Bambra Agroforestry Farm on ABCTV Landline
Landline on ABCTV featured a story about our agroforestry work. It includes the harvesting and milling of one of our trees and shows how we are using the timber in our new house frame. The story also has an overview of the Stewart Family farm (Yan Yan Gurt West) and their commercial native flower project.
You can watch the full feature HERE.
Bambra Autumn Tours:
Sat. 22nd April, 2023 - Sold Out
Sat. 20th May, 2023 - Tickets still available
Follow Rowan (forest scientist and author of Heartwood) as he presents his "lecture in the paddock" tour of this specially designed outdoor classroom for tree growers.
The tour (more than 2 hours) includes demonstrations of the portable bandsaw, solar kiln, pruning tools, tree guards and varied planting designs. Along the way you'll learn about more than 50 specialty timber species and how to grow them in ways that heal the land, enhance biodiversity, shelter stock, reduce the fire risk and create a beautiful landscape.
Morning tour 10.00am-1.00pm
The tour (more than 2.5 hours) includes demonstrations of the portable bandsaw, solar kiln, pruning tools, tree guards and varied planting designs. Along the way you'll learn about more than 50 specialty timber species and how to grow them in ways that heal the land, enhance biodiversity, shelter stock, reduce the fire risk and create a beautiful landscape.
BOOKINGS: LINK
Optional afternoon tour of the Stewart's famil farm on both the 22nd April and 20th May: Yan Yan Gurt West
Bambra Tree Sleeve:
Wallaby, Kangaroos and Sheep tree guard
The flexible tree guard designed by Rowan Reid to allow grazing by sheep and protection from wallabies
See Bambra Tree Sleeve information page for details and watch the YouTube video on the guard HERE
Purchase posts and sleeve in our SHOP
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Bambra Agroforestry Farm on Gardening Australia
Click on the WATCH button in the picture to watch the segment on the ABC website
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Welcome to Rowan Reid's web page
Rowan Reid (B.For.Sci. & M.For.Sci.) is a forester amongst farmers. His passion for trees began as a child in the coastal eucalypt forests of southern Victoria and has led to a life teaching and working with farmers around the world:
1. Owner of the Bambra Agroforestry Farm. More than 10,000 visitors have toured his Bambra Agroforestry Farm, which is set up as a 42-hectare outdoor classroom for farmers, scientists, students and tree lovers, and a living laboratory for his own learning.
2. Co-founder of one of Australia's most successful Landcare groups, the Otway Agroforestry Network.
3. Originator of the Australian Master TreeGrower course, which is currently delivered by the Australian Agroforestry Foundation (a not-for-profit organisation).
4. A Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne for 20 years up until 2011. Rowan continues his academic teaching and research as a Senior Fellow of the university.
5. Author of "Heartwood - the art and science of growing trees for conservation and profit" and many other books on agroforestry and farm trees.
Web Site Contents
Bambra Agroforestry Farm: tours and courses
Rowan's new book: Heartwood - the art and science of growing trees for conservation and profit
Shop: buy tools, books, tree guards and other stuff. We only sell what we use ourselves.
Publications: lots of free book chapters, articles and papers written by Rowan Reid
Practical information: on growing and managing trees on farms
Tree Species: some examples of the species we grow for high quality timber
Ask Rowan: send an email question. Free service.
Consultant services: Rowan is available for farm consultancies, presentations, workshops etc.
Heartwood: The art and science of growing trees for conservation and profit
By Rowan Reid
The book that is changing the way people think about the future of forestry.
Produced in partnership with Melbourne Books, Heartwood is my most ambitious publishing project to date: A 300-page, hard-cover book featuring 300 colour photographs and more than 75,000 words. More detail .
Get a signed copy from the author: CLICK HERE
Bambra Agroforestry Farm
In 1987 Rowan Reid purchased a degraded farm in southern Victoria and began planting trees for conservation and profit. There are now more than 70 productive tree species producing timber, bush-food, fruit and other products. We are now harvesting, milling and drying our farm grown timber.
Rowan runs tours of the farm and delivers short courses in our classroom. More than 12000 people have visited the farm over the years. For more information about our events see our farm page
Where's Bambra Agroforestry Farm?
Follow Rowan's Bambra Agroforestry Farm
Rowan's short videos: Opinion, science and practice based on real experience
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What is Agroforestry?
For me, agroforestry is the integration of trees and shrubs into farming landscapes for conservation and profit. It's all about farmers using trees to improve the environmental, social and economic values of their land. I've been working with Australian farmers for more than 30 years. From the wheatbelt of Western Australia to the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland I don't think I've ever seen a farm that would not benefit from more tree cover or better forest management.
