Watch trees grow in 40 seconds! A 6.5 year timelapse!

6+ years ago I setup a timelapse to watch trees grow at Lot50 Kanyangapilla. It’s an ecological and cultural regeneration project in the heart of McLaren Vale, South Australia. For more information visit: lot50kanyanyapilla.com

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

The way he said "can we watch it again, please" showed so much awe and pride

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Yeah, I think you’re spot on there. Cheers for tuning in.

[@Nienpet]

I actually got a bit teary watching it. This makes me so happy.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Aww ✨✨✨

[@Stephan131996]

Only 6.5 years for such a huge amount of growth is nothing but stunning to me, gives me motivation to do something with plants again and grow something nice.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Beautiful Stephan. Good luck with some growing ✨

[@kelvinfaulkner3183]

Fantastic! Well done team. This is the sort of film that should be shown in schools, to say, look what can happen in the time you're at school or less. Let's enthuse the younger people.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Here here!

[@edwintschopp1493]

Wow. Just wow. Congrats to the planters and the filmer.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks so much edwintschopp! And thanks for tuning in 🙏🙏🙏

[@johnbrame3023]

Awesome project, well done to everyone who played a part.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks so much @johnbrame3023 🙏

[@Moozig]

That's an incredible accomplishment, both in terms of ecological restoration and filmmaking!

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Oh wow, thanks so much @moozig. And thanks for checking it out 🙏🙏🙏

[@mattwalk79]

Love seeing the seasonal changes (like speed of eucalypt growth and grass turning golden brown)

[@sandymarion2069]

So awesome to see how much growth has happened in such a short space of time. I really hadn't expected that we'd see such enormous trees develop over the past few years, it makes me feel much more hopeful about the capacity for revegetation and carbon drawdown in Australia and overseas in the next few years!

[@sharonhoffer3599]

What a beautiful thing to watch, the land being rehabilitated 💚💚💚 it really made me so happy, I even shed a few tears! We need to do this everywhere…..

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Aww Sharon. I’d love to see this everywhere too. Thanks for tuning in 🙏

[@LearningZoneLanguages]

This is an inspiration to everyone.Keep planting! 🌱 Thank you for the work done so far👏

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks so much Learning Zone Languages 🙏🙏🙏. Yes. Let’s all keep planting! 🌳🌴🍀

[@LearningZoneLanguages]

@@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments I've already planted 40 chestnut trees, 5 acacia trees, 1 pine and 1 juniper, 2 lavenders and many seeds, and I will continue 🌳💪🏼

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

@LearningZoneLanguages Oh nice work mate ✨

[@WhitedewValley]

This is simply amazing to see. Super inspiring to me. I can't wait to make a tree nursery and get down to planting some trees. I might record some of my own timelapses now that you inspired me. Thank you sir. Greetings from Croatia to the world down under.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Wow, thankyou. All the best with your nursery and possibly timelapse’s in Croatia 🇭🇷!! Please share if you do. Honoured to inspire 🙏

[@NathL-fr]

Wow! Impressive! Hello from France

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks NathL! Thanks for tuning in all the way from France 🇫🇷!

[@vivalaleta]

Outstanding. Thank you for your hard work.

[@MaxMitchell-McGree]

So beautiful, real progress we could replicate everywhere.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

And more easily in high rainfall areas ✨

[@ScottMorganINFJ]

What an awesome Timelapse.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks Scott. Thanks for tuning in 🙏

[@AgroecologicalSystems]

This is awesome

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks Agroecologicalsystems!

[@DerLoller100]

im glad i found his video! thanks for covering the growth of this lovely project!

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks DerLoller. Thanks so much tuning in!

[@AreHan1991]

Brilliant!

