National Tree Day is Australia’s largest community tree-planting and nature care event. To celebrate this annual reminder to reconnect with nature, Eurobodalla Council and the community have a number of events planned.

During the week leading up to National Tree Day on Sunday 31 July, students from Batemans Bay High School, Sunshine Bay Public and Broulee Public will participate in Schools Tree Day where they will learn how to plant and care for native seedlings.

Landcare groups will be planting, too, with a planting day at Tomakin on Friday 29 July and at Little Lake Narooma on Thursday 4 August. Eurobodalla residents are welcome volunteer at one of these events.

Council will celebrate National Tree Day with one of its popular plant swaps at the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens from 10am to 2pm on Sunday 31 July.

Community members are encouraged to participate in the plant swap by removing environmental weeds from their garden, placing them in a bag and bringing them to the Council stall at the Botanic Gardens to exchange for native plants. Environmental weeds include common garden plants such as agapanthus, honeysuckle, asparagus fern and spider plant. There’ll be plenty of advice available about your weeds and gardening in general.