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Plant 3,100 native trees around Baobab Creek in Dundee
A neighborhood-led restoration of Baobab Creek needs $2,100 for saplings and equipment.
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Baobab Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 117 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 198 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,100 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,250
• Tools and protective gear: $280
• Waste removal and skip hire: $450
• Signage and educational materials: $120
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I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Sydney this morning.
Keep going, Rowan. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Take care. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Dundee.
thanks for sharing this, Rowan. Hope you get there. Love from Latina.
So sorry you're going through this, Rowan. Hope this works out for you. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Regensburg.
rooting for you, Rowan. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings.