{"id":65718,"date":"2019-12-05T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=65718"},"modified":"2019-12-03T11:45:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T00:45:45","slug":"upcycled-christmas-trees-go-on-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/upcycled-christmas-trees-go-on-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcycled Christmas trees go on show"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_65720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65720\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65720\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_9930-for-web-e1575333756423-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballarat Specialist School\u2019s tree embraced the idea of the sustainable Christmas, decorated with everyday items.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FORTY Christmas trees with a difference went on display at Buninyong Town Hall recently.<\/p>\n<p>Made from recycled wooden pallets and decorated by artists, community groups and schools, the trees were also part of a competition judged by members of the Buninyong Men\u2019s Shed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year we worked with the Men\u2019s Shed to make a lot of the trees. We had a Christmas tree farm and we had a few art trees,\u201d said co-organiser Brigid Corcoran. \u201cThis year we decided to go a further with the art trees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the trees were up for sale with 10 per cent the proceeded going to Soup Bus, 20 per cent returned to the event and the rest back to the artists.<\/p>\n<p>With organisers gathering up the pallets, the Men\u2019s Shed making the trees and the subsequent decorators coming from across the region, it\u2019s been a whole of community effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe diversity of talent means people have loved it,\u201d Ms Corcoran said. \u201cIt\u2019s so festive and such a nice start to Christmas and very Australian. One of the criteria the judges decided on was, \u2018Christmas spirit, Australian vibes, and artistic ability\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The environment and reusing items that might end up in landfill was a big part of the idea behind the trees and their decoration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s part of making a sustainable Christmas tree,\u201d Ms Corcoran said. \u201cPeople are looking at news ways, or inventive ways, to be more sustainable, and that doesn\u2019t mean you can be creative.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORTY Christmas trees with a difference went on display at Buninyong Town Hall recently. 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