As the race to find new ways of sequestering carbon dioxide from trees intensifies, Wollongong City Council – with the help of students from Dapto High School – is spearheading the creation of tiny forests.

As the race to discover new ways of sequestering carbon dioxide from trees quickens, creating tiny forests is something the Wollongong City Council is spearheading.

Wollongong’s Botanic Garden curator Felicity Skoberne says they are following the lead of Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki by planting tiny forests.

“The Miyawaki method was about putting forests in urban areas, and that’s what a tiny forest can do,” Ms Skoberne says.

As three-quarters of open space in the Wollongong area is private land, Ms Skoberne said by planting tiny forests at home, people could increase resilience as a city for climate change.

The 10 x 10 metre tiny forest, planted on a dirt patch across the road from the school, has a handmade fence with a gate for access, but that is all.