Connecting Seed Savers groups located in Australia
Botanical name : Allium ampeloprasum Synonyms : var. porrum, var. ampeloprasum, ampeloprasum ssp. persicum, var. sectivum, var. kurrat Common name : Leek, Elephant Garlic, Russian Garlic, Giant Garlic, Kurrat, Pearl Onion, Persian Leek Images Growing for seed These biennials require vernalisation to initiate flowering. They generally require…
Botanical name : Atriplex hortensis Common name : Orach, Mountain spinach Images Growing for seed Orach may be grown for eating like spinach using quite close spacings and being eaten while leaves are young and small. But when grown as a…
Botanical name : Tetragonia tetragonioides Common name : Warrigal Spinach, New Zealand Spinach, Kokihi (Maori), Warragul (and other phonetic spellings) Images Growing for seed As there are no named varieties of Warrigal Greens there is no isolation distance or selection…
Our next national zoom catchup is coming up on Sunday 3rd August at 5pm. We’ll be catching up with two community engagement programs that the Bega Valley Seed Savers have been running: Seed Saving Resources – The second part of our…
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The recording of the National Zoom held on May 4th 2025 is now available.
We heard from two seed saving groups: Coonabarabran Seed Library and Bilpin Seed Savers. We also had a short discussion about how to determine how much seed to put into a packet.
It is time to register for our next quarterly Zoom meetup of seed savers around Australia. Come along and join in. It’s an opportunity to ask questions, share experiences, gather new ideas, learn something and connect with other seed savers.
Gregg Muller’s presentation slides from his short talk on the domestication of the tomato can be found here.
You can find the recording of the National Seed Savers Zoom here. Seed savers from around Australia gathered to talk tomato on Sunday 2nd February.There was a short presentation on the genetic history of tomatoes given by Gregg Muller.Attendees showed…
Our February National Zoom is on its way and we are talking TOMATOES! Have you ever wondered where the humble tomato came from? There will be a short presentation on the genetic history of tomatoes. Do you want to know…