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Plant 4,350 native trees around the Jacaranda canal in Gold Coast
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Jacaranda canal needs $1,000 for saplings and equipment.
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The Jacaranda canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 43 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 166 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,000 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $570
• Signage and educational materials: $90
• Waste removal and skip hire: $340
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Willow
Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($153). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled.
Thank you all. We're at 38% now ($375). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.
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Thinking of you and your family, Willow. This could happen to any of us. Blessings
Wishing you the best. I hope things turn around soon. Don't give up. Greetings from Sydney.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Wish I lived closer to Cologne so I could bring a meal.
Rooting for you, Willow. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Brampton.
Rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Kadıköy.
So sorry you're going through this, Willow. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best