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TREENET Symposium 2026 - Takeaways
There are many threads to follow, and conversations to continue, but here are some the most immediate and notable takeaways for me. This year’s theme…
 • Gayle Dallaston
Teenagers, used cars, and creating a solution
Our family has donated another car to Kids Under Cover. Every time, I’m impressed by the smooth design of their scheme. But it’s the construction of the…
 • Gayle Dallaston
Start Local, then Scale Out Through Networks
It’s the invisible connections - between people, places, and issues - that create opportunities for innovation and scale through collaboration.
The Lure of Guerrilla Gardening
Once you start verge gardening, you notice the grass or weeds with the odd tree on public land everywhere. You imagine what it could be. The temptation…
 • Gayle Dallaston
No story = wasted opportunity
Chapter 6, Leverage and Communicate, of my next book begins: Get maximum value out of every effort. Every action makes a difference. How big a…
 • Gayle Dallaston
How Australia Post has become part of my life
We talk about transport of people a lot but what about the transport of goods like my book? That's also part of the fabric of community life.
 • Gayle Dallaston
The Challenge of Community Engagement
On Monday, we visited a demonstration verge garden in the City of Moreton Bay area. Like many other councils, they are exploring ways to get the…
 • Gayle Dallaston
Book: "Garden on the Verge: A New Approach"
If you've ever wondered why I am so insistent on native plants and street trees for verges, following council guidelines, and why I think verges are…
 • Gayle Dallaston
Should Councils Subsidise Verge Gardening?
This week another council is offering free plants to try to get more people verge gardening. Is this a good idea? How much difference does it make?
 • Gayle Dallaston
Platypuses and Canaries
There's some new research about the effect of our urban environment on platypuses. Does a verge garden in the streets have a role in protecting…
 • Gayle Dallaston
The Nursery Layer for Regeneration
Although Jim's passion is bush regeneration (wild nature) and I concentrate on regenerating nature in urban areas (nature combined with people), there…
 • Gayle Dallaston
What is Nature Anyway?
At the "Being Stewards: On Nature & Philosophy" event, the first activity was to see what each person around the table classified as "nature" and "not…
 • Gayle Dallaston
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