Community members came out in force last Sunday to help plant 500 native trees along a one kilometre stretch of the Ovens River at Freeburgh.
The near spring-like weather was an added bonus for the volunteers who gathered at the Old Harrietville Road Bridge near the junction with the Great Alpine Road to support Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group's (UOVLG) postponed National Tree Day planting workshop.
Local natives such as Blackwood, Swamp Gum and Callisternon supplied by Alpine Nursery at Ovens were planted where invasive bushes and other woody weeds were recently removed from the embankment.
Volunteers enjoyed a barbeque lunch after their hard work.
Sunday's planting was done in collaboration with the North East Catchment Management Authority and Parks Victoria and the support of Alpine Shire, HVP Plantations and Friends of Mount Buffalo.
