More than 100 people turned up and planted more than 1000 trees in just minutes at North Lismore on Sunday to mark National Tree Day.

The Wilsons River Landcare Group organised the planting at Simes Bridge which included a welcome to country by Aunty Thelma Jones.

Heidi Lunn from the Wilsons River Landcare Group said about 120 volunteers planted about 1100 trees.

A crowdfunding campaign over recent weeks raised more than $3,000 which paid for trees and will be used used to ensure the site will be well looked after into the future. Lismore Council provided support for site preparation and also donated mulch.

“National Tree Day is a once a year celebration of hope, when people come together to do what is the number one action, after preventing any further habitat loss, which is to plant more trees,” said Heidi.

“We thank everyone who came to plant on this amazing stretch of riverbank, the Rouse family for their support, to those who donated to the crowd funding, and everyone who donated trees.

“We had tree planters from landcare groups around the region, planters from the Knitting Nannas, Rainforest Rescue, staff and students from Southern Cross University, young children and older people – all joining together to take action for our river and for our planet.

“This is what National Tree Day is all about”.

The trees included lowland rainforest trees donated by Rous County Council and grown by Firewheel Nursery and Friends, rainforest trees grown by the Friends of the Rainforest Botanic Gardens, koala food trees donated by Friends of the Koala, native bush nuts donated by the Macadamia Conservation Trust, and hoop pines donated by Kevin Glencross.

National Tree Day was co-founded in 1996 by Planet Ark and Olivia Newton-John. It has grown into Australia's largest community tree planting.