Happy National Wattle Day! Today we celebrate a national symbol and reflect on the incredible diversity of Australia's largest group of vascular (woody) plants 🌳 The genus 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢 (to which wattles belong) is extremely diverse. With around 1000 known species, wattles have adapted to grow in a wide range of habitats - from mountains ⛰️ to coast 🏖️and rainforest 🌧️to desert☀️ they feature in almost every Australian landscape. Wattle has long been an important cultural symbol. In 1988 𝘈𝘤�

Making a timber Christmas Tree…from offcuts. In every workshop, there’s a pile of leftovers - tiny lengths, odd angles, the bits most people never look at twice. But here, nothing is “waste.” Here, even the smallest offcuts get a second life. Today’s reel is a little nod to that - a Christmas tree crafted from reclaimed Australian hardwood scraps. Timber that once held up homes, fences, sheds… now holding its own as a piece of festive joy. A reminder that beauty doesn’t need to be bought new. So