Trees Please

Broom infestation March 2000

The area needs to be cleared of shoulder height broom before it can be re-planted.

Same area August 2000 weeds cleared. Seedlings have been grown from seed collected on the property, the weeds have been cleared the area re-planted.
Same area, 2009

The new swamp wattles and candlebarks are doing well....we will continue to patrol the area and remove and weeds that re-appear.

Sue Heysen tree planting 1988

Our first major planting day was in 1988 in a paddock previously used by cattle and set aside by the Heysen family for re-vegetation.

Planting day 2000

Brian and Gwenyth Young have supported our tree planting days for many years
Nine years later

The paddock has now been completely re-vegetated with local native trees and shrubs

Bernadette, Cheryl & Brian seed collecting

Helen Lyons - seed collecting

The people at Parsons Brinckerhoff have been willing helpers in our Landcare activities.

Clearing broom from arround a group of candlebarks
Parsons Brinckerhoff people at the tree planting day 2009

• Trees Please! Inc. was born in November 1998

• Trees Please! aims to protect the remnant native bush at The Cedars (which is being destroyed by woody weeds like broom, gorse and blackberry), and to re-vegetate the area with local native trees and shrubs.

• Most of the 150 acres of The Cedars (home of the late Sir Hans Heysen) was bought by Heysen for the sole purpose of saving the trees.....Heysen was dedicated to more than his art. He was an active conservationist, and a foundation member of the South Australian Forest League formed in 1913 to save the trees.

• Several hectares of native bush have now been cleared of weeds, and over 3,000 local native trees and shrubs have been planted.

• Seedlings are raised from seed collected at (or very near) The Cedars, and planted out during special tree planting days in late Winter.

• Over 12,000 seedlings have been supplied free of charge to other local landholders.

• Seed for 250,000 trees and shrubs have been donated to the Onkaparinga Catchment Board's direct seeding programme.

• Trees Please! volunteers work every Friday (weather permitting). After the work there's a famous shared picnic (it's not all work!)

• Trees Please! has sponsored six Greencorps projects.

It was gratifying that the efforts of 'Trees Please!' volunteers resulted in them being awarded the 'SA Great Award for Science and Environment' for 2006.
This award was presented for our efforts in planting and preserving native trees in the memory of Sir Hans Heysen.

Front cover Sir Hans Heysen

This book is about the native trees on the property surrounding the home of Sir Hans Heysen and how he used them as his models.
Technical information about the vegetation is included to assist with the identifying the trees and seed.
Many of the trees that appear in Heysen's pictures are still alive and well ... the inspiration and the spirit of the man lives on with them.

This publication is available from The Cedars, the Hahndorf Academy, or by post.....send $25 to Trees Please! PO box 224 Hahndorf 5245 (including your postal address).

This is one of a series of seven cards which contain seed from the tree featured on the front. The cards also have information about the tree and it's seed. They are available at The Cedars and the Hahndorf Academy, or by post....send $40 for a pack of ten to Trees Please! PO box 224 Hahndorf 5245 (including your postal address).