GREEN thumbs and enthusiasm combined throughout the Border and North East on Sunday as volunteers took part in National Tree Day.
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Groups in Wodonga, Albury, Splitters Creek, Thurgoona and Beechworth joined the Australia-wide community tree-planting event.
National Tree Day started in 1996 and Planet Ark said since then more than 3.8 million people had planted 22.3 million trees and plants.
At Padman-Mates Park in Albury, about 20 people came at various times to help plant hundreds of shrubs.
Parklands Albury-Wodonga field ranger Tim Alexander said the work continued previous revegetation efforts about six years ago.
“Some of them are doing quite well but it’s a bit patchy so we’re having a bit of a go at following up on that,” he said.
Mr Alexander said the day also gave people the chance to carry out some local environmental work.
“Lots of people use the walking track and use this area,” he said.
“It’s nice to give them an opportunity to be involved.
“We’ve got dogs, kids, bike riders stopping to help.”