THOUSANDS of native trees were planted in Caversham by community volunteers last Saturday in an effort to fight the impacts of climate change and reverse damages to wildlife habitats.

Trillion Trees’ ecological restoration manager Julian Beasley said he was appreciative of the turnout on the day and hoped to see the same level of engagement at the Viveash planting later this month.

“We’re so grateful to everyone who helped to make our community planting day a huge success,” he said.

“Together with 90 willing volunteers, we planted over 6000 native trees, shrubs and groundcover plants in just a few hours.

“It was great to see people of all ages and abilities coming together to take real action, helping to restore this important riparian woodland as a viable habitat for wildlife and a living legacy for the local community in the future.

“We planted a biodiverse selection of locally endemic species which will grow to provide habitat for a range of native animals that still frequent the area, including quendas, possums, endangered black cockatoos and many others.

“If you missed out on this event, you can join us on Saturday, July 20 for our second community planting day in Viveash.”

Over the weekend, tickets sold out for the Viveash event but Trillion Trees fundraising and communications coordinator Kate Herren said it was still worth joining the waitlist.

“We will hold a waitlist for that, as over the next couple of weeks some spaces might open up so we will take a few more names,” she said.

“130 people booked in for the Caversham event but then 90 turned up, so it’s definitely worth joining that list in case anyone drops out.”

Established in 1979, Trillion Trees is the longest running volunteer-led environmental organisation in WA.

The organisation has planted 15 million trees since its inception and is working for a world where all people recognise the value of trees.