The Riddiford Arboretum is about preserving your local environment.
It's a piece of the Outback, less than a minute's walk from one of Australia's major inland shopping centres.
History
The Riddiford Arboretum was set up in 1988 on vacant land that was formerly a repair and oil transfer depot for the Silverton Tramway Company.
The arboretum was named after Walter (Wally) Riddiford, who was the mayor of Broken Hill from 1949 until 1963. The arboretum features trees and vegetation from the local environment and is a tribute to Albert Morris, a self taught botanist who was responsible for establishing Broken Hill's regeneration reserves. The plants in those reserves held down the local dust and greatly reduce the previously horrible effects of the storms (like the one we had on 22/12/2007 that crippled our city on the last shopping Friday before Christmas).
The Future
The future of the Arboretum depends on you .. just like anywhere else on the planet the local environment determines the quality of life on earth. Native gardens and trees are not only easily maintained, they also help the environment as a whole for everything alive on earth including our children and grandchildren. If you care about the future of anyone or anything alive on earth, planting a native tree is a simple and practical way of being a part of the solution to the biggest problems we will ever face together.
