MORE than 200 volunteers will descend on historic Barton Station at the foot of the Grampians this weekend for a Project Platypus tree planting.

Station manager Norm Hunt will oversee planting of 12,000 trees along a 4.5km stretch of the George Creek, which runs through the property.

Norm said the environment and the farm would be joint winners from the stock-proof corridor flanking both sides of the creek.

"Without the work the creek banks would deteriorate really quickly," Norm said. "Now is our chance to protect it forever."

The project is aimed at improving water quality, biodiversity and shelter for stock and pastures.

It is part of a bigger project, Grampians to Pyrenees Biolink, that Project Platypus is undertaking in partnership with Wimmera Catchment Management Authority and funded by the Federal Government's Caring for Our Country Program.

The property's owners, Ian and Camilla Shippen, use Barton Station for finishing thousands of lambs.

No stranger to revegetating land, Norm planted many trees on his former property at Camperdown and is a strong believer in the value of shelter belts and protecting rivers and gullies from erosion and salinity.

The Shippens and Norm are planning more revegetation.

"We'd like to see a yearly project carried out in paddocks for shelterbelts," Norm said.

"Just imagine if every farmer had such a chance and could do even 100m a year, it would make such a difference."

The Grampians to Pyrenees Biolink aims to establish a vegetation web between the two areas of remnant forest.