My project is all about getting trees planted in the Flowerdale district of Victoria.

We all remember the devastating fires of Black Saturday across Victoria in 2009. It was one of the the hottest weekends on record and the temperatures soared into the 40s. The Kinglake, Marysville and Flowerdale districts of Central Victoria were particularly hard hit.

Five years on and the landscape is slowly recovering with the help of many community groups and networks.

But the region still needs our support.

My project will support the planting of up to 10,000 trees in this district. The trees will be planted by Chris Cobern of the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (and his band of volunteers). Chris' group won the 2011 Victorian landcare Awards. So, this group know what they are doing. Re-vegetation has already begun in earnest in this district, with much of it co-coordinated by Chris.

This project has a fabulous company behind it - Pana Chocolate. Pana has a passion for all things natural and sustainable.


Pana is supporting this project in a number of ways. He is supplying chocolate for the rewards, joining in the tree planting on National Tree Day and has committed to helping Fifteen Trees with more trees later in the season.



Trees will be sourced from Steve and Heather's Trees, a small independent native nursery in Flowerdale. The nursery gathers much of its seeds from the local area to propagate. The trees selected by Chris will be native and indigenous to the region.

My name is Colleen Filippa and my background is in education and sustainability. I have been in the environment movement since the Franklin River Campaign (Tasmania 1982) and am an active member of environmental networks and landcare.




I run a green business called Fifteen Trees which is located in the Central Highlands region of Victoria. I help companies and individuals reduce their carbon footprint by organising trees to be planted on their behalf. To date, Fifteen Trees has helped plant over 30,000 trees, with most of the trees being planted here in Victoria. Via my website, supporters get to see their trees and read the stories behind the community groups who have planted them.


The Rewards. It is all pretty simple. One tree will cost you $5.00. Two trees will cost $10.00. Three trees .. well you get the picture! I need to raise $10,000 within 2 months to get as many trees as POZIBLE planted. Once planted, you will get to see your trees via the Fifteen Trees website and read the story behind those who planted them.

Funds raised will be used to - 
*purchase the trees (up to 10,000),
*support the Landcare group with organising their tree planting days.

Any extra funds raised will go towards more trees for the district.

There is only one obstacle - that we don't raise the funds!



Everything else is set to go. The trees have been propagated and are sitting in their pots waiting. The site has been selected. The fences have been erected (to keep out the cattle and roos).

Even the weather is not an obstacle - we plant come wind, hail or snow.