Port Jackson Fig at 8 Ferry Street/Muirbank Avenue

To mark National Tree Day on 28 June, the Trust hosted a guided walk for members in the streets surrounding Garibaldi, looking at some of the most outstanding specimens in that area listed on the Significant Tree Register.
 
Our guide for the morning was Andrew Morton of Earthscape Horticultural Services, a consulting arborist with a passionate interest in the connection between trees, history and heritage.  The group were fascinated to hear Andrew discuss the specific specimens – their probable age, botanical characteristics and condition – but also the stories behind why certain trees were fashionable in the past and planted when and where they were.
 
Araucaria of different persuasions – the Norfolk Pine, Bunya and Hoop pines – were a particular focus of the walk. The weather was mostly on our side and the event much enjoyed by all participants.
 
This inaugural walk was very poplar and oversubscribed, so the Trust will look to run similar walks in the future. We are most grateful to Andrew, who generously donated his time, expertise and enthusiasm in the service of encouraging people to stop, look and appreciate the trees that contribute so much to our character of our historic streetscapes and gardens in Hunters Hill.