{"id":713,"date":"2022-02-22T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/?p=713"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:31:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:31:20","slug":"have-a-say-on-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/2022\/02\/22\/have-a-say-on-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a say on trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARARAT residents are being urged to have a say on the benefits of street trees through an upcoming seminar and online survey.<\/p>\n

Ararat Landcare Group is inviting members of the public to a free seminar on Tuesday March 1st<\/sup> to hear about and discuss the benefits and future of trees, both in backyards and in local streets.<\/p>\n

The seminar will feature two prominent speakers \u2013 former TV weatherman Rob Gell and horticulturalist and educator Doctor Greg Moore.<\/p>\n

Mr Gell is a trained coastal geomorphologist and geography teacher and is a passionate\u00a0 environmental campaigner.<\/p>\n

He is also the co-founder of the ICES Green College (International College of Environmental Sustainability) headquartered in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Dr Moore was the Head of Burnley (horticultural) College and has a specific interest in the scientific study of the cultivation and management of trees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know the relief and pleasure of standing under a shady tree on a hot summer\u2019s day,\u201d said Ararat Landcare President, Russell Pearse.<\/p>\n

As well as discussing the benefits of trees and the challenges of maintaining and managing street trees and our backyard trees in a changing climate, this seminar includes a bus tour to several sites of interest in Ararat.<\/p>\n

Morning and afternoon tea and lunch are provided.<\/p>\n

Registration is required and can be made at the Ararat Towns Hall\u2019s booking website, http:\/\/www.ararattownhall.com.au\/<\/a> or by going\u00a0 to the town hall where staff can assist.<\/p>\n

Attendees will receive a gift of a tree or shrub.<\/p>\n

The day long seminar will commence at 9am on Tuesday the 1st<\/sup> of March at Ararat Town Hall.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Take the survey\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

To gather community members\u2019 view about trees, Ararat Landcare is asking people to fill out the survey which is available at https:\/\/forms.gle\/7T225evyeWuhxt4q8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ARARAT residents are being urged to have a say on the benefits of street trees through an upcoming seminar and online survey.<\/p>\n

Ararat Landcare Group is inviting members of the public to a free seminar on Tuesday March 1st to hear about and discuss the benefits and future of trees, both in backyards and in local streets.<\/p>\n

The seminar will feature two prominent speakers \u2013 former TV weatherman Rob Gell and horticulturalist and educator Doctor Greg Moore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trees.jpg?fit=1440%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-bv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}