Protecting, promoting and enhancing local native vegetation and supporting people with a passion for plants
In 1989, a small group of like-minded people gathered at a public meeting with the simple goal to plant more trees in Newcastle. The group agreed to focus on native plants.
Before long they decided to grow local native plants collected from local seed. They saw themselves as pioneers and called the group Trees In Newcastle (friends call us TIN).
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Weโve been proudly community-run since 1989, with individuals and organisations in our community contributing to our successes.
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Jess, taking it easy with Flannel Flowers today at TIN on World Mental Health Day. A good day to relax, self-care, enjoy nature, or plant a tree or Flannel Flower โฆ but be quick, theyโre selling fast. ๐๐ฑ
๐ญ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ฌ-๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ & ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐![]()
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Tomorrow, 10th October, is World Mental Health Day.![]()
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In Australia, the Flannel Flower (๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐), is the symbol for mental health awareness. These resilient yet beautiful plants grow in very challenging environments like coastal heath and open eucalypt forest on shallow sandy soils and often in exposed situations.![]()
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"๐โ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐." (The Flannel Project 2024, www.theflannelproject.com/the-flannel-flower).![]()
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Flannel Flowers are a good reminder that itโs okay to take your time, rest, and bloom again when the momentโs right.![]()
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At TIN's retail day tomorrow, we'll have lots of Flannel Flowers available (some are flowering) in tubes but theyโd love to get going and growing in the ground. Planting a Flannel Flower or two might be a nice thing you can do for your mental health too.![]()
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We hope you have a great day tomorrow and ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐. ๐ฑ![]()
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Below are some links to mental health services if you're interested:![]()
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๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ, The Flannel Flower: mailer.mhaustralia.org/about-us/flannel-flower![]()
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๐ก๐ฆ๐ช ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐: www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/services/Pages/support-contact-list.aspx![]()
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๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, www.lifeline.org.au/![]()
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๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐๐ฒ, www.beyondblue.org.au/ ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Trees in Newcastle would like to say a huge thank you to the Merewether High School Environmental Club for their very generous donation. We are incredibly grateful and enjoyed providing a native plant propagation workshop for a great bunch of future environmentalists ๐๐ฑ