A vote for the environment: re-purposing old corflute signs as tree guards

Posted on 30 April, 2025 by Bonnie Humphreys

It is well and truly election time!! With only a few days left until we find out Australia’s political direction, we have all no doubt come across some corflute signs.

Rob Chapman from Campaspe Valley Landcare Group has approached Connecting Country to help share his innovative idea for reusing old campaign signs as tree guards to protect revegetation and help with the reduce, reuse and recycle philosophy we all try to live by!

‘Fellow Landcarer’s and Habitat restorers, here is an idea that I have found works well.

I have asked for old political corflute signs that are no longer relevant from political election campaigns, and turned them into Tree Guards or ‘Politically Correct Tree Guards’ as I call them. They are simple to make and cost only your time. Great as a group activity as they don’t demand a great deal of skill.

Ask the people who hand out the how to vote cards who to contact to get corflute (post election), remember it does not matter what Party they come from, you can turn them inside or out. It is repurposing a resource and helping a tree to grow that matters.

We have made a video with step by step instructions for construction.