SPAIDS Tree Planting 27 July 2008

The 34th SPAIDS planting between 11am and 3pm will be in the dedicated
AIDS Memorial Groves, signposted, in the park in Sydney adjacent to
Barwon Park Road off Princes Highway. Look for the Old Brickworks
Chimneys entrance, opposite St Peters Station. SPAIDS invites you to plant
a young Australian tree provided by Sydney City Council's tree nursery to
commemorate the life of someone who has died from HIV/AIDS. SPAIDS
plantings also include commemorating lesbians, gay men and transgender
people who have died as the result of violence, the Nazi Holocaust and as
another memorial alternative to the Quilt Project and Candlelight. Picnic
around midday with barbecue provided by Council, on Sunday 27 July, after
which we hope to have a short tree-blessing ceremony. We will picnic in
the Reflection Area, dedicated at the 21st planting. This area is on a
hill overlooking the SPAIDS Groves area. SPAIDS has a complete listing of
all names commemorated since the first plantings on 15 May 1994. The list
has about 1200 names after 33 plantings, and is available for viewing at
each planting day. To date over 8000 trees have been planted in the
Groves. Join us for our 34^th planting and visit the Reflection Area in remembrance of those we have
lost in our communities. Plant more trees and help to enhance the growing
beauty of the SPAIDS Groves.