{"id":29608,"date":"2025-10-27T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=29608"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:51:47","slug":"green-triangle-crowns-its-2025-timber-legends-in-mount-gambier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/green-triangle-crowns-its-2025-timber-legends-in-mount-gambier\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Triangle Crowns its 2025 Timber Legends in Mount Gambier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 520 guests packed into the Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards, hosted by award-winning comedian Peter Helliar in Mount Gambier on Friday, where Laurie Hein and Stephen Van Schaik were crowned the 2025 Timber Legends.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurie Hein, managing director of Green Triangle Forest Products, was recognised for a career that began in a small family mill and progressed to senior leadership across plantation forestry. According to Green Triangle Forest Products\u2019 company profile, Mr Hein leads the company\u2019s plantation operations in the region and has spent more than four decades in plantation management and industry leadership. Over that time, he has been credited with championing workplace safety, embedding stronger on\u2011site practices and driving workforce development, work that industry figures say has helped consolidate the Green Triangle\u2019s reputation as a high\u2011performance plantation region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stephen Van Schaik accepts the Timber Legend award on Friday, recognised for building Van Schaik\u2019s Bio Gro into a regional business that turns timber mill residues into soil amendments, mulches and horticultural products, diverting waste from landfill and creating local jobs. (Photo Credit: Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Stephen Van Schaik was honoured for building Van Schaik\u2019s Bio Gro into a regional business that converts timber mill residues and other organic streams into soil amendments, mulches, and horticultural products. Van Schaik\u2019s Bio Gro\u2019s company information states the business was developed by the Van Schaik family to process timber residues and supply composts and growing media to horticulture and agriculture markets, supporting the article\u2019s description of Mr Van Schaik as an early adopter of circular\u2011economy practices that create jobs and divert waste from landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organisers said the Timber Legends citations recognise long\u2011term mentorship, community impact, and practical contributions that will shape forestry practice for years to come, as the awards night brought together growers, suppliers, and policymakers to celebrate operational excellence and value\u2011adding innovation across the timber supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 520 guests packed into the Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards, hosted by award-winning comedian Peter Helliar in Mount Gambier on Friday, where Laurie Hein and Stephen Van Schaik were crowned the 2025 Timber Legends. Laurie Hein, managing director of Green Triangle Forest Products, was recognised for a career that began in a small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[50,88,46,83,1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[69],"class_list":{"0":"post-29608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-awards","9":"category-industry","10":"category-south-australia","11":"category-uncategorized"},"authors":[{"term_id":69,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"woodcentral","display_name":"Wood Central","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MASTER-BRAND-MARK_POS_RGB-e1676449549955.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MASTER-BRAND-MARK_POS_RGB-e1676449549955.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29612,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29608\/revisions\/29612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29608"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=29608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}