Sustainable Chippendale

A Sustainable Suburb In the Making

Chippendale, Sydney, NSW Australia

Sustainable Chippendale is a community initiative setup to support the Sustainable Streets and Community Plan in Chippendale. If you are passionate about sustainability we'd love you to join us in getting behind this ground breaking project to establish a practical model for sustainable inner city living in Sydney.

Transplant of our Tahitian Lime‏

May 11, 2015  /  Andrew Jacobs

We have an exciting new bike path coming through Chippendale, but unfortunately our beautiful and healthy Tahitian Lime‏ was on it's way and we had to transplant it, here are some photos of how it went!

Warwick and Eamonn digging out the Tahitian Lime ready for transplanting.

Warwick and Eamonn digging out the Tahitian Lime ready for transplanting.

Serena with sledge hammer breaking up rocks to get a good rocky base for the lime and prevent it drowning in water.

Serena with sledge hammer breaking up rocks to get a good rocky base for the lime and prevent it drowning in water.

Michael, Eamonn, Bianca and Serena working to free up the tree.  We pruned it heavily to reduce the trauma for the tree being uprooted and transplanted.

Michael, Eamonn, Bianca and Serena working to free up the tree.  We pruned it heavily to reduce the trauma for the tree being uprooted and transplanted.

Michael from QMC, the contractors building the bike path, with his machine to lift and move the lime.

Michael from QMC, the contractors building the bike path, with his machine to lift and move the lime.

Bianca, Serena and Eamonn with the tree in its new place.  Fingers crossed the tree survives the trauma of the move

Bianca, Serena and Eamonn with the tree in its new place.  Fingers crossed the tree survives the trauma of the move

Great work guys! Thank you so much for saving our tree!

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