Tony Wootton
A (New) Year of Growth!
Happy New Year! Last year we had over 3 m of rain in Maleny, which has resulted in spectacular growth rates for the vegetation across the...
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Timberrrrrr
The days are finally starting to warm up, and it is then that we realise the value of shade trees in our built environment. Trees,...
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The rains are here!
I’m writing this article as the first major weather event of the season hits the Sunshine Coast. It’s following on from recent and...
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Storm recovery: the usual suspects
Still reeling from the calamitous weather events. What surprises me is that people were surprised by the flooding and heavy rain. Hello…...
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Right tree, wrong spot!
I feel so blessed to be able to work with trees. I read recently that forest-bathing has been approved in Japan as an activity that...
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Big Tree, Fall Hard!
At the time of writing, we are coming out of the rain event that inundated large areas of New South Wales and southern Queensland. As...
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Tree Management Over Time
It was immensely gratifying recently to carry out a tree assessment/property visit for a long-standing client of 13 years. I was able to...
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Raise your grasses! About That Tree (September '20)
I am an arborist, or arboriculturalist. That means I am a horticulturalist who specializes in large woody plants, i.e. trees and shrubs....
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Trees and Climate Change - About That Tree (July, 2020)
I am now the proud owner of a vehicle which reads the outside temperature as you drive along, something the Barina could never do without...
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COVID-19 and Maleny Tree Life - About That Tree (April, '20)
Thankfully the virus hasn’t really affected our tree work. We are still joyfully doing all the normal things we do at this time of year,...
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How trees deal with illness - About That Tree (March 2020)
Whenever there is a situation like Covid 19, I think to myself "What would a tree do?". When a tree is faced with a serious infection it...
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Preserving nature's gifts! - About That Tree (Feb '20)
We recently had the pleasure of pruning and shaping a large Lemon-scented gum tree, Corymbia citriodora, in Maleny, see photo. The...
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Your trees this storm season - About That Tree (Jan '20)
As I predicted, the first good storm of the year has resulted in quite a lot of tree damage. This prediction was possible because I have...
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Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree! - About That Tree (Dec '19)
I'm writing this just before Christmas, and I got thinking about Christmas Trees....
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Connectedness in the 'forest of humanity' - About That Tree (Nov '19)
We all need to know that when we need support, someone will be there to reach out a helping hand...
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The responsibility of hosting Sunshine Coast Trees! - About That Tree (October, '19)
If you are lucky enough to have one or more of these amazing lifeforms on your property, it is both an honour and a responsibility...
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Being proactive vs. reactive (About That Tree - September '19)
There is a reactive approach where the perception is that there are better things to spend money on than tree maintenance...
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Plant more trees! - About That Tree (August 2019)
I read recently that China had created large areas of desert in their country by over clearing, and that they had begun to try to...
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Trees on Earth
We need fresh air, clean water, and non-toxic, nutritious food.
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Winter: optimal pruning season! - About That Tree (June '19)
The Sunshine coast Winter is the optimal time for carrying out major pruning work on mature trees!
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