Tree Stories

Public education and engagement plays a critical role in perceptions of the urban forest by increasing understanding the full tree cycle and its value at all stages.

Day 2 Session 3 Workshop Schedule PDF
Day 2 Session 3 Introduction – Dr Rod Lamberts (Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU)

Presentations:

• Minister Shane Rattenbury (Member for Kurrajong, ACT Legislative Assembly) – Presentation PDF
• Bethany Hannah (Sacramento Tree Foundation) – Presentation PDF
• Gwilym Griffith (Urban Forest Manager, Inner West Council, Sydney)

 

Brainstorming

Day 2 Session 3 Brainstorming Notes PDF

Discussion Topics

Complete List of Discussion Topics from Session 3 PDF

What are the great stories/How do we tell them?

• Tree Hero Award – recognise people doing good work around trees and significant trees/groves
• How the people of the community associate with it
• QR codes on products/sign in where tree harvested
• Wiki – history and products from each tree Vocabulary around trees – ‘harvest’ vs ‘salvage’
• Emotions around the stories; feelings/experiences; habitat trees
• Celebration/mourning around trees – Manuka tree
• Documentation/capturing process – hide or expose?
• Advertising – tree registration; exemplar trees; rarity
• ‘Lumber tracker’ – D6 of trees
• Room and board – Furniture series with story attached
• Tours to show milling process

Established Trust with Existing Organisations: Greening Australian – Landcare

Wood Festival | Design Canberra | Heritage Festival | Tree Week

• Red ribbon
• Community Events – planting
• Men’s Shed/ Maker Space & Co
• Tree Park
• Schools
• Showcase
• Talent Makers Artisans – Indigenous stories about tree history
• APPA – walk and database