A stay of execution

The Russell Road Fig trees in Madeley have won a reprieve. Residents rallied last week to save them when they heard the 13 planted by late garden nursery king Barry Waldeck were destinedfor the chop yesterday. Led by Brian Williams, those property fronts seven of the 40-year-old figs, the residents collected enough signatures to call for a City of Wanneroo electors meeting to put the case to halt their demise.

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