Gunning District Landcare's 'Paddock Tree Project' aims to re-establish paddock trees in the Gunning region. Through this project, landholders request 1 to 25 trees and guards per property, and are required to make a co-contribution of around $25 or $30 per guard depending on the size of the guard, as well as supply their own steel pickets. There is a saving of around $35 per guard through this subsidised project! 

GDL has run the Paddock Tree Project three years in a row; with 276 native trees planted in 2022, 408 in 2023 and 362 in 2024. We are grateful to have received another round of funding from the Biala Wind Farm Community Grant to run another Project in 2025. Scattered paddock trees are vital in the Australian landscape for wildlife, ecological health, and productivity. You can read more about all these important benefits here.

Past funding by Local Land Services, the Biala Wind Farm Community Grant, and contributions from local landholders have made these projects possible at a low cost to participants. For the 2025 round, expressions of interest close on 20 April 2025, with trees and guards to be distributed in Autumn 2025. Click here to fill out the expression of interest form online.