December 2021 – Page 3 – The Valley Profile

Matt Elliot has sold Tree Shapes after 17 years of trimming and chipping. Photo: GORDON PREECE

Tree Shapes cuts above the rest

Post author:Gordon Preece
Post published:December 17, 2021
Post category:December 2021

ADVERTORIAL It’s been 17 years since Matt Elliot established Tree Shapes in Thames, an arboriculture business offering high standard residential and commercial tree work by qualified arborists for a competitive…

Mark and Trudi Kyd have adorned their Shaw Ave home with spectacular Christmas lights for 10 years. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Family’s Christmas lights bring joy

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:December 16, 2021
Post category:December 2021

It takes four weekends of hard work to turn the Kyd family home into a Christmas wonderland.Every November, Trudi organises the display, while her husband Mark walks along the hot…

Re-Source members Shakēd From, left, and Tony Winter pitch their ideas to council. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Food waste strategies mooted

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:December 16, 2021
Post category:December 2021

Worm farms and composting systems were two of the schemes put forward to council staff last week as a way to divert the district’s food waste from landfill.A new food…