Favourite tree of the Tweed competition - winners announced

The winners of our Favourite Tree of the Tweed competition have been announced:

The standout winner with 67 votes was the impressive Pandanus tree at Kingscliff submitted by Conal H. on behalf of his kids Freddy and Essie and titled ‘Dome Tent’. Conal said entering the competition was his children's idea as they loved to play under and climb the amazing Pandanus tree.

Jonny C.’s entry ‘When 2 Become 1’ as it highlighted a location where several trees alongside the road provide shade, beautiful amenity value and habitat for wildlife, as well as connection to play and recreation areas. Jonny is passionate about the value trees can add to the landscape and backyards and is known amongst his friends as 'the plant guy'. He said that while there were lots of great trees, he was particularly struck by the beauty of these two trees intertwining.

Tweed residents were invited to submit a photo of their favourite tree or streetscape in the Tweed to promote the benefits of trees as part of Tweed Shire Council’s Cool Towns Urban Forest Program. 24 entries were received and more than 370 votes were cast.

The Cool Towns Urban Forest Program aims to plant more trees in the Tweed to provide increased shade and cooling in settings where concrete, bitumen and built structures absorb and reflect heat.

The two winning entries won a prize pack including a native tree voucher for Kingscliff Nursery, 6 bags of high quality compost produced by Soilco from Tweed's Organics Processing facility and a gardening supplies pack (2 prizes to be won).

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