What Councils are proactive and give away trees?
- Schools in the Hawkesbury Local Government area can receive 4 free native plants of their choice every year from the Hawkesbury Community Nursery.
Nursery | Hawkesbury City Council (nsw.gov.au)
2. Brisbane residential ratepayers, residential tenants, public housing and Defence Housing residents can claim two free native plants each financial year (July to June).
Free Native Plants program | Brisbane City Council
3. None at Newcastle
City of Newcastle (nsw.gov.au)
4. Two plants can be collected every 6 months with a current Sunshine Coast Council rates notice
Free trees | Sunshine Coast Council
5. Residents can collect 3 free trees* per household. If you will be collecting trees for more than one property, you will need to provide a current rates notice for each property.
Free trees | City of Gold Coast
6. Property owners in Logan can take advantage of our Free Trees program. We provide a wide range of native and non-native trees at our collection sites for you to plant in your garden. Residents who present a current rates notice at the collection locations will have their notice scanned. After this they are given a token and are free to pick 3 plants from the selection available
Free trees – Logan City Council
Free koala food trees
7. As a Redland City Council resident you can pop by and grab five free koala food trees for your backyard or property and help provide habitat for our well-loved fluffy marsupials. Learn more about our local koalas.
Nursery | indigiscapes (redland.qld.gov.au)
8. Fraser Council does not currently give away free trees to residents.
Street trees – Fraser Coast Regional Council
Free Plant Day
9. Council’s Free Plant Day initiative provides local residents with two free native, waterwise plants to have in their own yard.
Free Plant Day – Mount Isa City Council
10. Ipswich Council
| Type of resident/property/partner | Maximum number of plants |
| Residential/renters (including duplex/dual occupancy) | 6 plants |
| Riparian allotments (on a river) | 15 plants |
| Acreage (0.4ha – 4ha, 1 acre – 10 acres or 4000m² – 40,000m²) | 15 plants |
| Homeowner (ratepayer) of newly built homes (under 12 months old) | 25 plants |
| Peri-urban (4ha – 20ha, 10 acres – 50 acres or 40,000m² – 200,000m²) | 30 plants |
Free Plant Program : Ipswich City Council
