Seeding Victoria

17/10/2026

Happy Seeding Victoria AGM Day! Thank you to our Board, members and supporters for another wonderful year. A big thank you to the Board members who are stepping down, Andrew Borg, Greg Belden and James Nelsson - your contributions to the Board as regular and executive members have been amazing. Truly, very thankful to have had your expertise and support for multiple years! What a great stint. Thank you 🌸

And WELCOME to our returning and new Board appointees!

Executive Committee:
President/Chair: Jackson Cass
Vice President: Ammie Jackson
Secretary: Lidija Veljanovski

Committee members:
Bianca Fammartino
Trudy Nelsson
David Unwin
Iestyn Hosking

Also a big thank you to our Guest Speaker (who us also our wonderful Seed Germination and Viability Officer), Emily Kemp - who took us through her Honours research, what that means for conservation, and led a seed embryo demonstration for members! It was so great to get our seed-geek hats on and enjoy Ems expertise and insights into the world of embryos and germination.

Thank you also to Creswick Country Bakery and members for the catering, to Community Bank Creswick & District for our brand new projector, and last but certainly not least - our ongoing supporters and members who joined us today!

We also actually managed to get a photo of all FIVE of our staff members together! Yay! We hope that you all enjoy the rest of your weekend.

16/10/2026

Join us for a grassland field day hosted by Minyip and District Landcare Group, featuring Dan Frost from Seeding Victoria.

Sunday 25th October, 1-3:30 pm
RSVP: https://www.yarrilinks.org.au/events/grassland-field-day

We’ll meet at Minyip Caravan park, followed by afternoon tea and then head to Boolite to check out a native grass pasture.

Grasslands are some of the most depleted ecosystems of our region, but yet revegetation efforts often focus on trees and shrubs. Yarrilinks is seeking to address this by building capacity, and growing knowledge and appreciation for grasslands, with an ultimate goal of increasing the grassy component of our reveg efforts.

PLEASE BRING:
Long pants and closed toe shoes as we will be walking through grassy areas
Hat, water bottle and sunscreen

This event is funded by a Victorian Landcare Grant from the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

08/10/2026

Coming up quickly! Please RSVP via the links and codes below, so we know how many people we are expecting and catering for 😊 see you then!

You are invited to attend Seeding Victoria's 2026 AGM

October 17th 10:30am - approx 1:30pm

10:15am: please arrive ready for the AGM - tea & coffee available

10:30 - 11:30am: AGM

11:30 - 12:30pm: Guest speaker Emily Kemp & embryo demonstration

12:30 - approx 1:30pm: Lunch

Guest speaker:

Emily Kemp, a recent Bachelor of Science (Honours) graduate and native seed enthusiasts, will be taking us on a journey through her honours research which focused on understanding the relationship between internal seed structures (embryo) and germination characteristics of 40 threatened Victorian flora species. Her research highlighted the complex but patterned relationship between embryo morphology and germination behaviours, and discusses how embryo morphology may be a useful predictive tool for determining complex germination mechanisms, assisting with native species propagation and overall conservation.

Em will also lead a hands-on demonstration investigating seed embryos!

Please RSVP for catering purposes via the QR code:

03/10/2026

Don't forget to register, it'll be a great session with Em! Coming up quick 😊

You are invited to attend Seeding Victoria's 2026 AGM

October 17th 10:30am - approx 1:30pm

10:15am: please arrive ready for the AGM - tea & coffee available

10:30 - 11:30am: AGM

11:30 - 12:30pm: Guest speaker Emily Kemp & embryo demonstration

12:30 - approx 1:30pm: Lunch

Guest speaker:

Emily Kemp, a recent Bachelor of Science (Honours) graduate and native seed enthusiasts, will be taking us on a journey through her honours research which focused on understanding the relationship between internal seed structures (embryo) and germination characteristics of 40 threatened Victorian flora species. Her research highlighted the complex but patterned relationship between embryo morphology and germination behaviours, and discusses how embryo morphology may be a useful predictive tool for determining complex germination mechanisms, assisting with native species propagation and overall conservation.

Em will also lead a hands-on demonstration investigating seed embryos!

Please RSVP for catering purposes via the QR code:

23/09/2026

You are invited to attend Seeding Victoria's 2026 AGM

October 17th 10:30am - approx 1:30pm

10:15am: please arrive ready for the AGM - tea & coffee available

10:30 - 11:30am: AGM

11:30 - 12:30pm: Guest speaker Emily Kemp & embryo demonstration

12:30 - approx 1:30pm: Lunch

Guest speaker:

Emily Kemp, a recent Bachelor of Science (Honours) graduate and native seed enthusiasts, will be taking us on a journey through her honours research which focused on understanding the relationship between internal seed structures (embryo) and germination characteristics of 40 threatened Victorian flora species. Her research highlighted the complex but patterned relationship between embryo morphology and germination behaviours, and discusses how embryo morphology may be a useful predictive tool for determining complex germination mechanisms, assisting with native species propagation and overall conservation.

Em will also lead a hands-on demonstration investigating seed embryos!

Please RSVP for catering purposes via the QR code:

10/09/2026

A massive congratulations to the Australian Seed Bank Partnership team from us here at Seeding Victoria! So very well deserved, we hope that you bask in your wonderful win. Thank you for doing so much for Australian plants, and their ecosystems! So glad you are being recognised for all your hard work 🌱🌱

We’ve banked seed for years, but tonight we’re banking gold! 🏆.
This evening we accepted the Gold Tier Award at Australian Geographic’s 2026 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲!

The award comes with generous funding to kick-start our 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 Project, which aims to unite seed banks and local communities to make Australia’s threatened ecosystems more restoration-ready. 🌳

A very special achievement for our national network, and we can’t wait to get started! 🌱

10/09/2026

We're delighted to welcome Helena Lindorff as our new Seed Orchard Coordinator, who joined us on 8 September 2026.

Helena brings 25 years of environmental experience spanning landscape-scale restoration, natural resource management, grant coordination, and community engagement. She spent nearly two decades coordinating the Grow West Program in the upper Werribee Catchment, before moving into large-scale carbon and biodiversity restoration as Senior Operations Manager at Land Life Company, where she supported delivery of 5,380 hectares of ecological restoration across VIC, NSW, and SA in partnership with Cassinia Environmental.

We're so pleased to have her knowledge, networks, and passion for native seed with us. Welcome to the Seeding Victoria team Helena, we are looking forward to our future together!

Helena's position is part of the Restoration Ready – Securing Victoria’s Seed Supply project, which is supported by the Victorian Government through the BushBank Program.

09/09/2026

The opportunity to go behind the scenes with Cassinia Environmental and check out what's been happening with BushBank!

08/09/2026

We had a great visit from our Southern Otway Landcare Network Seed Pod, who came all the way to Creswick to listen to Dan, Elle & Em talk, check out our facilities, eat some sweets and bear with us when the power went off... at least the sun was out today!

Looking forward to our next SOLN Shrub Club adventure, we are thinking of a few fun things for phase 2 of our newest Seed Pod 🌱

03/09/2026

Our plants come from two primary sources: the Victorian Indigenous Nursery Co-op (VINC) and our volunteer network. The plants we grow come from collected seeds or cuttings, and not from remnant res…