Veteran Tree Group Australia

01/04/2026

This is a great short little video on epicormic growth.

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26/02/2026

Costa lends his support to an 11th hour attempt to save iconic raintree - ABC listen

Large trees such as the giant Freshwater raintree are "priceless" and cannot be replaced, according to the country's most recognisable gardener, Costa Georgadis.

23/12/2025

Merry Xmas and bless all the forest protesters 💚💚💚💚❤️❤️❤️❤️💚💚💚💚❤️❤️❤️❤️

The WA government abandons plans to burn a parcel of forest that is home to a species of rare tree after a 70-year-old man spent six nights living in the canopy.

20/11/2025

Enjoyable article from The Conversation in reverance of old trees and their resilience.

What do trees remember?

Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.

26/07/2025

I love reading stories like this about trees. This tree was originally planted in Main Street, Buderim by Dame Quentin Bryce. The tree was planted to "formerly launch" the Buderim Foundation in 2004. The Buderim Foundation is a non for profit organisation designed to support the Buderim community via grants. Sunshine Coast Council moved the tree to the Buderim Lions Lookout on Burnett Street in 2015. The tree still stands their today.

THE FOUNDATION TREE AT BUDERIM LIONS PARK 🌳

Did you know that, on 6 April 2004, Dame Quentin Bryce, AC, CVO, formally launched the Buderim Foundation and planted the 'Foundation Tree' in Main Street?

This commemorative tree was moved to the Lions Park in Burnett Street in 2015 and still stands today! 🙌🏼

Scientifically, the Foundation Tree is labelled a 'Podocarpus Elatus,' but it is commonly known as an Illawarra Plum, Plum Pine, or Brown Pine. Despite its name, this tree is not a plum species but rather a conifer which is an ancient family of trees that produce woody seed cones with fruits attached. It is a spectacular rainforest tree that is native to NSW and Queensland and truly prized within the Buderim community.

If haven't visited Buderim Lions Park and marvelled beneath the foliage of this beautiful decades-old tree, why not take a stroll there this weekend 🙌

Located on Burnett Street, the park was originally created by the Buderim Lions Club, but has been heavily reworked from the original traveller’s-rest style car park that it once was. It now offers spectacular south-facing views of the Sunshine Coast and the hinterland and is the perfect place to have a picnic, a play with the kids or a simple a break from the business of town. Benches offer a great spot to have morning tea or lunch while you watch the big ships go to and from the busy Port of Brisbane.

Like this post if you're fan of the trees, parks and special places that make Buderim and our community so unique 👍👍👍

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