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City of Greater Shepparton
URL: http://www.greatershepparton.com.au/council/environment/vegetationmanagement/seedcollectionandseedbank.html
Seed Collection and Seedbank
The Greater Shepparton City Council is working with the Goulburn Broken Indigenous Seedbank to create an indigenous seed orchard near Mooroopna.
The seedbank will provide local seed for revegetation activities. Local plant species are those that are most adapted to our climate within the City of Greater Shepparton and have the benefit of requiring less water and fertiliser than their exotic counterparts. These plants also provide the best habitiat and food source for our native fauna.
Native seed collection is an important way of ensuring only local provenances are planted back in our region, but must be carried out in a responsible and sustainable manner. If you are interested in collecting native seed, permission is available from council, and further information is available for local seed collection on the Goulburn Broken Indigenous Seedbank website and guides to sustainable seed collection are available on the Florabank website