Avalon Nursery and teams of garden lovers have vowed to help green up the blackened ground charred in last week's Bunkers Hill/Smythes Creek bushfire.
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David Winters from Avalon Nursery, who offered shelter to evacuees and their animals while the fire raged on Friday, will donate 100 bare rooted trees to local landowners and for every member of the public who donates $20 he'll add another tree to the 100.
Local gardeners, landscapers, arborists and earthmoving businesses have also jumped on board, offering their time and services for a day of replanting.
Mr Winters said that would probably take place during July, once people had begun to recover from the inferno.
During Friday afternoon's fire about 15 people took refuge at the Haddon nursery. Dogs and cats were in the office and the nursery's sprinklers were turned on full throughout the business and garden.
The nursery also has plans to host a barbecue get-together for locals and the CFA.
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