2023 Tree Planting Campaign

Like every year since we started Abundance Farm in 2015, we will be planting trees this Autumn and Winter 2023. We have many objectives:

• revegetate the farm
• create wildlife habitat
• grow fodder trees to feed our cattle
• grow timber trees to provide superior quality timber following regenerative practices

You can contribute to our effort by making a donation. With your help, we are aiming to plant between 500 and 1000 trees this year. Come plant them with us and celebrate at Garage Barrage for any $50+ donation. $50 allow us to plant, protect and take care of roughly 15 trees.

We followed the Australian Master TreeGrower Program organised by Otway Agroforestry Network in 2019. Even though we’re getting better at growing trees from seeds, we still buy seedlings of certain specific species from specialised nurseries. We also use different kinds of tree guards depending on the kind of trees and their purpose. We follow the example of Rowan Reid and use his technique to grow tree straight like he describes it in his beautiful book Heartwood.