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JUL 30 (NATIONAL)

NATIONAL TREE DAY

Get your green thumb out and celebrate the 22nd year of Planet Ark’s National Tree Day. Last year nearly 300,000 people took part in greening their local environments and 1.1 million native trees, shrubs and edibles were planted across the country. Planet Ark encourages you to take 10 minutes each day outside and connect with nature. treeday.planetark.org

SEP1 -30 (WA)

KINGS PARK FESTIVAL

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