Native Seed Industry Forum - Wednesday August 12 2009
Werribee Catchment eTree Seed Bank
Are you involved in seed collection, propagation and /or revegetation using
indigenous plants? If so, then the Native Seed Industry Forum is an event you
cannot miss!
See flyer here for more information.
Grow West Community Planting Day 2009
The 2009 Grow West community planting day at the W. James Whyte Island Reserve was a great success. It surpassed its 5000-plant target when 140 members of the community put more than 6,300 indigenous plants in the ground. Give us your feedback here - Did you enjoy the day!
Grow West Works Facilitator Trevor Prowd says “it was a great day. We put 5,000 trees in the ground by lunchtime which was everybody just getting in there and working hard right from the word go. |
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See our news section for photos from this year's day
The Grow West community planting day is made possible thanks to Grow West sponsors. The major sponsor of the event is eTree-Computershare. Computershare generously donates funds created in their eTree program in which corporations donate $2 when a shareholder elects to receive company reports electronically. Part of this money is donated via Landcare Australia to Grow West revegetation projects. Over the next two years Grow West will also utilise e-Tree-Computershare sponsorship to transform 35 hectares of severely degraded land in the Rowsley Valley through the removal of boxthorn infestation, ripping of rabbit warrens and planting of 35,000 native trees and shrubs. Funds from e-Tree-Computershare will also be used to establish the ‘Werribee Catchment eTree Seed Bank’, the purpose of which to ensure an extensive supply of indigenous seed is available to local nurseries, community groups and land management organisations who are growing plants for local revegetation projects.
2008 Planting Day
Grow West's Community Planting Day was held July 20 at the W. James Island Reserve in Myrniong
110 volunteers braved the weather to plant 4,960 seedlings and the volunteers were determined not to let the cold Myrniong winds dampen their spirits as they planted trees which covered a four hectare area.
The planting day was a tremendous success thanks to the tireless work of volunteers, who traveled from all over Melbourne as well as from the local community, and the collaborative effort of our partners Victorian National Parks Association, Conservation Volunteers Australia and the Friends of Werribee Gorge and Long Forest Mallee.
Volunteers were rewarded for their efforts with the Bacchus Marsh Lion’s Club providing a hearty BBQ lunch.
The annual community planting day is helping Grow West achieve its vision to rehabilitate 10,000 hectares of degraded land in the Bacchus Marsh - Ballan region. Grow West aims to do this primarily through revegetation using local indigenous species.
Thanks to all those who took part.
