Canberra Tree Week


Canberra Tree Week 2024

Every autumn, Canberra Tree Week celebrates trees and the many benefits they provide through a week-long program of events.

Canberra Tree Week provides an opportunity for the community to:

  • learn about trees
  • participate in a variety of activities
  • connect with local community and environmental groups.

2024 is a big year for trees in the ACT. It marks the 10th annual Canberra Tree Week and the beginning of Canberra’s new tree protection laws.

young girl standing under a tree

Register an event for Canberra Tree Week 2024

If you’re interested in hosting an event as part of Canberra Tree Week from 4 to 12 May 2024, please email treeweek@act.gov.au by Friday 1 March 2024.

Once finalised, we will publish the calendar of events on this page.

Drawing competition

Every tree in Canberra is part of an urban forest. Our urban forest protects us by providing shade to keep us cool, cleaning the air, creating homes for native wildlife and much, much more.

To enter the Canberra Tree Week drawing competition, you need to create an artwork that responds to the theme 'Trees are key'. Use your imagination and show us through your artwork why trees are so important!

Winning entries will be selected from each age group from 5 to 12 years of age and displayed during Canberra Tree Week in May 2024 in a special outdoor exhibition at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Winners will also receive a plant kindly donated by Yarralumla Nursery.

Entries close at 5:00 pm on 22 March 2024.

How to enter the drawing competition

Make your artwork

Drawings can be in pencil, paint, crayon, mixed media or digitally created. You can do your drawing on the back of the entry form (PDF 134.5 KB), or on your own piece of paper. The layout of your artwork must be portrait (vertical), not landscape (horizontal).

Tip: If including text, limit words to no more than 10 so they can be read from a distance.

Photograph your artwork

Take a high-resolution photo of the artwork and keep the photo handy – we will need the file if yours is a winning entry.

Submit your artwork
You can submit your artwork by post or email.

  • Email: Send a photo of your artwork (no more than 6 MB) and your entry form to treeweek@act.gov.au
  • Post: Remember to take a high-resolution photo of your artwork before posting it to the following address:

    Tree Week - S Ning
    Urban Treescapes, TCCS
    480 Northbourne Ave
    Dickson ACT 2602

Entry form

You can download and print the entry form or, if submitting your entry online, include the following information in your email:

  • Child’s name
  • Child’s age
  • Child’s school
  • Parent/guardian name
  • Relationship to the child
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Do you agree to the terms and conditions of the competition? (Yes/No)
  • Description of artwork

Entries and the completed entry form must be received by post or email by 5:00 pm on Friday 22 March 2024. All winners will be contacted via email.

Terms and conditions

By entering this competition, you agree to be bound by the competition terms and conditions and confirm that you have read and understood these conditions of entry. Read the terms and conditions.

If you have any questions, please email treeweek@act.gov.au

Aboriginal artwork