On December 14th 2010 Greening Australia's Florabank and Communities in Landscapes held a very successful community seed collection workshop in Yass, NSW.
With expert knowledge and advice from Stephen Bruce from Greening Australia, attendees learned how to collect, dry and store seed from different native species, as well as how to maximise the time different seed remains viable in storage.
Examining the ground layer at Yass
Also covered on the day were the best sites to source seed from, how to maximise genetic diversity within collected samples, Best Practice measures for collecting seed whilst keeping the source site intact and healthy for generations to come, and standard protocols for collecting seed from public and private land as well as protected sites and threatened species.
The day concluded with some hands-on experience at Bookham cemetery, amidst dozens of flowering and seeding native forbs, grasses, shrubs and trees.
Similar workshops will be held in other locations on the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Central West catchments in Autumn 2011 - for more information contact your regional Community Woodlands Officer.
