Men of the Trees Inc.

Men of the Trees at work. Women are part of this dedicated volunteer organisation.

The Men of the Trees Society was founded in 1922 in Kenya by Dr Richard St Barbe Baker and his ideas of “healing the earth by planting trees” have since then been taken up in many countries with the aim to “stabilize the landscape, reduce extremes of temperature, provide a habitat for flora and fauna, provide timber and other products, and beautify the environment”.

Men and Women join hands under The Men of the Trees umbrella. They are active in Brisbane and happy to be involved with restoring the banks along Gubberley Creek below the Kenmore Anglican Church.

Trees Replacing Weeds

Gubberley Creek winds from the Kenmore roundabout to the Brisbane River.  The stretch from Kenmore State School, along the gully below the Kenmore Anglican Church contains every weed found in the Brisbane suburbs. 

About a year ago, a few energetic members of The Men of the Trees Inc. gathered one Saturday to attack the weedy creek bank.  They did an amazing job and planted many small native trees.  Another Saturday, a few weeks later, an even larger patch of creekside was cleared and about 200 lower-storey plants and trees planted.  Local residents watered and weeded and some of the first plantings are now 3-4 m high.  The success rate through this very dry year had been 75-80% and the site is looking good. This Saturday Group returns every 2-3 months to help with weeding and replacing dead trees.  A great transformation has been made but lots of weeds are still flourishing along the creek.

(Barbara Wintringham, Brisbane Botanics - The Newsletter of the Volunteer    Guides at Brisbane Botanic Gardens  - April  2003. Reprinted with Barbara’s kind permission)

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