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks so much AreHan 🙏

[@SWA-Projects]

“What more could you want in life…” (3:21) Another quote from another person: “A man who plants a tree knowing that he will never sit in it’s shadow discovered the true meaning of life.” Both statements are absolutely… superb! Great video! And thank you for sharing this! Enjoy life everybody 🙏

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Such a simple, yet poignant statement isn’t it. Thanks for sharing the other quote too. And Thanks for tuning in SWA projects 🙏

[@southernrainforest]

good video, enjoyed that

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks Southernrainforest 🙏

[@seaknightvirchow8131]

Astounding!

[@benwherlock9869]

Wow! That was amazing to see. 🌳🌳🌴🌴🌲🌲🌴🌴🌳🌳🌴🌴

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks so much Ben! Thanks for tuning in 🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳!!!!

[@sallyhausken2307]

Creative, imaginative and AVANT GARDE!

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Wow thanks so much Sally 🙏🙏🙏

[@paulsboutique]

Inspiring 🌳🌳🌳

[@Suburbangeek]

Inspirational.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Gavin IS the man hey. Thanks for watching suburbangeek 👍

[@thomasmarley3646]

That front tree 😤

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Haha! Yeah. Cheeky lil grower.

[@julieblackstock8650]

Just shows me that planting trees in my garden can achieve the same effect in miniature.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Absolutely.

[@ayzie804]

❤ This is so great to see! I was looking for someone who did this on a beautiful project like this for some time now. Planning on doing it here in Germany to really show people what can be done in a time span that is comprehensible even for non-gardeners and tree people. I believe the effect can be far greater than one of these (also important) 50+ page reports on what has to change. At least for a mainstream audience and hopefully even for some people in power. We are a visual species after all. At best I‘d like to start with a bare piece of degenerated land to highten the turnaround effect. Would you mind sharing a bit about the technical and building aspects of your setup? Another video maybe? 😊 And were you inspired by similar ideas that you could share? In any case, all the best from Berlin, Alex

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

H Alex. Thanks so much for tuning in and your detailed comment. I can certainly help guide you with a camera setup. Perhaps a how to, follow up video is a good idea (as you said). I’ll have a think I and get back to you. Thanks again.

[@stoichumanist749]

Superb

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks stoic humanist 🙏🙏🙏

[@Bennie32831]

I hope you move the camera and capture the next 6 and so on

[@francescodeluca5692]

💚🐝🍀🌲

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

🌳✅✨

[@mlindsay527]

Can you discuss the species used and tree mortality?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

I’ll get back to you. Gavin will have good data on this. Stay tuned!

[@GavinMalone-mw2tp]

@@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments 7 upper canopy species and about 27 mid-canopy along with shrubs. Gavin

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks Gavin 🙏

[@db5859]

What sorts of precipitation levels do you get in this area?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Gavin has good data on this - do you wanna chime in on this one?

[@msblue1003]

could you please put a koala on that eucalyptus?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Haha coming right up. I could probably organise some kangaroos to hop by too if you like 😀

[@claudiavontriet]

There are no seasons or weather variance? Are they checking on this once a year?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks for your comment. I can assure you, there are seasonal changes if you review the timelapse frame by frame. The camera took 1 photo every week but not all images were used in the final sequence. The weather sometimes made the shot unusable (stormy rain laden lens for example). Does that answer your question?

[@francocarrieri1988]

LOOK! What is that spiral in the ground at 4'04''?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

That’s actually on the neighbouring property that an indigenous community leader and cultural bearer manages. I assume that it’s a project of his.

[@BetterWorldEcosystems]

Did you water the trees?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Only when seedlings. So first year or so.

[@stefankrause5138]

Nowadays you could fly a drone over it in weekly bases, have it take the same shot over and over again, and in 4 years, AI will choose the right frames from the right shots and merge them together into a 4-dimensional animation.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

I was thinking of a similar idea actually. I wouldn’t be able to get there weekly. But I think a before and after this way would be a great idea. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@user-ls4lx3qt3h]

Equite that to the life span on earth 🌏

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

As in, 6.5 years pales in comparison?

