Branching out: Mooroopna community joins forces to plant trees

By Khadija Hadjab and Rechelle Zammit

Jul 8, 2024

Planting the seeds of a greener tomorrow: Little Stars Kinder’s Aarav Soni, 5, with Little Stars Shepparton Centre Manager Charmain Gregory. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

RiverConnect was founded in 2005 and is a Shepparton-Mooroopna community initiative designed to raise awareness about the environment and protect the “heart and soul of the community” — the Goulburn and Broken rivers.

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According to the group, it aims to promote a “whole-of-community approach to reconnect people to the river environment whilst protecting and enhancing these spaces”.

It regularly organises a variety of programs involving schools and communities each year to raise awareness about the environment and plant native shrubs and trees to revegetate areas.

On Thursday, July 4, RiverConnect ran a community event in Mooroopna and invited the local community to a tree-planting workshop.

The News photographer Rechelle Zammit attended and took a few shots.