Engaging Others

Panel: Tein McDonald, Sam Craigie, Tim Berryman, Peter Cuneo and Dave Carr. Read More - Links Hancock, N., Gibson-Roy, P., Driver, M. and Broadhurst, L. (2020). The Australian Native Seed Sector Survey Report. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra. Healthy Seeds Project-ANPC Florabank Guidelines - Greening Australia

Chair: Tein McDonald Panel: Maree Whelan, Katie Littlejohn, Michael Kneipp, John Blair   Read More - Links Hancock, N., Gibson-Roy, P., Driver, M. and Broadhurst, L. (2020). The Australian Native Seed Sector Survey Report. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra. Healthy Seeds Project-ANPC Florabank Guidelines - Greening Australia

With space for ecosystems limited in cities – is there potential for green roofs to be developed to supplement conservation? This potential research project will be trialling a number of species on a roof on University of NSW campus, obtaining genetic stock from Randwick Council’s community nursery. John is a lecturer/tutor and researcher at the [...]

Northern Beaches Council’s ‘Wildflowers Across the Northern Beaches’ project is developing a seed production area within the community nursery at Curl Curl to supply seed and plants to produce high visual amenity wildflower hotspots. Bush and urban-care programs will also be the recipients of the seed and plants produced to increase native diversity throughout the [...]

Landcare volunteers play an important role in the area of seed collection and propagation in patches of remnant bush throughout Greater Sydney. This presentation will provide a snapshot of volunteers doing their bit in the space and will cover the key opportunities and challenges facing these groups. Maree Whelan is a Senior Land Services Officer [...]

Chair: Paul Gibson-Roy. Panel: Peter Cuneo, Greg Steenbeeke, Sam Craigie, Martin Driver. Read More - Links Hancock, N., Gibson-Roy, P., Driver, M. and Broadhurst, L. (2020). The Australian Native Seed Sector Survey Report. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra. Healthy Seeds Project-ANPC Florabank Guidelines - Greening Australia

Chair: Peter Cuneo. Panel: Tein McDonald, Ascelin Gordon, Martin Driver, Paul Gibson-Roy. Read More - Links Hancock, N., Gibson-Roy, P., Driver, M. and Broadhurst, L. (2020). The Australian Native Seed Sector Survey Report. Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra. Healthy Seeds Project-ANPC Florabank Guidelines - Greening Australia

Primary findings from the ANPC National Native Seed Survey will be launched at this Forum. Results from this sector-wide survey provide a current snapshot of sector practice as well as concerns and issues which act as barriers to effective and efficient native seed supply across the country. Paul has been involved in various aspects of [...]

This presentation outlines the Healthy Seeds project, confirms the relevance of the National Native Seed Survey findings and will explore other issues that need to be addressed. From this, and an extensive audit of the seed supply chain across NSW, it is hoped to establish a Roadmap to assist in outlining how these issues can [...]

A six year - $250,000 Environmental Trust project enabled a community group to formally identify threatened species, record and monitor the local flora and fauna and undertake bush regeneration which has aided connectivity and set the multiple public reserves on a recovery trajectory. An assortment of community engagement events were undertaken and a plethora of [...]