchment Management Area
- Bairnsdale
- Bengworden
- Flaggy Creek
- Lakes Entrance
- Forge Creek
- Metung
- Perry Bridge
- Lindenow
- Newlands
- Nicholson
- Raymond Island
- Stratford Bruthen
- Wy Yung
- Baw Baw shire:
- Sites available upon application
Keep an eye on this space as more sites are added
The ARBOR WEEK Poster
Each year the Arbor Week poster is dispatched to every Victorian school along with additional information about how schools and community groups can participate in this important annual event. For additional copies of the poster please contact us on (03) 5966 5822
Contact us to see how your school or community group can be involved or to obtain a free Arbor Week 2008 poster.
