1 Welcome and introduction

Whether you’re involved in planting 20 trees in a fragmented urban remnant or 2 million for a biodiversity offset, having access to a sufficient quantity of high-quality seed, from a broad range of species, is essential for restoring ecosystems that are healthy and resilient over the long-term.

Given development pressures, climate change and declining space for connectivity across the Greater Sydney Basin and beyond, there is an increasing need for restorationists, plant producers and landscape architects to collaborate on ensuring natives of the correct provenance and genetics are conserved as well as planted within urban spaces.

The forum tackled some big issues through thought provoking presentations, short and sharp case studies and deliberate discussion on the theme ‘Optimising the conservation of remnants and regrowth requires us to also reconstruct linkages - but where will the seed come from?

On October 8th, 2019 the Seeds for the Future forum brought expert voices together to develop a roadmap for the future as part of the Healthy Seeds project (ANPC).

The forum was co-hosted by The Australian Associaiton of Bush Regenerators and The Australian Network for Plant Conservation

Thank you to the sponsors who made the event possible:-
Gold: Toolijooa
Silver: Greening Australia, Greater Sydney Landcare Network,
Bronze: All Stake Supply, Apunga Ecological Management
Arborgreen Landscape Products, BARRC, Garden City Plastics

This project was assisted the the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust