Tree Facts

               TREES ARE VITAL TO OUR WELL-BEING

• Trees enhance our environment and attract area interest.
• Many of our trees are older and more beautiful than our houses.
• Trees in your garden or your street add value to your property.
• Trees provide a habitat for wildlife; birds, animals and insects.
• Trees give us shade in the summer and interest in all 4 seasons.
• Trees provide privacy, shelter from winds and noise reduction.
• Trees prevent flooding and can help prevent landslip.
• Trees on islands calm traffic.
• Trees are known to promote healing after surgery or illness.
• Trees absorb pollutants that are damaging to human health.            
• The average tree absorbs 5 kilos of pollutants from the air each year.
• A single tree can absorb over a tonne of Carbon Dioxide during its lifetime.
• Two trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four.

“People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that cannot sustain people”

~ Bryce Nelson.