An onsite nursery being developed at Avalon Airport has resulted in around 4500 square metres of the facility teeming with young trees.
Avalon Airport has been busy upgrading across the COVID-19 period with new technology such as touchless kiosks, auto bag drops and a state-of-the-art CT scanner being installed.
What is less known, is that the airport has also been using the time to plan and implement a new nursery, to grow greenery for the extensive airport’s entry and exit roads.
The Avalon Airport Nursery contains around 2600 plants.
As well as beautification, lining the roads at the airport with trees provides a wind buffer for passengers, protects against soil erosion and creates a clear way to navigate the facility.
The bare-rooted pot stock at the nursery is a mix of native and international trees that thrive in the Australian climate, and includes wattles, kurrajong trees, tea trees and banksias as well as maidenhair and the blue jacaranda.
Once the trees are more established, the airport plans to convert some of the nursery space into a staff garden and picnic area.
Avalon Airport chief executive Justin Giddings said more than 200,000 trees have been planted in and around the airport since 2000, as part of Avalon Landcare.
“It’s great to be doing so again in such a prominent spot with the purpose of using the trees,” he said.
“We can’t wait for them to develop and be replanted in their final positions around the airport.”