[@KenFullman]

Now build your camera tower taller, cut down all those trees and do it again properly so we can see the ten year time lapse.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Haha!

[@rahulnambiar4473]

Eucalyptus trees drain water from the soil,they just make the soil dry n arid

[@peperillon]

Like all trees. Question is, where will this water condensate again?

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Well said.

[@micahwest5347]

Dang. I bet he wishes the camera was slightly at a different angle.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

And higher would been ideal!

[@jackgeorge6288]

Those grasses really need to be burnt at some point ideally it should have been done a few years in. This is an awesome timelapse though btw.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Thanks Jack. It’s cut regularly. Why would you burnt it out of interest? Wouldn’t that risk burning the trees too?

[@jackgeorge6288]

@@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments Since your in South Australia and I assume your using native plants as it's an ecological restoration project. Essentially almost all grassland plants in Australia have co-evolved with intentional burning from the Indigenous people of any specific area. To the point where many native species won't germinate unless smoke or heat treated. One of the most important aspects of burning is maintaining low fuel loads to prevent bush fire in the first place. Before colonisation we didn't have 'bushfires' in Australia, this was because the land was actively managed with fire. Many people who live in Australia don't understand that Australia's 'natural' landscapes were highly managed and would look nothing like they did without that management. Therefore when doing a project using all off our native species without an understanding of that land management can lead to very bad outcomes. The least managed areas, in victoria, were the areas of temperate rainforest, which doesn't like fire, therefore fire was used to protect it by creating large firebreaks on all sides. We have evidence from core samples from wetlands that here down in Melbourne it used to be mostly temperate rainforest, until a very long time ago when indigenous people made there way down to melbourne and converted it to a combination of grasslands, wetlands and protected temperate rainforest through fire and maintained it that way for at least 60,000 years in Melbourne with fire. This is due to the fact where although rainforest provides many useful resources, to humans it doesn't produce nearly as much food as rich grasslands and wetlands. As far as burning trees, this is a non-issue if you do it at the right time of year, in the right conditions, and especially the case if you are using native trees that have also co-evolved and thrive with fire, like most eucalyptus and acacias. This type of buring is called a cool burn, or cultural burn, where it should be slow and cold enough to do it barefoot and your able to walk over it. The conditions required for this to happen depend on your specific area and the only people that will know are the indigenous people of that area. So if you are interested I would find your local indigenous community and see if they already have team that does this, and see what they are willing to share with you. Many of the east coast Indigneous groups who were more directly impacted by colonisation are in the process of relearning the specifics of these practices and figuring out how to do it within government frameworks, who often don't have the understanding or trust. What you are doing, cutting, follows a similar principle of burning although depending on what you do with the grass after you cut it, really determines whether it has similar levels of benefit. There are certain things like biodiversity that you won't be able to match by cutting instead of burning, but each come with there benefits and costs. Hopefully that is helpful in someway.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

@@jackgeorge6288 Thanks for the detailed reply. I’m a bit out of my depth with this (I’m just the Timelapse guy) but I’m sure Gavin isn’t. He also works closely with Karl, an indigenous community leader and cultural bearer. None the less, I’ll mention it to Gavin if he doesn’t see this thread here. Thanks again.

[@JenE3377]

This would have more impact than the renewable energy delusion.

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

Ecologically and culturally yes, perhaps. I find carbon harder to measure, but no doubt it’s a great carbon sink too.

[@zizkovhoodmoments1590]

the only thing hindering comunities and people to regerate natural ecosystems and agroecological food sovereignty systems at the same time is monopolization of our farmland by big argo corporations. in my country the corporate empires hold 2/3 of the land

[@richardevans560]

The best way to do it would be to do nothing. What you have there is a garden, not nature

[@SuburbanHomesteadExperiments]

If I may offer a counter argument I’d say, humans are part of nature so you could say, it’s really nature working with nature. And nature (as you see it) may need a helping hand to rebuild. If Gavin had done nothing, it would have been an ever growing weed paddock. My two cents anyway.