Watering in after planting shade trees

Aims:

• To support Townsville schools establish shade trees in school grounds and promote 'Sunsafe' practices
  
  
• To foster partnerships between Council and schools by involving school children in greening and tree planting activities
  

• To facilitate the reestablishment of shade trees back to the urban environment and to compliment earlier tree planting efforts undertaken throughout Townsville’s schools
  
  

• Shade and shelter – the addition of trees and vegetation increases shade and shelter to provide schools children with more enjoyable outdoor experiences
  
  
• Increased knowledge – the program helps children learn about the natural environment through tree identification and more frequent encounter with local wildlife (e.g. birds and butterflies). It also adds to the knowledge of Council staff and community participants on natural resource management, and that knowledge will be made available to the wider community.
  

Other Benefits:

• Trees provide natural, "low-tech" cooling
  
  
• Three well-placed trees can significantly cut costs for air conditioning during the summer months.
  
  
• Trees provide shade, which reduce the "heat island" effect, which results from storage of thermal energy in concrete, steel and asphalt.
  
  
• Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and replace it with life-giving oxygen.
  
  
• Trees provide shelter for wildlife, reduce storm water run-off, prevent soil erosion, muffle noises, and provide for privacy.
  
  
• Trees add beauty and grace to any schools and/or community setting
  
  

Why Trees Are Great:

• Trees provide natural, "low-tech" cooling
  
  
• Trees provide shade, which reduce the "heat island" effect, which results from storage of thermal energy in concrete, steel and asphalt. Three well-placed trees can significantly cut costs for air conditioning during the summer months.
  
  
• Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and replace it with life-giving oxygen.
  
  
• Trees provide shelter for wildlife, reduce storm water run-off, prevent soil erosion, muffle noises, and provide for privacy.
  
  
• Trees add beauty and grace to any schools and/or community setting
  
  

Plant Fact Sheets

Cultural and native trees of significance
How to Plant a Tree (.pdf 240kb)
Living in the Dry Tropics (.pdf 300kb)
Native Plant list (.pdf 240kb)
Watering & Maintenance (.pdf 240kb)
Why trees are good (.pdf 240kb)
Improving sad soils (.pdf 240kb)

Individual plant species information sheets

For more information on Greening Townsville Program please go to:

Greening Townsville
Treedays in Townsville
Townsville Schools

"I Helped Green Townsville"