Tiny Forest
Tiny Forest bring the benefits of nature right into the heart of our urban spaces, where it’s needed the most.
Tiny Forest are more than just trees. They are a growing movement that reconnect people with nature, enhance wellbeing, help to mitigate the impacts of climate change and provide habitat for wildlife.
Introducing Tiny Forests
- A Tiny Forest is a small (approx. 200m2 – the size of a tennis court) densely packed patch of diverse, native vegetation.
- Tiny Forest are based on an established planting methodology developed in the 1970s, by world renowned botanist – Akira Miyawaki.
- We work to identify suitable sites in urban locations, where nature is most needed.
- We engage with local community members, businesses and schools to plant, maintain and monitor their forest over time. The forest reconnects people with nature, educates and raises awareness of climate change.
- Environmental and social data is collected for all the forests we plant, to help us assess the benefits they provide over time and between plantings.
Why Tiny Forests
Population growth is driving land clearing for housing and the decline of green canopy cover in Lake Macquarie resulting in habitat fragmentation, species extinctions and rising urban temperatures.
Nature-based solutions for urban resilience, such as Tiny Forests, engage and educate the community in understanding the true value of biodiversity and climate action, and how they can play an important role in contributing to the urban forest.
Program benefits
- Rapid regeneration
- High biodiversity
- Thermal cooling
- Improved soil health
- Stormwater mitigation
- Improved community wellbeing and resilience
- Education and nature connection
This initiative aims to address and the support the following Sustainable Development Goals
