GUST founder to address plant society
Special guest at the next meeting of the Australian Pants Society Central Coast will be Jennifer Wilder, who was instrumental in forming the community group Grow Urban Shade Trees (GUST)….
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Peninsula in crisis over lack of trees
The Woy Woy Peninsula is in crisis due to over-development and lack of tree canopy, according to the Peninsula Residents Association (PRA). In a response to a NSW Parliamentary Committee…
New tree and plaque at Woy Woy honour late Queen
A plaque at the site of a newly planted gum tree recognising Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee was unveiled recently by Member for Robertson, Gordon Reid, and community members at…
Shady fig tree to grace Woy Woy waterfront
A mature Port Jackson fig tree will be planted on the Woy Woy waterfront with grant funding received by the Peninsula Environment Group (PEG). The grant is part of the…
Mystery tree deaths on Ettalong foreshore
Community group Grow Urban Shade Trees aka GUST has alerted the council to the dying Banksia trees on Ettalong foreshore along The Esplanade. “Suddenly seven beautiful and iconic local native…
GUST aims to keep growing as part of Peninsula Environment Group
Local community environment organisation, Grow Urban Shade Trees (GUST), has joined forces with the Peninsula Environment Group (PEG) to help focus on sustainable living on the Peninsula. Having worked with…
Tree group wins regional environmental award
A Umina tree advocacy group has been named Community Environment Network’s Most Outstanding Communitybased Organisation of the Year. Grow Urban Shade Trees received the award for their work in making…
Peninsula has hottest suburbs on the Coast
Ettalong, Umina, Booker Bay, and parts of Woy Woy are the hottest suburbs on the Central Coast, all measuring more than four degrees above average, a new report has found….
Group starts to promote shade trees
A new community group calling itself GUST (Grow Urban Shade Trees) has been started in Umina to encourage residents to bring shade and beauty to their neighbourhoods. “I’m absolutely driven…