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Growing Winchelsea’s Arboretum Trail sub-committee’s Nadia Hutton said two of the aims for their concept plan are to provide beautiful avenues in Winchelsea and become a tree town.<\/p>\n
“Other benefits of this ongoing project include mitigating the heat in our streets in summer and providing streetscapes of which all residents will be proud.<\/p>\n
“We look forward to continuing our work with council and advocating for the community for further tree planting, in our current streets and in the developments that are predicted for Winchelsea.”<\/p>\n
Subject to funding, the Branching Out program is a six-year initiative that would bring around 1,200 new trees across the shire.<\/p>\n
Cr Leon Walker said the recent projects were a prefect coming together of Council’s tree planting aims.<\/p>\n
“Council has worked closely with community groups in Deans Marsh and Winchelsea to develop tree planting programs that meet their priorities.<\/p>\n
“It’s a great example of what can be achieved when communities get active in planning the future of their towns and then partner with Council to help make their plans a reality.”<\/p>\n
Future planting projects will be identified and include an opportunity for community input in early 2026.<\/p>\n
Deans Marsh and Winchelsea projects have a contract for the next two years that includes watering and maintenance to help the trees become healthy and established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Surf Coast Shire’s Branching Out program has seen streets in Deans Marsh and Winchelsea lined with trees. Working with the Deans Marsh Streetscaping Group, trees were planted on Birregurra-Deans Marsh Road, Winchelsea-Deans Marsh Road and the Deans Marsh-Lorne Road. Deans Marsh Streetscapers’ James Maund said the group was thrilled to have 80 new trees. […]<\/p>\n