About Us
NatureMakers formed in 2023 in response to growing interest in micro forests and demand from schools, communities and organisations wanting to bring nature positive solutions into every day spaces. Through the installation of micro forests on private and public land, organisations can inset biodiversity onto their own properties, providing a meaningful way to meet environmental goals and enabling staff and community to benefit from being part of a project that brings nature back into urban or built up spaces.
For businesses and micro forest sponsors, NatureMakers can provide environmental content for annual reporting on the value of increased biodiversity, ensuring transparent delivery of biodiversity targets for corporate environmental reporting.
Rewilding Our Urban Spaces
Australia is facing huge biodiversity loss. Green spaces are shrinking with new development, and our cities are heating up under the pressure of climate change. Urban expansion has replaced native vegetation with concrete and other hard surfaces, leaving little room for wildlife or natural cooling. Land clearing and deforestation cause a quarter of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and are the primary cause of species extinction worldwide. At the same time, many Australians are also now growing up disconnected from nature. Rewilding our urban areas through micro forests offers a powerful way to support climate resilience, biodiversity and our own wellbeing.
Micro forests offer a practical, scalable, nature-based solution. These dense, layered plantings of native vegetation can be established in schoolyards, office grounds, active reserves and even carparks and roadside verges. They bring back habitat for birds, insects, and small animals, improve air and water quality, and help cool the local environment. Just as importantly, they help reconnect people with nature, offering spaces to learn, reflect, and recharge.
By planting micro forests, we’re not just restoring biodiversity - we’re creating healthier, more resilient communities. It’s a small footprint with a big impact.
Meet Your Team
Anna Mezzetti
Director
With 28 years experience in sustainability, outdoor and environmental education and championing biodiversity, Anna’s mission is to support organisations to become nature positive. Understanding that our environment is in severe decline, Anna has dedicated her working and personal life to restoring habitats and supporting others to do the same. She has extensive experience in the installation of natural spaces throughout the urban environment, such as bush kinder spaces, micro forests, nature strip planting and residential and corporate habitat gardens. She does not waste time when at home either, regenerating the family farm at Phillip Island with indigenous species, which extend down to the waters edge with mangrove restoration.
Daniel Berry
Director
Daniel is professionally and personally committed to a sustainable future with 22 years experience delivering sustainability initiatives and education, evidence based behavior change programs and renewable energy projects to enhance communities and the environment. Understanding that human created climate change requires a human driven solution; Daniel compliments his technology based solutions with nature based behavior change and education aimed to strengthen the connections between people and environment. A background in science based testing and data analysis, provides evidence based data of the biodiversity, climate and environmental benefits of micro forests.
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